06/03/2022
𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 (𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲)
Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of May 24, 2022
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𝗡𝗬𝗖𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆.𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀
• NYC Food Policy Center May 2022 Food Flash (nycfoodpolicy.org)
• The Status of Street Vendors in NYC: Background and Overview (nycfoodpolicy.org)
• Scotland’s Good Food Nation Bill Provides Framework for a Healthy, Sustainable Food System (nycfoodpolicy.org)

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁
𝘕𝘠𝘊 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴
• Mayor Adams Declares NYC State of Emergency Amid Nationwide Infant Formula Shortage (NYC.gov)
• With Shelves Empty, the Fight to Restock Baby Formula in NYC Takes Aim at Price Gougers (Bronx Times)
• Mayor Adams Announces Steps to Reform and Modernize Vending Regulations, Expanding Legal Opportunities for Street Vendors While Remaining Committed to Managing Public Space (NYC.gov)
• In the Fresh Food Business, a Middleman Can Be a Good Thing (New York Times)
• Food Marketing Limitations Advance (Observer)
• Report Finds Child Hunger Is 55% Higher Than Pre-pandemic Levels in NYC (NYN Media)
• Former CEO Of NYC Non-Profit Sentenced To Prison For Honest Services Fraud (US Attorney’s Office Southern District of New York)
• NY Community Members, Climate Activists Demand Assemblyman Benedetto Support All-Electric Building Act (Food & Water Watch)
• What to Know About New York City Budget Negotiations (City & State New York)
• As Inflation Rises, so Does Sales Tax Revenue in New York (Spectrum News)
Whole Foods Debuts Amazon One Payment in LA, NYC (Supermarket News)
This is Busiest Day for Grocery Delivery Orders in NYC (Thrillist)
• NYC Subway Agency Dangles Free Meals, Posh Hotel Stay to Attract Riders (Washington Post)
• High on the Hog: BBQ Fest Comes to Staten Island This Weekend, Rain or Shine. Who’ll Be the Rib King? (SI Live)
Hudson Valley Farmers File Lawsuit Challenging NYC Foie Gras Ban (Spectrum News)
• Two Staten Island Chefs Earn Spots at Lavish NYC Tasting Event (SI Live)
• New York’s Fine Dining Palaces Just Keep Raising Their Prices (Eater)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺
• ‘I Go Hungry’: What Parents Are Sacrificing Amid Soaring Inflation to Feed Their Families (USA Today)
• What We Get Wrong About Food Insecurity in Places Like Buffalo’s East Side (Slate)
• The Long Struggle to Bring a Supermarket to a Nearly All-Black Buffalo Neighborhood (CNN)
Food Insecurity Will Affect up to 1.9 Billion People by November (Yahoo News)
• How Clients are Shaping Food Bank Advocacy (Food Bank News)
• Bill Proposes Free School Breakfast, Lunches for New York Students (North Country Public Radio)
• Nutrition Waivers Reduced Child Hunger, Say Big School Districts (Ag Insider – Subscription Required)
• Celebrating 30 Years of SNAP-Ed (USDA.gov)
• Map Pinpoints Pantry Needs, Spurs Donations (Food Bank News)
• Ripping Out the Safety Net? How Soon-To-Expire COVID Relief Measures Will Affect College Hunger (Food Tank)
• Passaic’s New Food Pantry Offers an Innovative Approach to Defeating Hunger (North Jersey)
• News Report Showing L.A. Homeless Services Workers Throwing Out Boxes of Food Draws Official’s Ire (Los Angeles Times)
• Improved Public Transit Proposed as a Way to Help Address Food Insecurity as Fuel Prices Rise (CBC)
• Food for Thought: Globalization’s Role in Ending World Hunger (World Economic Forum)
• Nations Must ‘Act Together, Urgently and With Solidarity’ to End Crisis of Food Insecurity (UN News)
• World Food Program Chief Presses Billionaires ‘to Step Up’ (NBC)
• Time to Transform Agrifood Systems in Response to Multiple Shocks and Worsening Food Security (Relief Web)
• Access to Food Is a Text Message Away for Georgians in Need (CBS)
• As Food Insecurity Rises, Immigrants Step Up to the Plate (Boundless)
• To Fend off Food Insecurity, Ukrainians Look To Their Own Backyards (NPR)
• More Turn to Food Banks in United Kingdom as Food and Fuel Bills Soar (Los Angeles Times)

𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦
• Baby Formula Shortage Reveals Gaps in Regulation and Reporting (New York Times)
• Formula Shortage Shines a Light on Problem of Child Hunger (Herald Standard)
• Second Load of Specialty Infant Formula to Arrive Within Days (Ag Insider – Subscription Required)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯
• Consumers Wrestle With Shortages, Sticker Shock in the Grocery Aisle (Food Dive)
• Calls for More Research Into ‘Forgotten’ Crops as Food Crisis Bites (Food Navigator)
• To See Food Inflation at Work, Look Inside Your Bag of Potato Chips (Wall Street Journal)
• The Banks Collapsed in 2008 – And Our Food System Is About to Do the Same (The Guardian)
• The US Is Soon to Become a Net Food Importer, Says USDA (Food Politics)
• Starbucks to Exit Russia Over Ukraine War (Nation’s Restaurant News)
• Why Has the CPI Inflation Calculation Changed Over Time? (New York Times)
• Global Food Crisis Looms as Fertilizer Supplies Dwindle (National Geographic)
• Inflation Hitting Food Prices Globally, as Shortages Begin (News Nation Now)
• With Food Prices Climbing, the U.N. Is Warning of Crippling Global Shortages (NPR)
• The Most Important Force in Food Has Nothing to Do With Fake Meat (Bloomberg)
• The Utopian Promises and Novelty Cheese of a Discount Grocery Store (Taste)

𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴
• By the Numbers: The Cost of 1 Year Without RRF (Restaurant Dive)
• What’s the Impact of the Senate’s Failure to Pass RRF? The Restaurant Industry Reacts. (Restaurant Dive)
• $34 for Plate of Chicken Wings: Restaurants Grapple With Food Inflation (New York Post)
• Restaurant Owners Contend With Instagram Hacks That Hurt Business and Cause Major Headaches (Eater)
• Restaurants Start to Adopt Reusable Serviceware (FoodPrint)
• US Supreme Court Rules for Fast-Food Worker in Arbitration Dispute (Jurist)
• Preparing Chefs for the Modern Culinary Industry (Food Tank)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵
• Tracking Sustainable Food and Beverage Packaging Innovation (Food Dive)
• How Covid Made the World’s Trash Problem Much Worse (Washington Post)
• These Farmers and Ranchers Turn Trash Into Treasure (Modern Farmer)
• City Haul: Federal Pandemic Funds Offer Rare Opportunity for Waste and Recycling Investments (Waste Dive)
• What’s Standing in the Way of a Circular Food Packaging Economy? (Food Dive)
• Tracking Sustainable Food and Beverage Packaging Innovation (Food Dive)
• Report Highlights Growth and Challenges for Organic Farmers (Food Tank)
• Burning Crops to Capture Carbon? Good Luck Finding Water (Wired)
• Faith-Based Pursuit of Nourishing Food Gives Rise to Sustainable Farm (World Religion News)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦
• Op-ed: East Buffalo Needs Community-Driven Structural Investments, Not Fly-In, Fly-Out Charity (Civil Eats)
• What’s the Future of Food? Imagining Sustainable Eating in 2050 (Healthline)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺
• Conservation, Loan Rates and Insurance: 3 Farm Bill Topics Gain Traction (Ag Web)
• The Food Crisis Is Bad. US Crop Insurance Makes It Worse. (Bloomberg)
• Vertical Farming Faces Several Challenges. Zoning Law Is One of Them. (Ag Funder News)
• The FDA Is Coming for Your Almond Milk (Mother Jones)
• Hemp Bill Sails Through New York Senate (The Center Square)
• Government Sends Gene-Edited Food Bill to Parliament (BBC)
• India to Limit Sugar Exports in Risk to Global Food Prices (Bloomberg)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺
• They’re Banned From Children’s Toys, but Still Turn Up in Food. The FDA Is Failing Families on Toxic Chemicals, Say Experts. (Environmental Defense Fund)
• Cargill Recalls Products Containing Peanut Butter (Food Safety News)
• Food Safety Belongs on the Grill (USDA.gov)
• How Does Jif Peanut Butter Get Salmonella, Anyway? (The Takeout)
• FDA Provides New Guidance to Decrease Pathogen Growth in Sprout Seeds (Food Safety News)

𝗡𝗬𝗖 𝗡𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀
• The Center has created 59 Neighborhood Food Resource Guides. Click HERE to find your neighborhood: https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/coronavirus-nyc-food-reports/.
• 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
• Charting A Sustainable Path for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Within Media Companies (Studio Atao)
• Where Does Our Food Come From? (University of the Potomac)
• Seeds of Change? Social Practices of Urban Community Seed Sharing Initiatives for Just Transitions to Sustainability (Local Environment)
• Disparities in Snap Online Grocery Delivery and Implementation: Lessons Learned From California During the 2020-21 COVID Pandemic (Health & Place)
• Obstacles to University Food Pantry Use and Student-Suggested Solutions: A Qualitative Study (PLoS ONE)
• Edible Backyards: A Study of Household Food Security during COVID-19 Pandemic in Nigeria (COVID-19 in the African Continent)

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