09-06-19 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

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Chock full a news below!  News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Legislation, etc. 9.6.19 Politico Morning Ag: Where 2020 Democrats stand on farmers and climate change 9.5.19 WNAX Radio: OCM Pleased Elected Officials And Presidential Candidates Want Ag Merger Moratorium 9.4.19 MKE Journal Sentinel: 5 takeaways from the financial records of a controversial dairy-promoting nonprofit "check off" that gets its money from farmers (Wow. check off those salaries...) 9.4.19 UC Santa Cruz Newscenter: UCSC Farm hosts organic ag research tour for Congressman Jimmy Panetta 9.3.19 Wash Post opinion: Trump has angered the wrong people: Farmers 9.3.19 Wash Post: Big Ag is also a focus of Dem antitrust plans 9.3.19 Politico Magazine: Climate Change Could Be a Problem in 2020 ... for Democrats 8.31.19 WashPost: Black farmers say Warren's plan wouldn't solve their biggest problem 8.30.19 Des Moines Register Opinion: NAFTA: Putting family farmers out of business since 1994 8.28.19 NBC News: U.S. has paid more than $1M in interest for late bailout payments to farmers Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 9.6.19 The Sumter Item: Sumter farm receives HFFI grant to improve access to healthy food 9.5.19 Reuters: FDIC says more farmers falling behind on loans from community banks this year 9.5.19 Coop news: Cincinnati co-op grocer scheme awarded $80,000 HFFI grant  9.5.19 Coastal Enterprise news release: CEI Ventures participates in financing for Culture Fresh Foods to restart former Danone factory as a new plant-based dairy 9.4.19 WHO Release: Stronger focus on nutrition within health services could save 3.7 million lives by 2025 9.4.19 WashPost: It doesn't matter if it's sugary or diet: New study links all soda to an early death 9.3.19 Bloomberg: America's Chicken Industry Accused of Conspiring to Keep Immigrant Wages Down 9.3.19 Omaha World-Herald: Nebraska could soon be at center of national legal battle over Roundup 8.29.19 CNN: Fast food may contribute to teen depression, UAB study says 8.23.19 NCUA Newsroom: NCUA Charters Maine Harvest Federal Credit Union. Congrats!! Funding Opportunities NC IDEA is accepting applications for NC IDEA Micro and NC IDEA Seed. Deadline Sep 9 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 Walmart is requesting LOI for New and Emerging Solutions that Improve Access to Healthier Food. Deadline Sep 17 Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is seeking applications for Building Evidence on Nutrition Supports for Low-income Families with Young Children. Deadline Sep 24 EPA invites communities to apply to the Local Foods, Local Places technical assistance program. Deadline Sep 30 USDA FSA Organic Certification Cost Share Program is accepting applications. Deadline Oct 31 The Conservation Fund is seeking applicants for the Grant Program for Transporting Healthy Foods.Deadline Nov 27 Back to top EVENTS & ACTIONS Action! New proposed rule would affect 3 million people with SNAP benefits. Broad-based categorical eligibility is a provision that enables qualifying Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) households to automatically qualify for SNAP. The new USDA proposal attempts to limit states' ability to decide the eligibility criteria for TANF. Read more here. Submit a comment to USDA here. 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 10.6 - 10.7.19 Charlotte, NC Carolina Meat Conference Events 9.9.19 Chicago, IL Summit 19: Social Enterprises's Premier, National Convening 9.9 - 9.10.19 Richmond, VA National Conference for Outreach and Agriculture Development  9.15 - 9.18.19 Prior Lake, MN Annual Conference on Native American Nutrition 9.16.19 (Webinar) Food Sovereignty and the Role of Extension: Partnerships at Work   9.17.19 (Webinar) How to unlearn capitalism  9.20.19 Raleigh, NC Farm to School Summit 9.21.19 East Troy, WI FarmAid 2019 9.23 - 9.26.19 Green Bay, WI Food Sovereignty Summit 9.26.19 (Webinar) Reclaiming Food Enterprises: Capital for Communities of Color 9.26 - 9.29.19 Traverse City, MI Farms, Food, and Health Conference 10.2 - 10.5.19 Albany, GA New Communities 50th Anniversary 10.7 - 10.9.19 Richmond, VA 2019 National Direct Agricultural Marketing Summit  10.15.19 Charlotte, NC ReCONNECT to Economic Opportunity Forum 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 Mandela Partners - Entrepreneurship Development Coordinator Apply by Sep. 30th NEW USDA's National Institute of Food & Agriculture - Social Science Specialist Apply by Sep. 24th NEW W.K. Kellogg Foundation - Director of Systems Change Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future - Senior Program Officer.  Center for Environmental Farming Systems - Interim Communications Manager and Small Farm Unit Manager National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition - Policy Director NEW Minnesota Department of Agriculture - Regional Marketing Specialist Los Angeles Food Policy Council, 3 positions - Food Leaders Lab Program Manager / Healthy Neighborhood Market Network - Senior Project Manager &  Business Counselor/Program Associate Carolina Farm Stewardship Association - Development Director Center for Agricultural Development and Entrepreneurship - Farm to School Supply Chain Development Program Manager Transplanting Traditions Community Farm - Farm and Educational Program Manager Anathoth Community Garden and Farm - Executive Director  Research and Resources  PolicyLink, Equitable Food Systems Resource Guide JAFSCD, Early lessons from The Food Commons: a new economic whole system approach for regional food Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, 2019 National CDFI Directory  Grant Makers in Health, Farming the Road: Working with Rural Communities Development Opportunities Community Food Systems Conference is accepting applications for scholarships. Apply by Sep 20 National Farm to School Network is accepting proposals for their 10th annual conference. Apply by October 4 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