04/22/2022
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Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of April 20, 2022
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โข World Central Kitchen Provides Hot Meals to Ukrainians in Need (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข Locally-Grown Produce and Community Collaboration at Hellgate Farm (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข Melissa Gallanter, RD and NYC Food Policy Volunteers: COVID-19 Food Heroes (nycfoodpolicy.org)
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โข Eric Adams Backs off Proposed Chocolate Milk Ban โ For Now (New York Post)
โข Dairy Groups Cheer New York City Mayor Flavored Milk Action (Agri-Pulse)
โข COVID Isnโt Over, but Pandemic Meal Delivery for NYC Seniors Is Coming to a Close (Gothamist)
โข Hereโs How Researchers Believe NYC Can Reduce Food Insecurity and Improve Access to Healthy Options (SI Live)
โข Immigrants Need More Food Pantry Access in New York (Documented NY)
โข As Food Pantries Close, Immigrant Communitiesโ Needs Grow (The City)
โข New York City Must Help the Helpers: Itโs Time to End Poverty-Level Human Services Worker Wages (Gotham Gazette)
โข Mayor Adams Opens Rooftop Farm on Staten Island to Grow Organic Produce, Absorb Stormwater to Reduce Neighborhood Flooding (Office of the Mayor)
โข Adams Touts NYC Green Infrastructure Program With S.I. Rooftop Farm Opening (SI Live)
โข Governor Hochul Announces New Rooftop Farm Atop the Javits Center Joins NYS Grown & Certified Program to Celebrate Earth Week (Governor Kathy Hochul)
โข Online Grocery Delivery Service FreshDirect Eyes Expanded Reach in New York as They Juggle Perception (Bronx Times)
โข NYCFC and Dawn Launch Initiative to Combat Food Insecurity in New York City (NYCFC)
โข Teens for Food Justice Launches New Hydroponic Farm at Far Rockaway Educational Complex Campus (QNS)
โข Eric Ripert Fights Hunger And Poverty With The City Harvest Gala – Exclusive Interview (Mashed)
โข Why Is Kelloggโs Diner Selling Food Under 18 Different Restaurant Names on Delivery Apps? (Eater)
โข How New York City’s First Heirloom-Focused Tortilleria Is Preserving Mexico’s Native Corn (Saveur)
โข I Would Love to Fly a Trans Flag, But It Might Put My Animals in Danger (Eater)
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โข With Emergency Snap Benefits Ending, a โHunger Cliffโ Looms (Food & Environment Reporting Network)
โข States Scale Back Food Stamp Benefits as Prices Soar (PBS)
โข German Food Minister Says Western Countries Need to Send More Weapons Into Ukraine to Avert a Global Famine: Report (Business Insider)
โข As the War in Ukraine Continues, so Does the Threat to a Global Food Crisis (NPR)
โข COVID-19 Public Health Emergency Extension Keeps Snap Benefits Boost in Place (Ag Insider)
โข U.S. Treasury Secretary Yellen to Meet With Top Finance Ministers to Address Global Food Crisis (CNBC)
โข Global Finance Meeting Focuses on War-Driven Food Insecurity (NPR)
โข How War in Ukraine Is Making People Hungry in the Middle East (Vox)
โข World Central Kitchen Restaurant in Ukraine Hit by Russian Airstrike (Eater)
โข A Food Pantryโs Closure Means More Than Lost Meals for Hundreds of Families (Washington Post)
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โข Hereโs Whatโs Getting More Expensive at the Grocery Store (CNN)
โข As Food Prices Soar, Some States Consider Cutting Taxes on Groceries. But That May Not Be the Best Approach, Research Finds (CNBC)
โข When Will Perfect Storm of Food Inflation Subside? (The Food Institute)
โข The Rising-Inflation Blame Game Doesnโt Help Americans Relying on Food Pantries (USA Today)
โข Food Shortages, Debt, and Inflation Are IMFโs Top Concerns (Barron’s)
โข Itโs Planting Season in Ukraine, and That Means Problems for Global Food Supply (NPR)
โข The Impact of the War in Ukraine on the Global Food Supply (NPR)
โข Cooking School Lunches From Scratch Can Fix Labor and Supply Issues (Washington Post)
