Two $6,000 Grants For Mobile Market Support in Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln and Putnam Counties

Guest Blog: Hunting & Gathering In Richwood

Report: Alleghany Meats Tour

Vote for Our Local Food Policies Until September 30th Through Our Children Our Future!

AmeriCorps VISTA Position Open at Alderson Community Food Hub

WV Food & Farm Coalition News

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Fall is here, and so is our newsletter! There's a lot going on in West Virginia's Food & Farm world, so read on to jump right in.

Here's just a few of the things you'll find here:

Funding available for 2 Mobile Markets in 6 WV Counties!
Upcoming events like the Southeast Foodshed Farm Gathering and WV Women's Agriculture Conference!
All the latest news on FSMA from our friends at the National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition!
An AmeriCorps opportunities at the Alderson Community Food Hub!
A recap of our trip to Alleghany Meats in Monterey, VA.
Local news about Food Access projects in the Southern Coalfields, and an interview with Grow Ohio Valley's Executive Director, Ken Peralta!

Thanks for reading!

Two $6,000 Grants For Mobile Market Support & Creation Available for Organizations in Boone, Clay, Fayette, Kanawha, Lincoln and Putnam Counties

Are you ready to see more fresh produce in the Kanawha Valley? These grants will support projects that combine innovation, collaboration and education with a mobile market to directly serve limited resource families in the 6 county region. Read on!

Vote for Local Food Policies Until September 30th Through Our Children Our Future!

Our three policies have the potential to put more local grown, healthy food on the plates of West Virginians and increase markets for many West Virginia farmers and value added food producers. The policies are: 1) Creating a Cottage Food Law, 2) A Local Food Sourcing Law for Public Institutions, and 3) A Tax Incentive for Food Producers for the cost of harvesting, storing, and transporting food donations. Go vote now!

Upcoming Events

For a complete list of events visit http://wvfoodandfarm.org/news-media/events

Webinar: FSIS on CIS Program for State-Inspected Meat & Poultry Plants

Sept 23, 3-4pm, Online

Create WV Conference

Sept 24-26, Fayetteville, WV

WV School Garden Symposium

Sept 26, Charleston, WV

Appalachian Food Summit

Sept 26, Abingdon, VA

Mushroom Cultivation & Application Course

Oct 2-4, Asheville, NC

WV Healthy Bodies, Healthy Spirits

Oct 3, Buckhannon, WV

Introduction to Beekeeping

Oct 4, 11am, All Things Herbal, Fairmont, WV

Carolina Meat Conference

Oct 12-13, Winston-Salem, NC

WV Agriculture Innovation Showcase

Oct 16-17, Moorefield, WV

West Virginia Women in Agriculture Conference

Oct 23-24, Davis, WV

Greenbrier Valley Farm Feast 2015

Oct 23-24, Davis, WV

2016: Futureharvest/CASA Beginning Farmer Training Program

Yearlong, Maryland

Opportunities

For more grants visit http://wvfoodandfarm.org/news-media/grants-calendar/

2015 Organic Certification Cost Share Program

September 30, 2015

Target Foundation Field Trip Grants

September 30, 2015

Captain Planet Foundation Small Grant

September 30, 2015

Rural Child Poverty Nutrition Center Grants

September 30, 2015

Jamba Juice: All About Fruits And Veggies Grants

Oct 2, 2015

CSX Small Grants Program For Transporting Healthy Food

Oct 5, 2015

Northeast SARE Partnership Grants

Oct 5, 2015

Ben & Jerry's Grassroots Organizing for Social Change Program

October 15, 2015

Organic Hardship Assistance - The Bricmont Fund

October 23, 2015

American Association of University Women Career Development Grant

Dec 15, 2015

WV Farm Service Agency - Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program & Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish

Various (Fall, Winter)

Home Depot Community Impact Grants

Ongoing

Wild Ones Grants for School Gardens and Community Nature Areas

Ongoing

West Virginia Foodshed News

State: Exemption Allows Small Scale Rabbit Producers to Sell At Farmers Markets

State: WV Farmers Market Association Offering Liability Insurance

State: Pilot Insurance Program Offered to WV Livestock Producers

Root-seekers Wary of China's economy as Ginseng Blooms

Huntington: Farm to Table Dinner: Recap - & Five Reasons to Shop Local

Buckhannon: Fish Hawk Acres Set to Relocate

Beckley: Beckley Brewers Debut First Craft Beer

New River: Create WV: Tackling West Virginia's Chronic Issues, Embracing New Opportunities

Clarksburg: New Bakery Vendor Joins Farmers Market

Greenbrier Valley: Laurel Creek Farm Highlight

Greenbrier Valley: Lewisburg Farmers Market, Health Alliance join forces

Lessons from the West Virginia Garden Based Learning Workshop

Morgantown: Teaching Medical Students to Cook Now Makes Them Better Doctors Later

Pocahontas Co: Linwood has got it 'Growing On"

Wheeling: Interview with Ken Peralta, Grow Ohio Valley

Southern Coalfields: Agriculture Programs Expanding Locally

Southern Coalfields: CSX Funds Promote Healthy Food Access in Mingo, Roane, McDowell Counties

Southern Coalfields: McDowell Students Get Fresh Look At Fresh Veggies

National Food News

FDA Releases Final FSMA Food Facilities Rule

Restoring Appalachian Soils to Restore the Forests

Risk Management Agency: Whole-Farm Will Be The First Universally Available Crop Insurance Policy

Food Industry Enlisted Academics in G.M.O. Lobbying War, Emails Show

Perdue Farms To Buy Niman Ranch

Study: Great Plains Agricultural Greenhouse Gas Emissions Could Be Eliminated

Study: Trap Cropping May Offer Organic Growers an Alternative to Pesticides

Publication: Building Strong, Legally Enforceable Sales Agreements for Production Services

Study: Reflecting on 20 Years of of Measuring Household Food Security

These Are The People Who Haul Our Food Across America

Sweeping study of US farm data shows loss of crop diversity the past 34 years

Why Food Belongs in our Discussion of Race

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