05-17-19 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday! Lots of food system travel at Self-Help this week and doing this one on the fly which means it is a little thin and some weird formatting isssue. Apologies and hope it's still useful. Learned a lot about Opty Zones and rural investment so included a piece on that. Cheers! News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Legislation, etc. 5.21.19 Senate Ag Cmte holding: Climate Change Hearing 5.17.19 NonProfit Quarterly: Opportunity Zone Investment could skip rural communities 5.16.19 Civil Eats: Where do food banks fit in Green New Deal 5.16.19 NY Daily News: Trump admin showers Brazilian crooks with $62M bailout money meant for struggling U.S. farmers 5.15.19 Resilience: How a sustainable food system is built 5.14.19 Daily Kos: Trump planning another socialist bailout for farmers (a bit political but best piece I could find on the bailout) Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 5.16.19 Yahoo News: Wells Fargo Innovation Incubator Funding Five Sustainable Ag Startups 5.9.19 Cornell News: Future Cartons Will Track Milk From Farm to Fridge. 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.  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 Free Technical Assistance to Community Food Projects Grant Applicants. Sign up for free TA here Danone Institute North America is requesting proposals for One Planet. One Health Initiative. Deadline June 1 Claneil Foundation is accepting letters of intent for the Critical Issue Fund focused on reducing food waste. Deadline June 3 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.  USDA FSA Organic Certification Cost Share Program is accepting applications. Deadline Oct 31 Back to top EVENTS & ACTIONS Action!  FARMS for School Meals seeks to increase the amount of NC-grown product offered in NC school cafeterias - improving quality of meals for children, supporting NC farmers, and growing local economies. Join NC Alliance for Health, Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, NC Department of Ag and others in supporting FARMS for School Meals in NC. Call/email your representative today and encourage them to include program funding in this year's budget. Event Highlight 06.06 - 06.08.19 Durham, NC Consumer Cooperative Management Association Conference Events 5.20.19 (Webinar) In-store interventions to encourage healthier purchasing: What we can learn from the supermarket industry 5.21.19 (Webinar) Grants.gov applicant overview webinar 5.21 - 5.23.19 Kansas City, MO ESHIP Summit 5.22.19 (Webinar) Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program Applicant Webinar 5.23.19 (Webinar) Indigenous New Hampshire Food Ways & History 5.23.19 Morganton, NC Healthy Eating & Active Living Convening  5.28.19 (Webinar) Developing a Food Procurement Policy or Profile 06.03.19 Traverse City, MI Proposals Due 2019 Farms, Food & Health Conference 06.06.19 Presidio, CA Food Funded 2019 06.06.19 Greensboro, NC Small Farms Field Day  06.14 - 06.16.19 Mancos, CO 2nd Annual Food Justice Symposium 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 Carolina Farm Stewardship Assc - Food Safety Program Leader Apply by May 31 Natural Capital Investment Fund - Small Business Lender Fair Food Network - Policy Director Food First - Executive Director Health and Environmental Funders Network - Executive Director Apply by May 20 NEW San Diego Food System Alliance - Senior Policy Associate Apply by May 31 Research & Resources NEW New Entry Sustainable Farming Project released resources for writing applications for Community Food Projects and Community Food Projects Planning Grants.  NEW Mark Winne, Doing Food Summits Right  MSU Center for Regional Food Systems, Measuring Racial Equity in the Food System: Established and Suggested Metrics Development Opportunities Appalachian Regional Commission is accepting applications for the inaugural leadership institute. Apply by June 1 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. 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