08-02-19 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday! 7.31.19 Raleigh N&O: Special Report: The New Farmer profiles 6 different farms and is worth a read. Cheers! News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Legislation, etc. 8.1.19 NSAC Blog: Mandatory Farm Bill Funds Traded Away in Budget Negotiations 7.31.19 Yahoo Finance: American farmer: Trump 'took away all of our markets' 7.30.19 Raleigh N&O: How much did Trump admin give NC farmers impacted by tariffs? 7.30.19 Civil Eats: If crop insurance rewarded conservation practices, would more farmers go no-till? 7.29.19 Civil Eats: USDA gave almost 100 percent of Trump's trade war bailout to white farmers 7.29.19 MN Star-Tribune: 12,000 Minnesotans could lose food stamps under USDA proposal inspired by MN man with over $1mm in real estate and assets who gamed the system.  7.19.19 Civil Eats: Farmers and Ranchers Head to DC asking USDA to enforce the GIPSA rules Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 8.1.19 MIT Press Reader: The Identity Crisis of America's Largest Anti-Hunger Program The very nature and purpose of SNAP, or food stamps, remains a point of contention between public health and anti-hunger communities. 7.31.19 NC Policy Watch: Pork giant Murphy-Brown battling insurers over who should pay for hog nuisance verdicts 7.30.19 Civil Eats: With a Focus on Food Sovereignty, Rural Appalachian Ohio is Rebounding 7.29.19 NY Times: Cargill: From Environmental Leader to 'Worst Company in the World' 7.28.19 CBS News: What is regenerative farming? Experts say it can combat climate change 7.28.19 NY Times: Amazon Wants to Rule the Grocery Aisles, and Not Just at Whole Foods Funding Opportunities USDA Farm Loan Discovery Tool online tool geared to make referrals for certain loan options for farmers. Pennsylvania Fresh Food Financing Initiative is accepting applications USDA is requesting applications for the 2501 Outreach and Assistance for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers and Ranchers and Veteran Farmers and Ranchers grant program. Deadline Aug 15. Organic Farming Research Foundation is accepting letters of intent for research projects on organic farming and food systems. Deadline Aug 16 Virginia Land Conservation Foundation is accepting grant applications for land acquisitions and protections, including farmland and forest preservation. Deadline Aug 29 Wells Fargo Regional Foundation is supporting neighborhood planning. Deadline Aug 30.  Organic Valley Farmers is accepting applications for the Farmers Advocating for Organic grant. Deadline Sept 1 USDA Food and Nutrition Services is requesting applications for the Participation Assistance for Farmers and Farmers' Markets Grants (increasing SNAP participation at markets). Deadline Sep 13 USDA FSA Organic Certification Cost Share Program is accepting applications. Deadline Oct 31 Back to top EVENTS & ACTIONS Action! Congress is currently considering the Child Nutrition Act Reauthorization (CNR), which provides opportunity to open new markets for local food in schools. Two bipartisan bills supporting farm to school work have been introduced for the inclusion in the CNR: The Farm to School Act of 2019 and the Kids Eat Local Act. Learn more about how to support this work from the supporting organizations, The National Farm to School Network and the National Sustainable Ag Coalition.  Event highlight 9.3 -9.5.19 Raleigh, NC Closing the Hunger Gap: Roots. Justice. Resiliency  Events 8.6.19 Swannanoa, NC Workshop: Facilitating for More Voices 8.9.19 (Virtual) HEAL Alliance School of Political Leadership Informational Call 8.9 - 8.11.19 Amherst, MA NOFA Summer Conference: Nutrition Matters! Soil Health Builds Human Health 8.13.19 Fayetteville, NC Hurricane Recovery: The Real Scoop and Rural Success 8.14.19 Washington, DC Farm Service Agency Heirs Property Listening Session 8.18 - 8.23.19 Rhinebeck, NY Decolonizing Our Hearts, Minds & Movements: A Leadership Retreat for Indigenous, Black & Latinx Peoples 8.22.19 (Virtual) Consulting with Food Policy Network  9.3 -9.5.19 Raleigh, NC Closing the Hunger Gap: Roots. Justice. Resiliency  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 National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition - Policy Director Center for Responsible Lending - Director of North Carolina Policy and Director of California Policy NEW RAFI-USA - Program Coordinator, Rural Faith Community Organizing Initiative NEW Indiana University - Associate Professor in Sustainable Food Systems Colorado State University - Food Systems Advisory Council Coordinator. Apply by Aug 9 University of Minnesota Extension Center for Family Development - Health and Nutrition Program Leader Fair Food Network - Policy Director National Farm to School Network - Senior Director, Programs and Policy Oregon Food Bank - Director of Strategic Communications; Manager, Statewide Network; Manager, Regional Network (Portland Metro Region) Earth's Call Fund - Executive Director Development Opportunities Circle Forward is accepting applications for the Collaborative Governance Accelerator.  Johns Hopkins University is offering An Introduction to the U.S. Food System: Perspectives from Public Health for free on coursera Carolina Farm Stewardship Assc is accepting applications for the William Dow Scholarship Fund to attend the Sustainable Ag Conference. Apply by Aug 31 Food System 6 is accepting applications for their 5th cohort of entrepreneurs building a food system that focuses on health, sustainability, and justice. Read more here That's All Folks! 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