Food Policy Watch (Hunter College) for the week of June 1, 2022

𝗡𝗬𝗖𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆.𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀

• California Passes Law to Eliminate Single-Use Plastics (nycfoodpolicy.org)

• Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (nycfoodpolicy.org)

• East Harlem Restaurant Guide: 2022-2023 Edition (nycfoodpolicy.org)

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁

𝘕𝘠𝘊 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴

• Manhattan Got Less Wealthy While The Bronx Got Less Poor in First Year of Pandemic (The City)

• DoorDash Wanted to Teach Delivery Workers About Their Rights. It Backfired. (The City)

• NYC Wants In-Person Dining Back. Will Restaurant Week Be the Ticket? (Bloomberg)

• Lawsuit Blames Outdoor Dining Structures for Noise, Trash and Rodents (Spectrum News)

• NYC Plans to Fight Rat Problem by Limiting Hours Trash Bags Can Sit on Streets (New York Post)

• New York: No. 1 Dream City and No. 3 on the Rat List (New York Times)

• Restaurants Are the One Bright Hope for Post-pandemic New York (New York Post)

• New Pantry App Helps Connect Those in Need With Food, Supplies in Their Neighborhood (Pix 11)

• Boiling Over With New Vendors, Corona Plaza Gets Organized (The City)

• New York City Stores Are Locking up Spam and Other Foods Amid Shoplifting Surge (CBS)

• Composting in NYC Is Hard. Cyclists and a Pug Named Rocky Are Helping. (The Washington Post)

• ‘It’s Just Food:’ Brooklyn Grange’s Compost Dinner Reimagines Food Waste at New Sunset Park Rooftop Farm (Brooklyn Paper)

Brooklyn Scientist Tries Out ‘Rock Dust’ to Grow Better Garden and Fight Carbon Pollution (Gothamist)

For Korean Adoptee Chefs, Food as Identity Is Complicated (New York Times)

• Queens Community Groups Partner to Support the Borough’s Diverse Food Scene (QNS)

Soul Food Staple Sylvia’s Celebrates Its 60th Anniversary in Style (Bloomberg)

• Ridgewood, Queens: A Multiethnic Area That’s ‘Like a Whirlpool’ (New York Times)

• Queens Community Groups Partner to Support the Borough’s Diverse Food Scene (QNS)

• A Tale of Two Bagels: Montreal and New York City (What About Ottawa and Toronto?) (The Suburban)

• Bagels and Blintzes Are Back on the Lower East Side (Spectrum News)

• The King of Union Square Hospitality Relinquishes His Crown (Eater)

• NYC Restaurants Ordered Closed July 22 – 27 (Patch)

• He Has 11 Million TikTok Followers. Now He’s Throwing Ice Cream in Noho. (Grub Street)

Maggot-Covered Food, Blistering Heat: Heart-Breaking Conditions of Huskies Detailed at Staten Island Man’s Court Appearance (SI Live)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺

• SNAP Benefits Expanded to Help With Online Grocery Shopping (Yahoo News)

• World Food Security: Past Crises, Current Issues, and Future Prospects (Food Tank)

• Food Prices Are Falling. Why Is There Still a Hunger Crisis? (Bloomberg)

• Food Insecurity Rising On Long Island, Food Bank Says (Patch)

• Families in Need Skip Meals to Pay Other Expenses. Food Pantries Also in Dire Straits (North Jersey)

• Longtime South Jersey Food Pantry Temporarily Shuts Down. It Ran Out of Food (The Philadelphia Inquirer)

• Food Pantry Prepares Healthy Meals Ahead of School Year (WFRX)

• Philadelphia Food Rescue Organization Develops a Scalable Model for Food Donation (Food Tank)

• Harry Chapin Food Bank to Help SWFL Food Insecure Students (WINK)

• Houston Food Bank Debuts School Lockers for Food (Food Bank News)

• With No Questions Asked, This Minn. Pantry Reaches Way More People (Food Bank News)

• Insecure: New Study Links Tap Water Avoidance and Food Insecurity (The National Tribune)

• Resuming Ukrainian Grain Exports May Help Reduce Food Insecurity in the Middle East (NPR)

• Ukraine Scrambles to Shift Its Grain Before Storage Runs Out (Wall Street Journal)

• Horn of Africa Faces Most ‘Catastrophic’ Food Insecurity in Decades, Warns WHO (UN News)

• 22 Solutions-Focused Stories on the Food System in 2022 (Civil Eats)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 & 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦

• What is Food Justice? These Leaders Explain How They Expand Food Access in Marginalized Communities (Healthline)

• These 6 Documentaries and Docuseries Will Help You Learn About Food Justice (Healthline)

Black Farmers in Arkansas Still Seek Justice a Century After the Elaine Massacre (Civil Eats)

• How Foraging for Edible Plants Helped Me Connect With My Roots (Grist)

• Rescuing the World’s Rarest Foods (Food Tank)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵

Climate Change Is Disrupting Our Food System, Which Makes It Vulnerable to New Crises (Business Insider)

• International Finance Corporation Should Stop Bankrolling Destructive Agribusiness (Food Tank)

