The Office of the Food Policy director for New York City Food Policy is seeking a Policy Advisor to support the Office in all efforts to implement the administration’s food policy agenda and to accomplish the food policy goals laid out in OneNYC, The Plan for a Strong and Just City.
More information: http://www1.nyc.gov/site/foodpolicy/about/employment-and-internships.page
As part of the effort to institutionalize the work that has taken place during this administration on local and regional food systems at USDA, we are posting a *permanent, full-time position* that will be charged with coordinating the Department’s *Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food* initiative and shepherding work across USDA to support local and regional foods.
The job posting is available here:
https://www.usajobs.gov/GetJob/ViewDetails/437757500/
It is open to both current/former federal employees and those who have
never been employed in the federal government.
The window to submit applications is *only open until Monday (May 9).*
Want to learn more about FIG or get involved? Curious about food systems planning?
Come to our Food Systems Planning Interest Group Annual Business and Network Meeting on Sunday, April 3rd at 6:30pm at Courduroy. Click the link to learn more or search for conference activity #9005235.
The National Planning Conference has lots to offer in terms of sessions on food systems, food policy, health, and related topics. You can search the conference program by track or use the topic tags to find your favorites. Check out the sessions on food systems planning.
Community Food System Coordinator
For more information or to apply, go to http://rvfoodsystem.org/employment/
Application closing date: April 8, 2016
Position Summary
The Community Food System Coordinator is the primary public face of the Rogue Valley Food System Network. The Coordinator facilitates the collaboration of food system partners to develop and incubate projects and programs that further the goals and priorities for a strong, vibrant regional food system in Jackson and Josephine Counties characterized by abundant local food production, equitable food access, environmental sustainability, economic vitality, and healthy community.
About the Rogue Valley Food System Network
The Rogue Valley Food System Network establishes a collaborative community of leadership to develop and advocate for a healthy and sustainable food system in Josephine and Jackson Counties. The Rogue Valley Food System Network is a group of individuals, organizations, and businesses who have joined together to strengthen our local food system through collaboration. The Network is led by a 15-member council that meets monthly. The public is welcome.
Aetna Foundation just announced their 2016 Cultivating Healthy Communities grant program. To empower whole communities to lead healthier lives, their programming is focused on five domains:
There is one RFP for the year and Aetna expects to award up to $2 million in grants to organizations in the continental United States through this program.
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service has announced that funding is available for the fiscal year 2016 Farmers Market and Local Food Promotion Program (FMLFPP) and Specialty Crop Block Grant Program (SCBGP). To find information on how to apply to these programs, please visit www.grants.gov and https://www.ams.usda.gov/services/grants. Applications are due May 12, 2016.
The National Farm to School Network is now accepting applications for scholarships to the 8th National Farm to Cafeteria Conference, which will take place in Madison, Wis., June 2-4, 2016. This event is the top national training and networking event for farm to cafeteria professionals working to improve community health, build economic opportunities for farmers and producers, and ensure long-term sustainability for local food efforts nationwide. To ensure the conference reflects the full diversity of the movement, scholarships are prioritized for farmers, farmer support organizations, youth (through age 22), persons of color, food service professionals, farm to college/hospital practitioners, and early care and education providers.
Don’t delay! Scholarship application are due Feb. 29 at 5pm ET. Learn more and submit your application at farmtocafeteriaconference.org.
Just Food? Forum on Land Use, Rights and Ecology
A collaboration of the Harvard Food Law Society and Food Literacy Project
March 25th and 26th, 2016, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA
Early bird rates through February 25th.
Featuring talks, panels, workshops, posters, films, a reception and more!
This year’s Just Food? conference will examine the relationship between people and land, primarily through agriculture and food. We will explore the legal, moral, policy, health, historic and environmental aspects of our domestic and international food system, with a focus on the intersection of land and justice. The conference will bring together scholars, farmers, activists, practitioners, and other authorities to discuss the growing concerns about who has access to land, how agriculture changes land, and who is marginalized or dispossessed by our current system. Our goal is to educate attendees, empower them to make changes, and engage them in a larger dialogue about food.
Keynotes speakers include:
Smita Narula on Land Rights.
Anuradha Mittal on the Growing Natural Resource Grabs in the Third World.
Also a keynote panel on Legacies of Land: the Oppressed and Dispossessed featuring: Janie Hipp, Director of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative at the U. of Arkansas School of Law; Jo Guldi, Brown University History Professor; Debora Nunes Lino Da Silva, MST member from Northeast Brazil; Tess Desmond Lowinske, Director of Harvard’s Committee on Ethnicity, Migration, and Rights
We do not want the cost of registration to prohibit anyone from attending. We have a limited number of registration scholarships available. If you feel the registration fee is a financial burden that would prevent you from attending, please email harvard.justfood@gmail.com with the subject “Conference Scholarship.” Please include a short paragraph about why you would like to attend the conference.
Register now: http://justfood2016.eventbrite.com
Find out more: https://foodbetter.squarespace.com/food-justice-conference/
Join us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/675757809232750/
Contact us: harvard.justfood@gmail.com
County Farm to School, Farm to Community Coordinator (CC) in Dade County will help to support capacity building in the local food system and expand access to healthful foods by eligible populations. In this context, food systems are defined as the activities and processes included in the movement of healthful food from farm/garden to plate. This includes school and community gardens; farmers’ markets; Smarter Lunchrooms Movement; and helping farmers access new markets, such as school cafeteria and corner stores. The CC will engage school food authorities, communities, and farmers in order to provide them with the education and technical support to increase the availability of specialty crops in the school lunch program and to increase the number of farmers selling to local farmers’ markets using appropriate procurement processes while meeting state and federal food safety standards. Other duties are to provide outreach and support for school food service and producers to promote Farm to School in county FNP-eligible schools, to provide fresh fruits and vegetables to low-income communities, to help develop pilot programs, and/or to implement new relationships for the sale of local products. CC will travel throughout the county and surrounding area to meet school food authorities, farmers, distributors, Extension agents, and other relevant stakeholders to increase procurement of local food in county. Farmers will be introduced to food safety requirements for schools and given information on relevant training opportunities, including selling to schools and accepting Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT). CC will also assist with implementing school and community gardens.
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