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SNAP & Gov't Shutdown News

In order to get help with child care expenses, the child has to be caught up on vaccines. See list from CDC.

SNAP Benefits to Resume in Full But When Remains a Question

Faith & Future of Food

Notice these faith leaders on staff with USDA! They are using the preachers to be a liason between government and community.

NFAB Reflecting with Gratitude on a Year of Faith-Forward Policy

A focused review of the past year’s faith-forward policy work. The National Faith Advisory Board brings senior faith leaders to a single table to examine outcomes, express gratitude for progress made, and define the next phase of national engagement. Paula White-Cain, Alveda King, and Steve Messeh, Director of the USDA Center for Faith, provide direct insight from their roles in federal faith initiatives, outlining what advanced, what shifted, and what remains ahead. The event centers on clarity, accountability, and direction for the coming year.

The funders behind this - one is AMERICAN FARMLAND TRUST. They are being promoted on the SALSALABS.ORG website! So they must be funding this event.

About Salsa Labs:

In May 2014, Salsa Labs received another $5 million from Edison and Maryland Venture Partners.^[3] Later that year, in October 2014, Salsa Labs acquired social fundraising and events platform, Givezooks!^[4] In November 2015, Salsa Labs merged with leading donor management platform, DonorPro.^[5]

In April 2018, Salsa Labs was acquired by private equity firm Accel-KKR.^[6]

In June 2021, Salsa Labs was acquired by EveryAction.^[7] Three months later, Apax Partners acquired EveryAction from Insight Partners and Social Solutions from Vista Equity Partners, combining them with CyberGrants, a company it agreed to acquire in June from Waud Capital Partners.^[8]

Salsa Labs is now Bonterra. EveryAction™ along with CyberGrants®, GiveGab®, Network for Good®, Salsa Labs®, and Social Solutions®—to fall under the Bonterra name.

Bonterra Network for Good offers fundraising software and built-in coaching, providing the tools and support small nonprofits need to succeed.

American Farmland Trust was founded in 1980 to save America’s farms and ranches.

American Farmland Trust leads the conservation agriculture movement with a mission to save America’s farms and ranches by protecting agricultural land, promoting sound farming practices, and helping farm families stay on the land. AFT takes a holistic approach, recognizing the vital connection between the land itself, the practices employed on that land, and the farmers and ranchers who steward that land. Through on-the-ground projects, objective research, and effective advocacy, AFT addresses major challenges facing farmers and ranchers, positioning farming to serve both economic and environmental goals. The widely recognized No Farms No Food® message AFT crafted highlights the importance of farmland, connecting the food we eat to the farms that grow it.

Saving the Land that Sustains Us

FEEDING TOMORROW - Official Trailer

Synopsis: Up against a broken food system suffering from ecosystem destruction, climate change, health epidemics, and inequality, a brave group of visionary leaders in agriculture, healthcare and education work to build a more just regenerative, and resilient system in their local communities.

As we traveled the world interviewing farmers, chefs, entrepreneurs, scientists, and innovators, a clear need emerged: the changemakers building solutions for a better tomorrow needed help telling their own stories. They wanted to shape their narrative, inspire communities, raise awareness, and mobilize action. That’s when Common Table Creative was born.

Since then, we’ve grown into a creative partner for mission-driven organizations, foundations, and brands, producing films, campaigns, and immersive experiences that showcase the power of food and farming to address some of the most urgent challenges of our time. Our work has been featured at SXSW, Sundance, COP27 in Egypt, COP28 in Dubai, and on networks including A+E.

From cooking meals out of the back of our traveling “food box” to highlighting voices on global stages, hospitality and storytelling remain at the heart of everything we do. We believe food is more than sustenance—it’s a catalyst for connection, resilience, and transformation.

At Common Table Creative, we bring together filmmakers, chefs, and advocates with a shared belief: stories can change the way we see the world, and food can change the way we live in it.

Other Food News

Mutant meat enters Canada's food supply... and shocked Americans get a nasty surprise

Cloned meat will soon enter Canadian grocery stores without safety reviews or labeling - whereas some Americans have been eating it all along. 

Health officials recently scrapped a 22-year-old policy that classified cloned meat as novel foods, removing pre-market safety assessments and allowing these products to be sold with no disclosure. 

The move has sparked surprise in the US, after it was revealed that similar products have quietly been on shelves for years without labels. 

Trump Administration OKs Oil, Gas Drilling in Alaska Wildlife Refuge

Misc. News

Nearly 20 people in quarantine as another measles case reported in Upstate outbreak

GOV UK - 

Digital driving licence coming this year

The UK government is launching a GOV.UK Wallet and App to simplify access to services and documents like digital driver’s licences, alongside reforms to public sector technology to save £45 billion and drive efficiency and growth.

It comes alongside other new and improved ways for people to interact with government digitally, with an expansive blueprint for how the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology (DSIT), which will now be home to a revamped Government Digital Service (GDS), will use digital tools and data to transform public services and help the taxpayer benefit from £45 billion in efficiency savings – essential to delivering our Plan for Change.

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins: Dems playing ‘political games’ amid government shutdown