07-05-19 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday! I hope everyone had a nice 4th. Found a new source: Healthy Places By Design blog, including this an interview with Duke's World Food Policy Inst.'s Jen Zuckerman on Racial Equity and Food. On to the weekend! News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Legislation, etc. 7.2.19 AP (via Lewiston Trib): Big farms find easy ways around trade aid limits 7.2.19 Bloomberg: Child-Food Programs (CNR) Inch Forward in Congress 7.2.19 Lehigh Valley News: PA Gov sign Farm Bill investing over $23M in state's agriculture industry 6.27.19 NSAC Blog: Farm to School Act Introduced in House and Senate  Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 7.5.19 Civil Eats: Meet Farmers Reclaiming Puerto Rico's Ag History  7.2.19 Food Industry Exec: NYU Study finds sustainably-marketed products accounting for for 50% of consumer packaged goods (CPG) growth 7.1.19 Food Ingredients First: FAO endorses taxes on unhealthy food products and advocates better nutritional labeling Conventional policies towards keeping food prices low are contributing to unhealthy eating habits 6.30.19 Truthout Op-Ed: Unfair Food Pricing Is Killing Family Farms and Regenerative Farming Funding Opportunities USDA's Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement seeks qualified peer reviewers for 2501 Outreach Program. If interested, email Kenya Nicholas at 2501grants@osec.usda.gov NEW Native CDFI Awards launches! Apply for either a Native CDFI Catalyst Award or the Native CDFI Seed Capital Award. Deadline July 26 EPA's Small Business Innovation Research is soliciting proposals for funding technology projects related to preventing food waste. Deadline July 31. 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! HEAL Food Alliance and the Organization for Competitive Markets are working together to #BreakUpBigAg. Learn more about the Agribusiness Merger Moratorium and Antitrust Review Act and how you can join the work here. Union of Concerned Scientists developed a public comment guide to help public health professionals provide input during the 2020-2025 Dietary Guidelines comment period. Event highlight 7.23.19 Fresno, CA California FreshWorks Summit Events 7.8.19 (Webinar) Organizing for Farmworker Justice 7.9.19 (Webinar) Keeping up with Reauthorization of the Child Nutrition Act 7.11.19 Nashville, TN Building Racial Equity: Foundations  7.11.19 (Webinar) Trending Topics in Farm to School: Farm to Early Care and Education State Strategic Planning 7.16.19 (Webinar) Measuring Racial Equity in the Food System: Established and Suggested Metrics 7.17.19 (Webinar) Navigating Community Development 7.18.19 Oakland, CA Building Racial Equity Foundations 7.29.18 Proposals Due! New Entry Sustainable Farming Project's 2019 National Field School Gathering 8.1.19 (Webinar) Trending Topics in Farm to School: State Local Purchasing Agreements 8.6.19 Swannanoa, NC Workshop: Facilitating for More Voices 8.9 - 8.11.19 Amherst, MA NOFA Summer Conference: Nutrition Matters! Soil Health Builds Human Health 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 NEW National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition - Policy Director, Policy Fellow, Grassroots Fellow - apply to fellowships by July 19 Piedmont Triad Regional Council - Food Systems Coordinator. Apply by July 15 Fair Food Network - Policy Director The Wallace Center -  Regional Food Economies Program Officer Carteret Local Food Network - Executive Director Real Meals Campaign - Campaign Coordinator National Farm to School Network - Senior Director, Programs and Policy AgroEcology Fund is hiring for two positions - Program Director and Communications Lead  Oregon Food Bank - Director of Strategic Communications; Manager, Statewide Network; Manager, Regional Network (Portland Metro Region) Research & Resources North American Food Systems Network, Trends in the Food Systems Development Profession in North America: a Comparison of 2012 and 2019 Development Opportunities The Wallace Center has announced a new initiative - Gamechangers Laboratory. In this pilot year, three selected teams will be guided and supported in design, development and testing of a new strategy to tackle food insecurity in their community. NC Farm to School Coalition is accepting applications for the Farm to School of NC Awards to recognize the awesome work of local education agencies! Applications due July 31. 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