1-24-20 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday! Glad to see this Tanka Bar news! I had the pleasure of sampling one on a visit to Pine Ridge back in 2006 and then successfully pushed for my local food coop to sell them. :). More news et al below... News | Events & actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Legislation, etc. 01.26.20 Philly Inquirer: Philly 'city slickers' have received millions in federal farm subsidies over 25 years 01.25.20 NY Times: Cities Prepare for the Worst as Trump's Food Stamp Cuts Near Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 01.30.20 Agri-Pulse: FCC adopts $20.4B funding plan to boost rural broadband 01.29.20 Inside Philanthropy: Farmers and Funders Get Behind a Push to Reinvent Agriculture in an Era of Climate Change 01.29.20 Farm Bureau: The Verdict Is In: Farm Bankruptcies Up by 20% in 2019 01.27.20 FoodDive: New trend research: Understanding what millennials want in sustainable food and beverage packaging 01.25.20 MN Star-Tribune/AP: Minnesota farmer, distributor raises beef to improve soil 01.25.20 Truthout: Midwestern Farm Network Is Leading the Way to Chemical-Free, Sustainable Farming 01.25.20 CNN: Raw ground beef recalled in nine states due to possible plastic contamination 01.24.20 Odessa Arts Online: Tanka and Niman Ranch Partner to Assist in the Economic Revitalization on Pine Ridge 01.24.20 Fortune: An Imperfect expansion into 'sustainable' seafood 01.24.20 Raleigh N&O: 34,000 chickens die in poultry farm fires in NC, VA 01.23.20 CLT Observer: Donald Trump's cruel, dangerous risk with our food 01.23.20 Business Insider: Whole Foods shoppers report food shortages and empty shelves at some stores as the company faces supplier issue 01.21.20 IndyWeek: As Smithfield Appeals Verdict, a Hog-Farm Neighbor Awaits His Chance at Justice After 20 Years of Hell Note to Self... 01.24.20 Medium: Why Good Email Subject Lines Are a Big Deal for Food Organizers Funding Opportunities NEW! City of High Point, NC opening Round 2 of Food Security Fund grants.  NIFA's 2020 Organic Ag Research grant applications open. NSAC notes OREI app deadlines Jan 30, ORG deadline Feb 27. NSAC Blog: $37mm available via USDA's Value-Added Producer Grant (VPAG) for value-added and local food projects. Deadline is Mar 5 The Conservation Fund's Resourceful Communities CNEF small-grant program application is open. Feb 14 deadline NC Tobacco Trust Fund 2020 Grant Cycle Open. App deadline is March 6 Organic Valley Farmers is accepting applications for the Farmers Advocating for Organic (FAFO) grant program. Looks like deadline might have moved to Feb 15?  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! Reps. Pingree and Haaland are introducing the Farmers Bill of Rights resolution next month and orgs can sign-on in support. (Note: the language will be tweaked from "historically disadvantaged" to explicitly state "African American and Hispanic" in some places.) Friday, January 31 sign-on deadline. Events 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 2.05.20 FFAR's Foster Our Future w. in Washington, DC 2.5 - 2.8.20 Lancaster, PA: PASA Sustainable Ag Conference NEW! 2.10.20 CDFA Webinar: Food & Social Equity: Detroit's Approach to Financing the Food System 3.10 - 3.13.20 New Orleans, LA: National Good Food Conference  3.22-03.28.20: 34th Annual Small Farms Week hosted by Cooperative Extension at NC A&T  3.29.20 South Carolina Black Farmers Conference 3.31 - 4.1.19 Columbus, OH No Kid Hungry's Rural Childhood Summit NEW! 3.30 - 3.31.20 NCAT's 1st Annual Soil Health Innovations Conference Bozman, MT Find more events on our national events calendar. If you have events you'd like added, please email david.beck@self-help.org.  Back to top OF INTEREST Job Opportunities DC Greens has 2 positions open: Produce Plus Program Manager and Grants Specialist Los Angeles Food Policy Council: Executive Director. App Deadline Jan. 31 Life Around the Table Half-Time Comms Coordinator. App Deadline Jan 31 Toxic Free NC: Just and Sustainable Agriculture Program Manager. App Deadline Feb. 3 NC Alliance for Health: Comms and Fund Dev Director Self-Help: Food System Program Associate SAAFON: Executive Director Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future: Education Program Specialist, Sr Program Officer  RAFI (Rural Advancement Foundation International): Development Manager The Conservation Fund: Healthy Eating, Active Living (HEAL) Coordinator Piedmont Triad Regional Food Council: Food Systems Coordinator Farm Aid: 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  MSU Ctr for Regional Food Systems: An Annotated Bibliography on Structural Racism Present in the U.S. Food System, Seventh Edition 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 Routledge Studies in Food, Society and the Environment: Sustainable Food System Assessment: Lessons from Global Practice  That's All Folks! 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