06/22/2023
Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of June 21, 2023
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โข Food Policy Media Award 2023: Jerusha Klemperer (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข NYC Food Delivery Workers Receive Wage Increases (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข UPDATED: States that Have Passed Universal Free School Meals (So Far) (nycfoodpolicy.org)
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๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด
โข A โWin-Winโ for Restaurants and Migrants: Subsidized Free Meals (New York Times)
โข NYC Delivering on Minimum Wage Promise For App-Based Delivery Workers (JD Supra)
โข Love Wins Food Pantry in Queens Welcomes All in Need (Pix 11)
โข Juneteenth in Brooklyn: Red Velvet Cake Served With a Side of History (New York Times)
โข Composting Is Becoming Mandatory In NYC โ Hereโs What You Need To Know (Plant Based News)
โข NYC Rat Complaints Down 15% Compared to a Year Ago (New York Post)
โข Whole Foods in NYC Gets Hit With $5M Class Action Lawsuit (Supermarket News)
โข Looking for NYCโs Best Vegan Food? Head to Central Park on Tuesday Nights (VegNews)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด
โข Food Insecurity Already Affects 12 Million US Homes โ And Reductions in SNAP Benefits Wonโt Help (The Conversation)
โข Shoppers on Food Stamps Buy Less and Go to Food Banks As Benefits Shrink (CNN)
โข Advocate โDisheartenedโ by New SNAP Rule After Biden-McCarthy Debt Deal (Spectrum News)
โข Gov. Scott Allows Universal Free School Meals To Become Law (Vermont Public Radio)
โข GOP Is Trying to Slash Food Aid to Kids Who Are Already Struggling to Access It (Truthout)
โข A Simple Text Message Can Improve Food Stamp Access (Bloomberg)
โข What Will It Take To Bolster Food Security in One of the Worldโs Most Climate-Vulnerable Regions? (Ag Funder News)
โข 1 in 14 Seniors Faces Food Insecurity. We Need to Step Up Our Efforts to Help Them (Food Tank)
โข NGA, FMI Endorse Legislation Prohibiting EBT Processing Fees (Grocery Dive)
โข Kardea Brown Shares How Meals on Wheels America Is More Than Just Food Delivery, Interview (Foodsided)
โข Listen: โFood Apartheidโ Starves Minority Neighborhoods on Long Island (STAT News)
โข What Is Food Apartheid? (Treehugger)
โข Food Insecurity Is a Dire Reality for Americans Right Now (Fast Company)
โข How Payers Can Mitigate Food Insecurity (NEJM Catalyst)
โข Feed by FarmboxRx Supplies Households Affected by Pandemic-Era SNAP Cuts With Monthly Nutritious Meal Boxes (Food Navigator)
โข Food Bank of Central NY Expands To Handle Another 1 Million Pounds of Food (Syracuse.com)
โข Food Desert Mythology (The Dysfunction of Food by Kim Foster)
โข Combating Global Food Insecurity Amidst Ukraine War and Rising Inflation (Washington Post)
โข Food Insecurity Abroad Harms Americans at Home (The Hill)
โข Program Brings Farm Fresh Produce to Incarcerated Youth in Bemidji (MPR News)
โข For Women Ex-Prisoners, Food Insecurity Can Trigger Catastrophe. Activists Want More Aid (Los Angeles Times)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ (๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ Center For Food As Medicine)
โข Food Connections Program at Swedish Hospital: Food as Medicine in Healthcare Spotlight (foodmedcenter.org)
โข Encourage Plant-Based Diets With Choice Architecture, Not Bans or Marketing Stunts (Behavioral Scientist)
โข Food Is Medicine, but Are Produce Prescriptions? (Diabetes Care)
โข Using Modern Modalities to Improve Population Health and Advance Food and Health Equity (JAMA Network)
โข Perspectives of Food as Medicine Concept: Report of an Online Convenience Sample Survey of Registered Dietitian Nutritionists (Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)
โข Ask a Doctor: Are Nightshade Foods Bad For You? (Washington Post)
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โข The United States Needs to Protect Its Farmworkers from โDanger Seasonโ (Union of Concerned Scientists)
โข The Legal Loopholes That Threaten Farmworkersโ Health and Safety (Grist)
โข How Vertical Farming Can Save Water and Support Food Security (World Economic Forum)
โข Prospective Farmers Face Big Barriers to Entry. This Apprentice Program Wants to Set a New Standard (Modern Farmer)
โข What the 2023 Farm Bill Could Change for Animals and Farmers (Sentient Media)
โข Farm Bureau Continues to Advance Farmersโ Right to Repair (Farm Bureau)
โข Welcome to the Next Generation of Agricultural Drones (Modern Farmer)
โข Regenerative Agriculture: The Next Frontier in Advancing Climate Goals (Food Navigator)
โข How South Korea Puts Its Food Scraps to Good Use (New York Times)
โข Chipotle Wants You To Think Composting Before Burrito Bowl Becomes Trash (CNBC)
โข Cheap Imports Leave US Shrimpers Struggling to Compete (Civil Eats)
โข Seaweed Farming for Food Security (Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy)
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โข FDA to Test Front-of-Pack Labels for Salt, Sugar and Fat (Food Fix)
โข The Route to Market (& Me) – Amazon Fresh & The Evolving Consumer (The Food Institute)
โข Inflation Slows to 13-Month Low As Food Prices Cool Down (News 24)
โข How the Food Industry Can Transform the National Diet (New Food Magazine)
โข Why More Grocers Are Bringing Private Label Production In-House (Grocery Dive)
โข Where Uber Eats Is Failing, and Why (The Takeout)
โข AeroFarms Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection (Food Dive)
โข What Does AeroFarmsโ Bankruptcy Signal for CEAโs Future? (The Food Institute)
โข FSMS Strongest Indicator of Compliance in Restaurants, FDA Reports (Food Safety Magazine)
โข The Myth of the American Diner (Eater)
โข Hungyroot Uses AI To Tackle Food Waste, Provide Healthier Food Options (Food Navigator)
โข Plant Power: Could Hybrid Dairy Provide the Best of Both Worlds? (Food Navigator)
โข Starbucks Customers Are Outraged After Seeing The Amount Of Food Waste At One Cafe (Delish)
โข Is Food Inflation Higher in Europe Than in the UK? (BBC)
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โข The Center has created 59 Neighborhood Food Resource Guides. Click HERE to find your neighborhood.
โข The Center’s guides have been updated by more than 300 volunteers who have spent thousands of hours making more than 200,000 calls to keep data up-to-date.
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โข Farm Bill 2023: Trying to Reason with Expectations for Farm Policy (Farm Doc Daily)
โข Heat Stress in Wheat: A Global Challenge to Feed Billions in the Current Era of the Changing Climate (Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems)
โข Ethnicity, Information and Cooperation: Evidence From a Group-Based Nutrition Intervention (Food Policy)
โข Food Insecurity and Intimate Partner Violence in Mwanza, Tanzania: A Longitudinal Analysis (American Journal of Preventive Medicine)
โข A Meta-Analysis on the Effectiveness of Food-Waste Reducing Nudges (Food Policy)
โข When Considering Whether to Waste Food, Consumers Focus Attention on Food Label Dates Rather Than Phrases (Waste Management)
โข Shock Propagation From the RussiaโUkraine Conflict on International Multilayer Food Production Network Determines Global Food Availability (Nature Food)
โข Policy Analysis of System Responses to Addressing and Reversing the Obesity Trend in China: A Documentary Research (BMC Public Health)
