Food Policy Watch (Hunter College) March 2, 2022

03/03/2022
𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 (𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲) (𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮)
https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/
Original Center stories, news, research studies
and events for the week of March 2, 2022

𝗡𝗬𝗖𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆.𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀
• Food Policy Center February 2022 Food Flash (nycfoodpolicy.org)
• China’s Agricultural Plan Includes Cultivated Meat and Meat Alternatives (nycfoodpolicy.org)
• Nikita Stewart: COVID-19 Food Hero (nycfoodpolicy.org)

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁
NYC Food News
• In the City’s Hungriest Borough, Rising Food Prices Lead To a Pay-Or-Pantry Dilemma (Bronx Times)
• Soggy Salad Has Replaced Mystery Meat at NYC Schools on Vegan Fridays (Politico)
• What the UN Climate Report Predicts for NYC (Gothamist)
• The Unavoidable Fight to Unionize Starbucks in New York (Grub Street)
• FreshDirect Takes Its Fresh Food Message to the Rails (Supermarket News)
• Grocery Delivery Apps Rethink Their 15-Minute Pledges as NYC Mulls a Crackdown (Fast Company)
• NYS Commissioners visit Green Bronx Machine
• DiNapoli Releases Industry Sector Dashboards to Track NYC Economic Recovery (Office of the New York State Comptroller)
• SNAP Schedule: March Benefits for New York Recipients (Go Banking Rates)
• Food Banks, Pantries in High Demand as Inflation Surges Ahead of Pandemic’s Third Year (Gothamist)
• Nets, Liberty Team With HSS to Open New Food Pantry in Brooklyn (amNY)
• NYC Mayor Eric Adams Plans to Drop Vaccine Mandate for Indoor Dining by March 7 (Eater)
• ‘It Is Disheartening’: New York Restaurant Workers React to the End of the Citywide Vaccine Mandate (Grub Street)
• First Black-Owned Restaurant on City Island Brings Seafood and Soul Food (Bronx Times)
• Legacy Quilt Depicts Black People’s Impact on American Food, 406 Times Over (Washington Post)
• The Mermaid Inn Is Expanding (Grub Street)
• The New York Botanical Garden Announces Its Major Exhibition for 2022, Around the Table: Stories of the Foods We Love (NYBG Press Release)

𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝘀𝗶𝘀
• WHO Director-General: Deeply Concerned Over Escalating Health Crisis in Ukraine (World Health Organization)
• Ukraine Invasion Threatens Global Wheat Supply (New York Times)
• What the Russian Invasion of Ukraine Could Mean for Global Hunger (Vox)
• What the Hospitality Industry Is Doing to Help Ukraine (Eater)
• Why the Ukraine Conflict Could Spark ‘Dangerous Times’ for Food Prices and Food Security (Food Navigator)
• Russia Invasion of Ukraine to Push up Energy, Food Prices (The Food Institute)
• Putin’s Invasion of Ukraine Won’t Just Disrupt Food Supplies – But Food Technologies, Too (Ag Funder News)
• U.S. Food Prices Insulated From Warfare in Ukraine, Says Vilsack (Ag Insider)

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗲𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆
• A ‘Wired’ WIC is Key to Reducing Childhood Food Insecurity in America (The Hill)
• Queer Food Foundation Launches Mutual Aid Project to Address Food Insecurity (Food Tank)
• Impacts of COVID-19 on Food Banks (Choices Magazine)
• Food Bank of Rockies Steers Ethnic Food Initiative (Food Bank News)
• Families Affected by Food Allergy May Opt Out of Food Assistance Programs (HCP Live)
• An Inspector Ordered a Free-Food Pantry Removed. This Woman Sounded the Alarm. (Washington Post)
• In Nigeria, Banditry Has Become A Major Threat To Food Security (Forbes)

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗹𝘆 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗻
• Here Comes the Full Amazon-ification of Whole Foods (New York Times)
• Consumer Purchasing Behavior Appears to Be Unchanged Despite Inflation Woes (The Food Institute)
• High Food Prices to Pressure Inflation This Year (Wall Street Journal)
• What Do Consumers Want from Loyalty Programs? (The Food Institute)
• As Plant-Based Meat Growth Stalls, What Does It Mean for the Category? (Food Dive)
• First Load of Tariff-Free US Wheat Arrives in Vietnam (US Wheat Associates)
• As a National Seafood Council Takes Shape, Whose Interests Will It Serve? (Civil Eats)
• How Mexico’s Lucrative Avocado Industry Became a Source of Political Tension (Modern Farmer)
• Philadelphia’s Black and Mobile Food Delivery Platform Set to Expand to Los Angeles, New York After Hitting Reset (Philadelphia Business Journal)

𝗥𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘁𝘀, 𝗥𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀
• The 2022 James Beard Award Semifinalists (James Beard Foundation)
• Toast: Full-Service Sales Grew 55% In Q4 2021 Versus Q4 2020 (Restaurant Dive)
• National Restaurant Association Show Reveals Recipients of Prestigious 2022 Kitchen Innovations Awards (Food & Beverage Magazine)
• Examining the Potholes and Potential of Branded Grocery Delivery (Grocery Dive)
• ‘We’ll Be Heard’: California Could Grant Fast Food Workers Unprecedented Power (The Guardian)

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗲
• Black Farmers Fear Foreclosure as Debt Relief Remains Frozen (New York Times)
• Can an Illinois Bill Counteract the Decline of Black Farmers? (Civil Eats)
• Looking at Domestic and International Food Security Through an Indigenous Perspective (Agri-Pulse)
• Do Salmon Have Rights? (Grist)
Modern Aquaculture Sustains Treaty Rights and Tribal Food Security (Seattle Times)

