02-28-20 Healthy Food System Weekly Update

View this email in your browser Happy Friday! Lots of news below such as 02.26.20 Civil Eats: New Federal Roadmap for Climate Action on Farms: Rep. Chellie Pingree's Ag Resilience Act, H.R. 5861. Also found this July 2020 CSM 3 part series: 1: Farm Trust helping new farmers put down roots, 2: Maine's Farm Resiliency Program and 3: cattle and ecotourism combine on one Nebraska ranch. Cheers!  News | Events & Actions | Of Interest | Previous updates | Forward to a friend NEWS Legislation, etc. 03.04.20 House Ag Cmte Hearing: The State of the Rural Economy with Ag Sec Perdue 02.27.20 The Chattanoogan: TN Bill Would Decrease Food Desert In Low-Income Areas 02.26.20 Civil Eats: New Federal Roadmap for Climate Action on Farms. Rep. Chellie Pingree's Ag Resilience Act, H.R. 5861, would incentivize and support farmers to address the climate crisis in the face of USDA inaction. 02.26.20 Raleigh N&O: NC Ag Commissioner Dem Primary Candidates 02.25.20 Center for Rural Affairs: President's budget proposals would hurt rural America 02.25.20 EDF: 3 must-haves for USDA to cut ag's enviro footprint in half 02.24.20 AP: Crackdown on immigrants who use public benefits takes effect 02.21.20 The Sentinel (Central PA): Farm bankruptcies on the rise "... one alternative lender, Ag Resource Management, had grown loan volume at a 40% rate over the past three years. "I'd describe them as maybe payday lenders," said Glen Smith, chairman of the Farm Credit Administration..." 02.22.20 WALB-TV: 'Nuisance' farm bill awaiting vote in Georgia Senate 02.17.20 RFD-TV: GAO to investigate Trump's Farm Bailout Program 02.18.20 UCS Report: In Support of Sustainable Eating Why US Dietary Guidelines Should Prioritize Healthy People and a Healthy Planet. Also see related Actions below. Relevant Food & Sustainable Ag News 02.27.20 CBS News: Roughly 40% of U.S. adults are obese, 10% very much so, CDC says 02.27.20 Axios: Why Amazon's bigger Go grocery stores matter 02.27.20 Raleigh N&O: Profile of Angus Barn Executive Chef Walter Royal 02.25.20 Public News Service: Southern Oyster Growers Feeling Impacts of Climate Change 02.24.20 Progressive Grocer: Blockchain Technology: Case for the Trace 02.18.20 NPQ By Dr. Shirley Sherrod: The Struggle for the Land: A Story from America's Black Belt. Related 02.21.20 NPQ Webinar: Remaking the Black Belt Funding Opportunities Carolina Farm Credit Open $5k Corporate Mission Fund grant application. Deadline June 30. 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: USDA's Value-Added Producer Grant (VPAG) for value-added and local food projects. Deadline is March 5. (Center for Rural Affairs blurb here 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 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. Back to top EVENTS & ACTIONS Events 3.1-3.3.20 NFU 118th Convention, Savannah, GA 3.3.20 Politico Event: The Food System of the Future Tuesday, March 3, Chicago 8:00 AM CST 3.10 - 3.13.20  National Good Food Conference, New Orleans, LA  3.22-03.28.20: 34th Annual Small Farms Week hosted by Cooperative Extension at NC A&T, Greensboro, NC 3.29.20 South Carolina Black Farmers Conference, St. Helena Island, SC 3.31 - 4.1.20 No Kid Hungry's Rural Childhood Summit, Columbus, OH 3.30 - 3.31.20 NCAT's 1st Annual Soil Health Innovations Conference Bozman, MT 4.27-30: Croatan Forum, 2020. Durham, NC 5.27-28.20 Innovation Forum: The Future of Food. How business can react to consumer trends, whilst building sustainable, resilient agricultural supply chains, Minneapolis  6.4 - 6.6.20 CCMA's Rebuilding Food Sovereignty on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Sioux Falls, SD 6.7-8.20 Seventh National Rural Grocery Summit Manhattan, Kansas. Call for presentations due TODAY 8.13-14.20 OCMs' 22nd Annual Food & Ag Conf. and Membership Meeting, Oklahoma City Actions NEW Food Chain Workers Alliance: Oppose H.R. 5038 – The Farm Workforce Modernization Act of 2019 NEW National Farm To School Network is seeking feedback on USDA's proposed rule that changes to the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the School Breakfast Program (SBP).  Union of Concerned Scientists: Tell the federal dietary committee to develop guidelines consistent with current science on sustainability.  Sign letter here Requested signon deadline is March 4. 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 NEW MSU Center for Regional Food Systems: Food Systems Specialist, application deadline March 11. NEW Food Empowerment Project (Petaluma, CA): Executive Director NEW The Center for Good Food Purchasing:  Program Analyst and part time Data and Research Intern Kalamazoo Valley Food Hub DC Greens has 2 positions open: Produce Plus Program Manager and Grants Specialist NC Alliance for Health: Comms and Fund Dev Director Self-Help: Food System Policy 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, Resources and Development Oppties  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 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 © 2020 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