• As Heat Rises, Who Will Protect Farmworkers? (Fern)

Sprite Shifting From Green to Clear Bottles to Boost Recycling (Food Dive)

• Sheffield to Begin Trial of Food Waste Collection (BBC)

• Expiration Dates Lead to Lots of Food Waste, Though These Dates Vary Widely by State (NPR)

• Make This Simple Change to Your Diet to Help Fight Climate Change (The Beet)

• Food Blogger Under Fire for Eating Great White Shark in Video: ‘Very Tender’ (New York Post)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴

Food Inflation Is Rampant Around the World (Bloomberg)

• Did Wall Street’s Speculative Gambling Play a Role in Pushing Up Food Prices? (The Wire)

• Ukraine Resumes Grain Shipments Amid Global Food Shortages (PBS)

• Ukraine Provides a Bit of Good News Amidst a Global Food Shortage (NPR)

What Drives the Price of Wheat, Beyond War in Ukraine (New York Times)

World’s Food Supply Faces New Threat From Lack of Rain in India (Bloomberg)

• Restaurant Tech Firms Adjust Amid Economic Uncertainty (The Food Institute)

Concerns About Discretionary Spending Jolt Coffee Chains (The Food Institute)

• Study: Consumers Spending 40% Of Food Budget on Restaurants Despite Inflation (Restaurant Dive)

• Scammers Are Flooding Restaurants With One-Star Reviews to Extort Money From Owners (Today)

• Study: Over One-Third of Restaurant Operators Implementing Hiring Freezes (Restaurant Dive)

Dollar General Ramps Up Its Healthcare Focus (Grocery Dive)

Denver’s Ban on Lodo Food Trucks May Be Permanent to Curb Crime (AXIOS)

• Cargill Donates $4.9M to Feeding America Food Banks (AgriPulse)

• This San Francisco Supper Club Gives Youth a Chance to Reinvent Themselves (Next City)

• Market Wagon Helps Local Farmers and Other Food Producers Deliver Locally Sourced Food to Your Doorstep (WBRC)

• Amid High Demand for Farms, Mother-Daughter Duo Open Farm in Wolcott (WCAX3)

• The Next Supply-Chain Casualty Could Be the French Fry (Crain’s New York Business)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴

• Workers Reveal What It’s Really Like To Work At Shake Shack (Mashed)

• Op-ed: Farmworkers Face Stress and Depression. The Pandemic Made It Worse. (Civil Eats)

• Workers United Says It Will Waive Bargaining Rights Over Some Starbucks Benefit (Restaurant Dive)

• Kellogg Workers Push for Union at Morningstar Farms Plant (Food Dive)

• California Fast Food Workers Demand a Seat at the Table (Voice of OC)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘚𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘯𝘤𝘦 & 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺

• The Future of Food (The New York Times)

• Biden Aims to Bring More Farmers Online (Modern Farmer)

• Using Genomics to Tackle Malnutrition in Africa: ‘It’s Revolutionising the Agricultural Sector’ (Food Navigator)

• NY Onion Growers Can Keep Yields While Cutting Chemical Use (Cornell Chronicle)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺

• Ahead of White House Hunger Conference, Groups Argue for Equity and a Stronger Safety Net (The Fern’s Ag Insider)

• Inside FDA’s Big Food Reboot (Food Fix)

• FDA Needs to Modernize Its Pathway for Climate Tools So Farmers Can Use Them Now (The Hill)

• Lawmakers Are Exploring Ways to Support Beginning Farmers (Modern Farmer)

• New USDA Policy Will Reject Some Salmonella-Contaminated Poultry Products (Food Dive)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩

• Monkeypox Can Survive for Weeks in Water and on Refrigerated Food (Newsweek)

• Lyons Magnus Recalls 53 Products Including Alternative Milks and Protein Shakes (NPR)

• Top Food Safety Administrators in U.S. Say It’s Not Rocket Science, but It Is Science (Food Safety News)

• Lactose Tolerance Is an Evolutionary Puzzle (The Atlantic)

𝗡𝗬𝗖 𝗡𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀

• The Center has created 59 Neighborhood Food Resource Guides. Click HERE 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.

𝗪𝗲 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗬𝗼𝘂!

• Do you know an individual in East Harlem who is doing good work to keep the community fed? Perhaps (but not limited to) a clergymember, a grocery store manager, a local farmer, or food pantry worker? We want to highlight them!

• Please fill out THIS FORM to nominate an important food individual who is active in the East Harlem community!

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁

• Food Insecurity and Depression among US Adults: NHANES 2005–2016 (Nutrients)

• A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Food Insecurity and Dyslipidemia (Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine)

• COVID-19 and Nutrition Analytical Framework (USAID)

• A Broadened Understanding of University Student Food Security: Undergraduate and Graduate Student Food Utilization and Access at a Big Ten University (The Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition)

• A 2022 Assessment of Food Security and Health Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Faculty Publications)

• The Baltimore Urban Food Distribution (BUD) App: Study Protocol to Assess the Feasibility of a Food Systems Intervention (International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)