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗘𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁
• Climate Change Is Already Taking a Big Bite Out of Our Food Supply (Mother Jones)
• Why Climate Change Will Lead To More Contaminated Produce—and More Food Poisoning (The Counter)
• How Will Fish Survive the World’s Warming Waters? (Modern Farmer)
• Pandemic Disruptions Created an Opportunity for Organic School Meals in California (Civil Eats)
• ‘A Pretty Big Sea Change’: EPA Says It Will Consider Endangered Species When Approving New Pesticides — Without the Threat of Lawsuits (Midwest Center for Investigative Reporting)
• Catching the Bug: Are Farmed Insects About to Take Off in Africa? (The Guardian)
• New Environmental Labelling System Unveiled (Food Navigator)
• Source Makes Greenhouses Smarter to Secure the Future of Food Supply (TechCrunch)
• California’s Sweeping New Food Waste, Salvage Laws Target Climate Change, Food Insecurity (Global News)
• Aspen Moving Toward Prohibiting Food Waste in Landfill (Aspen Times)

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗦𝗮𝗳𝗲𝘁𝘆
• USDA Amends the National List for Organic Handling, Crops, and Livestock (Food Safety News)
• Two Food Standards Agency (FSA) Food Law Consultations Opened – Novel Foods and Precautionary Allergen Labelling (National Law Review)
• How CDC Investigates Foodborne Outbreaks (CDC)
• Officials Investigating Another Death in Outbreak Linked to Infant Formula (Food Safety News)
• USDA Eases WIC Rules During Infant Formula Recall (Ag Insider)
• Salmonella in Thanksgiving Turkey, 1998-2018 (CDC Podcast)
• Bird Flu Is Found in Seventh State (Ag Insider)
• Three People Died in Danish E. Coli Outbreak; Dozens More Infected (Food Safety News)

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵
• AI, Agriculture and the Future of Food (Washington Post)
• Welcome to the NFT Restaurant Boom (Eater)
• How Technology Could Change The Way Food Recalls Are Done (Mashed)
• Innovative Trends That Will Shape Food and Beverage Space in 2022 (Nasdaq)
• Givaudan Launches Tech to Mimic Animal Fat in Plant-Based Foods (Food Dive)
• Have We Reached Peak Plant Milk? Not Even Close. (New York Time)
• Reimagining the Future of Food (The Jerusalem Post)

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆
• What Misleading Food Labels Such as ‘Less Processed’ and ‘Multigrain’ Actually Mean (Washington Post)
• President Biden Announces Key Regional Appointments for USDA, EPA, and FEMA (White House Press Release)
• Mayor Wu Announces Expansion of Food and Urban Agriculture Initiatives (City of Boston Press Release)

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝘂𝗹𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲
• National Cuisine Is a Useful Illusion (The Atlantic)
• The Quest to Reacquaint Japan With Its Forgotten Native Citrus (Atlas Obscura)
• Taste Can Be Acquired. But Can it Be Inherited? (Taste)
• Pączki Day’s Past, Present, and Pronunciation (The Takeout)

𝗡𝗬𝗖 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗖𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀
𝑹𝒆𝒑𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝑷𝒂𝒏𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 – 𝑪𝒂𝒏 𝑰𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 / 𝑽𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒓 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒔 𝑫𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑱𝒐𝒃? 𝑻𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 3, 2022, 9:30-11 𝑨𝑴
Panelists:
Andy Fisher, Executive Director of the Ecological Farming Association
Grace Holihen, RDN, Director of Nutrition and Meals at GMHC
Michael Hurwitz, JD, MSW, adjunct professor at Hunter College Urban Policy & Planning and former Director of Food Access and Agriculture at Grow NYC
Qiana Mickie, Founding Principal of QJM Multiprise and former Executive Director of Just Food
Cathy Nonas, MS, RD, CEO of Meals for Good
Pedro Rodriguez, Founder and Director of La Jornada NY Food Pantry
Register HERE>>>https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_UCzj-Dl9RNOZ4Sc4iKLe7A

𝑵𝒀 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒅 2025: 𝑷𝒐𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒚 𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝒂 𝑺𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒈𝒆𝒓, 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒆𝒓, 𝑴𝒐𝒓𝒆 𝑱𝒖𝒔𝒕, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒖𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒂𝒃𝒍𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒐𝒅 𝑺𝒚𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒎 𝒊𝒏 𝑵𝒀𝑪
𝑾𝒆𝒅𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝑴𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉 16, 2022, 9:30-11 𝑨𝑴
This event is a collaboration of the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute, the Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center, and the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy, Teachers College, Columbia University.
Register HERE>>>https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwsdOmhpjwtGdbR8sU7-8H7zKUQG7RM-ec9

𝗡𝗬𝗖 𝗡𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀
The Center has created 59 Neighborhood Food Resource Guides. Click HERE: https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/coronavirus-nyc-food-reports/ to find your neighborhood.
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.

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁
• A Decade of College Student Hunger: What We Know and Where We Need to Go (Frontiers in Public Health)
• The Case for Making SNAP Benefits Adequate: Reflections From Interviews With Older Adults (AARP Foundation)
• Reducing Household Food Waste and Plastic Packaging (WRAP)
• An Evaluation of THRIVE East of the River (Urban–Greater DC)
• Responsible Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture Requires Systemic Understanding of Risks and Externalities (Nature Machine Intelligence)
• Land-Based Climate Change Mitigation Measures Can Affect Agricultural Markets and Food Security (Nature Food)
• Why Do People Eat the Same Breakfast Every Day? Goals and Circadian Rhythms of Variety Seeking in Meals (Appetite)

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