12-20-19 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday! In the bittersweet news category: our wonderful colleague Hannah Quigley has taken a position as Senior Food System Advisor for the Richmond City Health Dept. All of us at Self-Help are excited for Hannah though we will miss her greatly and she leaves big shoes to fill! For those interested, here's the link to the position opening. Please contact David Beck if you have questions. Lastly, we're taking the next two Fridays off for the holidays. Look for us again January 3! News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Legislation, etc. 12.19.19 Politico Morning Ag: New Low-Carb Action Network is aiming to influence federal nutrition advice being updated in 2020. 12.17.19 Media Release: Reps. Murphy, LaHood Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Modernize Financing Tools for Farmers and Manufacturers by streamlining private activity bonds for first-time farmers and small manufacturers to encourage growth and to create more jobs. 12.16.19 Politico Morning Ag: Cory Booker's plan to overhaul the meat industry 12.16.19 New Food Economy: Two new bills would blunt impact of factory farms on public health and the environment 12.16.19 The Hill: Food inspectors warn of 'mystery' pork under new meat inspection rules. Related 12.16.19 NBC News piece here. 12.15.19 Wall St Journal (paywall): Facing a 'Food Desert,' Oklahoma City Wants Dollar Stores to Sell Fresh Food Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 12.19.19 New Food Economy: Op-ed, In Memoriam: Sustainable Seafood, 1992-2019 12.18.19 AP (via Journal Review): Sustainable plow-free farming could help save small farms 12.17.19 Nonprofit Quarterly: The Ballad of the RCC, or "Nice Try. Now Try Again" 12.16.19 NC Health News: Durham's Bull City Fit is fighting childhood obesity by teaming up 12.15.19 UNC-CH Gillings School of Public Health: Twin presence of obesity and undernutrition reflects shifts in global food systems 12.11.19 South Dakota News Watch: Expansion of large 'CAFO' livestock farms causing division and concern across South Dakota Funding Opportunities NEW NC Extension is accepting applications for NC AgVentures grants for individual producers or a collaborative project benefiting multiple farms. Apply by Jan. 14; see here for details NEW Organic Valley Farmers is accepting applications for the Farmers Advocating for Organic (FAFO) grant program. Apply by Feb. 1 NEW USDA Office of Partnerships and Public Engagement is seeking applicants for three fellowship opportunities targeted to faculty or staff: E. Kika De La Garza Fellowship, Terra Preta do Indio Tribal Fellowship, Booker T. Washington Fellowship. Apply by Feb. 12 USDA's Value-Added Producer Grant is accepting applications.  Apply by March 9.  USDA's Rural Energy for America Program Renewable Energy Systems & Energy Efficiency Improvement is accepting applications for guaranteed loan programs and grants - various deadlines. The Rockefeller Foundation has announced the Food System Vision Prize to seed the revisioning of a global food system. Early deadline Dec 5th; Applications close Jan 31. Back to top EVENTS & ACTIONS Action! Help our friends at MSU Center for Regional Food Systems prepare for another year of the Racial Equity in the Food System Workgroup. Take the very short survey to inform next steps but be sure to do it by January 6th!  The NC Food Council would like to learn about your community's policy challenges and successes related to the recovery of unserved prepared and ready-to-eat foods for human consumption. Take this brief survey by Jan 15. Event highlight Grab your early bird ticket for The Wallace Center's March 10-13th National Good Food Network Conference in New Orleans! Scholarships are available; apply by Dec 29 Events 1.9 - 1.10.20 Des Moines, IA Community Food Systems Annual Event 1.22 - 1.25.20 Little Rock, AR Southern SAWG Annual Conference 1.31.20 Call for Proposals Due for International Workshop on Agriculture 1.31.20 Call for Proposals Due for Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society's Annual Conference 3.10 - 3.13.19 New Orleans, LA National Good Food Conference  3.31 - 4.1.19 Columbus, OH No Kid Hungry's Rural Childhood Summit 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 SAAFON: Executive Director Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future: Education Program Specialist,  Senior Program Officer  NEW Rural Advancement Foundation International - Director of Development and Communications NEW Agrarian Trust - National FaithLands Coordinator The Conservation Fund: Healthy Eating, Active Living (HEAL) Coordinator Land Stewardship Project - Executive Director Deadline Dec. 23 Piedmont Triad Regional Food Council: Food Systems Coordinator Farm Aid: 3 positions -  Office Manager, Keepseagle Project Manager, Farmer Services Network Manager Building Equity & Alignment for Impact: Development Director The Rural Coalition: Policy and Advocacy Coordinator Center for Science in the Public Interest: Senior Policy Associate  Research and Resources  Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment: Sustainable Food System Assessment: Lessons from Global Practice  JAFSCD: Wind River Reservation Gardeners Grow Intergenerational Resilience for Indigenous Food Sovereignty Development Opportunities The Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development is seeking peer reviewers. Learn more about applying here.  The Wallace Center's Community Food Systems Mentorship Program is accepting applications for their next cohort. Check out more information and apply by Dec 29 That's All Folks! David Beck Self-Help Policy Director 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