โข Plenty of Eggs, Although Pricey, as Bird Flu Hits More Farms (Ag Insider)
โข Chinese Stockpile Food as Covid-19 Concerns Ripple Out From Shanghai (Wall Street Journal)
โข Fast-Food Prices Hit Highest Increase in 41 Years (WIAT)
โข The โSilent Salesmanโ: How Kosher Certification Went Mainstream (Food Dive)
โข Grocery Stores Found a New Way to Keep You Curbed (The Takeout)
โข As Inflation Soars, How Is AriZona Iced Tea Still 99 Cents? (Los Angeles Times)
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โข Most Workers at Large Retail and Food Firms Get Less Than $15 an Hour โ Study (The Guardian)
โข The Pandemic Reshaped Menu Innovation. Hereโs Whatโs Next. (Restaurant Business News)
โข Workers at Online Grocer FreshDirect Form Union (Supermarket News)
โข Starbucks Prepares to Expand Worker Benefits That Might Exclude Unionized Staff (Wall Street Journal)
โข Study: 43% Of Diners Will Pay More for Sustainable Restaurant Takeout (Restaurant Dive)
โข Chiliโs Workers Find Robots to Be a Helpful Addition (Restaurant Business News)
โข Odd Scam Offers Free Food or Deep Discounts Where Someone Else Pays the Bill (Detroit Free Press)
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โข Our Food System Isnโt Ready for the Climate Crisis (The Guardian)
โข Denmark โFirst Country in the Worldโ to Develop Its Own Climate Label for Food (Food Navigator)
โข How Online Grocers Are Ramping Food Waste Reduction Efforts (Grocery Dive)
โข Liz Carlisle & the Deep and Diverse Roots of Regenerative Farming (The Checkout Podcast)
โข Seed Banks: The Last Line of Defense Against a Threatening Global Food Crisis (The Guardian)
โข Wegmans Will Soon Say โGoodbyeโ to Single-Use Plastic Bags Chainwide (Grocery Dive)
โข Land-Cultivated Seaweed Gets a Big Boost from Wastewater (Modern Farmer)
โข Fruit Stickers Are the Scourge of the Compost Pile (The Verge)
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โข As Dollar Stores Proliferate, Some Communities Push Back (Civil Eats)
โข Why Economic Justice Begins In The Food Industry (Forbes)
โข On the Rural Immigrant Experience: ‘We Come With a Culture, Our Own History, and We’re Here to Help’ (Civil Eats)
โข What Does ‘Authentic’ Chinese Food Even Mean? (Epicurious)
โข How Rights of Nature and Wild Rice Could Stop a Pipeline (Grist)
โข How DC Nourished a New Musical About Black Food Traditions (Washingtonian)
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โข U.S. To Look at Alcohol, Sustainability Separately From Dietary Guidelines (Ag Insider)
โข Canada and US Plan More Resilient and Sustainable Agri-Food Systems Amid War, Climate Crisis and COVID-19 (Food Ingredients First)
โข USDA Announces $9.98 Million in Grants Awarded to Strengthen the Specialty Crop Industry (USDA)
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โข School-Based Strategies May Reduce Disparities in Anaphylaxis Caused by Food Allergies (Healio)
โข FDA Takes New Steps Regarding Evaluating Public Health Importance of Additional Food Allergens (FDA)
โข How Mexican Public Health Advocates Fought Big Soda and Won (Civil Eats)
โข There Is No Such Thing as “Junk” Food (Bon Appetit)
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โข Food Insecurity and Delayed or Forgone Medical Care During the COVID-19 Pandemic (American Journal of Public Health)
โข Why Donโt You [Government] Help Us Make Healthier Foods More Affordable Instead of Bombarding Us with Labels? Maternal Knowledge, Perceptions, and Practices after Full Implementation of the Chilean Food Labelling Law (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
โข Responsible Plant Nutrition: A New Paradigm to Support Food System Transformation (Global Food Security)
โข Longitudinal Trajectories of Food Insecurity in Childhood and Their Associations With Mental Health and Functioning in Adolescence (JAMA Network Open)
โข Questioning Food Sovereignty in the Era of the Covid-19 Pandemic (International Conference of Indonesian Legal Studies)
โข The Vital Roles of Blue Foods in the Global Food System (Global Food Security)
