10-04-19 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday! Lots of news this week. Ag Sec. Perdue's comments suggesting "go big or get out" (articles below) created teachable moment that NSAC is helping lead. Farm Credit's 2018 AR shows $5.3b in profit. This 10.3.19 NPR piece on New Communities Land Trust and Shirley Sherrod is great. Lots more below. Enjoy!  News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Legislation, etc. 10.3.19 WI Examiner: Opinion: Perdue to small farmers: Stop whining, your demise is inevitable 10.1.19 AP: Perdue: No guarantee small farms will survive 10.1.19 Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: Perdue says dairy farms will survive, but may have to get bigger 10.3.19 New Food Economy: For the third time this year, USDA announces another change to SNAP rules 10.1.19 West Central (ND) Tribune: Lender Ken Knudsen: I hope every credit trainer remembers 1980s lessons 9.30.19 UPI: U.S. farm bankruptcies rise as trade war drags on Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 10.4.19 UPI: Farmers get 'negligible' benefit from insecticide that may kill bees, researchers say 10.2.19 Civil Eats: With $100, you too can invest in regenerative agriculture 10.2.19 DishCity: Soda Tax Increase Goes Into Effect In D.C. 10.2.19 PEW: As rural groceries fade away, lawmakers wonder whether to act 9.30.19 NY Times: That Perplexing Red Meat Controversy: 5 Things to Know. Related: 10.4.19 NY Times: Scientist Who Discredited Meat Guidelines Didn't Report Past Food Industry Ties 9.30.19 PEW: Vegan School Lunches Expand Despite Opposition From Meat Industry 9.27.19 Aljazeera: The other student debt: US kids struggle to pay for school meals Funding Opportunities National Farm to School Network compiled a list of Farm to School funding opportunities. Deadlines range from Sep 30 - Nov 8.   Food and Farm Communications Fund launched their Capacity Mini-Grants program. Deadline Oct 9 USDA FSA Organic Certification Cost Share Program is accepting applications. Deadline Oct 31 NEW Michigan Good Food Fund announces Catalytic Investment Awards for five Michigan businesses. Deadline Nov 8 The Gates Foundation is accepting grant applications for their Voices for Economy Opportunity award. Deadline Nov 13 The Conservation Fund is seeking applicants for the Grant Program for Transporting Healthy Foods.Deadline Nov 27 NEW United Fresh Start Foundation is accepting applications for the Community Innovation Grants Program. Deadline Dec 1. 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.  The HEAL Alliance is seeking support for the No Shame at School Act. Earlier this year Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN-5) and Sen.Tina Smith (D-MN) introduced legislation that would provide protections for students and their families with school lunch debt. The No Shame at School Act allows school districts to be retroactively reimbursed for unpaid lunch fees and bars collection agencies from seeking unpaid lunch fees. Sign onto the petition here if interested. Event highlight October is National Farm to School Month! Check out ways to celebrate your local schools and farming communities this month. Events 10.5 - 10.6.19 Charlotte, NC Carolina Meat Conference 10.7 - 10.9.19 Rosemont, IL 2019 National Direct Agricultural Marketing Summit  10.12.19 Chapel Hill, NC Audio Bites: Short Stories on Culture & Foodways of Burma 10.15.19 (Webinar) Who Will Own and Steward US Land? Creating Coalitions to Fund an Agricultural Commons 10.15.19 Washington, DC Chesapeake Food Summit 10.15.19 Charlotte, NC ReCONNECT to Economic Opportunity Forum 10.17.19 (Webinar) Equitable Food Oriented Development  10.17 - 10.19.19 St. Paul, MN Women in Sustainable Ag Conference 10.17.19 New York, NY Building Racial Equity: Foundations 10.21.19 (Webinar) Produce Prescriptions: A Smart Solution to Health Inequity 10.22 - 10.24.19 Red Wing, MN National Farm Viability Conference 10.23 - 10.24.19 Austin, TX Food Incubation Summit 10.25 - 10.27.19 New York, NY Black Farmers & Urban Gardeners Conference 10.28.19 Columbus, OH Ohio Food Policy Summit  11.1.19 (Webinar) Local Food Procurement: A Catalyst for Small Farm Economies 11.1 - 11.3.19 Durham, NC Sustainable Agriculture Conference 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 - Conservation Policy Specialist and Policy Director W.K. Kellogg Foundation - Director of Systems Change Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future - Senior Program Officer.  Austin's Sustainable Food Center - Director of the Farm Direct Program Center for Environmental Farming Systems - Interim Communications Manager  Center for Agricultural Development and Entrepreneurship - Farm to School Supply Chain Development Program Manager Research and Resources  Urban Ag Magazine: Food Policy Councils Changelab Solutions, A Legal Update: Sugary Drink Warning Labels Development Opportunities The Harkin Institute is accepting proposals for their 2020 Harkin on Wellness Designation. Submit your program by Nov 1. Carolina Farm Stewardship Association is hosting a 2-day pre-conference workshop that aims to build the capacity of local food justice leaders. Read more and register here  Rural Advancement Foundation International - Come to the Table Fellowship for Rural Faith Leaders. Apply by Oc 15 National Farm to School Network is accepting scholarship applications to attend the 10th annual conference. Apply by Nov 1. 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