05-03-19 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday everyone! Nice to see some folks at the SAFSF policy meeting. Learned a lot, esp on Farm Bill implementation and the Child Nutrition Act. Also here's a fun and informative piece from 4.18.19 NPR's the Salt: Saving The Story Of Grits, A Dish Born Of Poverty Now On Fine-Dining Menus. Lastly, lots of good stories about DC Greens' new Produce Prescription Program here. Cheers!  News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Legislation, etc. 5.3.19 Politico: Republicans could have a Green New Deal problem. Polling suggests that the GOP risks turning off younger voters en masse by portraying the climate change plan as a socialist fantasy. 5.2.19 AP: With Trump rollback, school lunch could get more white bread 5.2.19 New Food Economy: Trump administration claimed lunch reforms weren't working. New research says otherwise 5.2.19 US Senate Indian Affairs Cmte: Hoeven Outlines 2018 Farm Bill Tribal Provisions at the USDA Tribal Consultation Session 5.1.19 Politico: Farmers markets head into peak season coping with farm bill uncertainty 5.1.19 Reuters: Climate change has U.S. fund managers adjusting agriculture investments 4.29.19 The Country Today: Farm bill implementation underway 4.25.19 Politico: How real families use food stamps. Study following NC families shows why it's counterproductive to increase work rules. 4.24.19 Altoona Mirror: $24mm PA Farm Bill at forefront of budget debate 4.22.19 New Food Economy: Supreme Court hears arguments SNAP Data Disclosure Case Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 5.2.19 NY Times: Tuition or Dinner? Nearly Half of College Students Surveyed in a New Report Are Going Hungry 5.2.19 Richland Source: Ohio State-Mansfield and FRAC launch $2 million urban sustainable food system project 5.2.19 Forbes: Beyond Meat IPO Soars Out Of The Gate; CEO Ethan Brown Sets Sights On Global Expansion 5.2.19 Delanceyplace.com from The Wealth and Poverty of Nations: Nutrition's role in the decline of disease and death, post-industrial revolution. "This world is divided roughly into three kinds of nations: those that spend lots of money to keep their weight down; those whose people eat to live; and those whose people don't know where their next meal is coming from."  4.30.19 NY Times: From Apples to Popcorn, Climate Change Is Altering the Foods America Grows 4.29.19 Earth.com: Changes to the U.S. food system could promote healthier choices 4.27.19 Politico Op-Ed: Notre Dame can't be more urgent than people without food and shelter 4.26.19 FoodTank: 14 African American Women Leading Change in the U.S. Food System 4.26.19 Bloomberg: Farm-Equipment Sales Plunge Most Since 2016 in Trade-War Fallout 4.26.19 NRDC: "The Biggest Little Farm" movie review: A Bumpy and Beautiful Road to Farming for a Healthier Planet 4.23.19 The Fence Post: Farm groups analyze Census of Agriculture data 4.22.19 Des Moines Register: ACLU of Iowa says state's new ag-gag law violates free speech protections 4.21.19 KPVI-TV Montana: Farmer-Authors say organic farming can boost rural jobs, environment and health 4.19: Four Food Advocates are Speaking Up Against an Unfair System that is Causing Hunger to Persist Funding Opportunities Farm Aid has activated the Family Farm Disaster Fund to support Midwest farmers and ranchers recovering from flooding NCIF has launched RESEED Recovery Fund for farmers and value-added producers affected by hurricanes Florence or Matthew.  YES! Youth Network is accepting applications for grants to support youth-centered work in NC. Due May 6 NEW USDA has announced RFAs for multiple of their grant programs:  Community Food Projects, Due June 3 Farmers Market Promotion Program, Due June 18 Local Food Promotion Program, Due June 18 Beginning Farmers and Rancher Development Program, Due May 16 Nutrition Incentive Program (formerly FINI), Due June 10 NEW  Danone Institute North America is requesting proposals for One Planet. One Health Initiative. Deadline June 1 Triangle Capacity-Building Network is providing grants for capacity building within organizations led by people of color. Deadline May 28 Wells Fargo Regional Foundation is supporting neighborhood planning. Deadline Aug 30.  Back to top EVENTS & ACTIONS Action!  The Real Meals Campaign seeks to shift the procurement practices of Sodexo, Compass Group and Aramark so that they have a greater focus on producers, communities, consumers and the planet. Find out more and sign their petition here.  Event Highlight 5.9.19 Durham, NC Racial Equity in Farm to School Additional Events 5.3.19 Rosemont, IL Proposals Due, Direct Agricultural Market Summit 5.3.19 Raleigh, NC Proposals Due, Closing the Hunger Gap Conference - Roots. Justice. Resiliency 5.7.19 (Webinar) The Right to Food and Emergent Strategies of Resistance 5.7.19 Seattle, WA Building Racial Equity: Foundations 5.7 - 5.9.19 Nashville, TN CleanMed: National Health Care Sustainability Conference 5.14 - 5.16.19 Chicago, IL Collective Impact Convening  5.15.19 (Webinar) Gus Schumacher / FINI RFA Overview 5.15.19 (Webinar) Developing Business Models for Working Forest Riparian Buffers 5.15 - 5.17.19 Chicago, IL Power of Procurement Conference 5.16.19 Chicago, IL Building Racial Equity: Foundations 5.23.19 (Webinar) Indigenous New Hampshire Food Ways & History 5.23.19 Morganton, NC Healthy Eating & Active Living Convening  06.03.19 Traverse City, MI Proposals Due 2019 Farms, Food & Health Conference 06.06.19 Presidio, CA Food Funded 2019 Find more events on our national events calendar. If you have events you'd like added, please email Hannah.quigley@self-help.org.  Back to top OF INTEREST Job Opportunities Self-Help - Commercial Lending Food Finance Sector Leader; Based in California, Chicago, IL, or Durham, NC The Wallace Center -  Regional Food Economies Program Officer National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition - Coalitions Director Real Meals Campaign - Campaign Coordinator NEW Health and Environmental Funders Network - Executive Director Apply by May 20 NEW Natural Capital Investment Fund - Small Business Lender NEW Fair Food Network - Policy Director Carolina Farm Stewardship Assc - Lomax Farm Cooordinator Apply by May 6 Women Food & Ag Network - Executive Director  Food First - Executive Director Panta Rhea Foundation -  Executive Director Feed the Truth Foundation - Executive Director Research & Resources Resourceful Communities, Try This NC - Tried & Tested Ideas for Healthy Rural Communities Urban Food Futures, Food Processing: the missing link in sustainable food systems  NPR, Research says collaboration is needed to address Houston's 'food deserts'  Development Opportunities NEW Applications are open for the TERRA Agrifood Accelerator Cohort Apply by May 12 NEW Appalachian Regional Commission is accepting applications for the inaugural leadership institute. Apply by June 1 James Beard Foundation is accepting applications for the Women's Entrepreneurial Leadership Program Registration is open for Council of Development Finance Agencies's (CDFA) Summer School program Aug. 12 - 16th. Register by July 12th for early bird rates. University of Arkansas offers the LL.M. In Agricultural & Food Law - an opportunity for an attorney to develop expertise in agricultural and food law.  That's All Folks! David Beck, Policy & Media Director Self-Help Credit Union & affiliates 301 W Main St Durham NC 27701 david.beck@self-help.org, 919-956-4495 Forward this email to a friend Copyright © 2019 Self-Help, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: Self-Help 301 W Main St Durham, NC 27701 Add us to your address book Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list