05/20/2022
𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 (𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲)
Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of May 18, 2022
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𝗡𝗬𝗖𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆.𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀
• Plans to Increase US Food Production to Offset Shortages and High Costs (nycfoodpolicy.org)
• Chilis on Wheels: Plant Based Activism and Community Development (nycfoodpolicy.org)
• ICYMI: What’s a CSA? A Guide to Community Supported Agriculture (nycfoodpolicy.org)

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁
𝘕𝘠𝘊 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴
• New York SNAP Households to Receive Maximum Food Benefits in May (Pix 11)
• NYC Mayor Eric Adams Speaks About Green Bronx Machine’s Win-Win-Win Model (Green Bronx Machine)
• Baby Formula Shortage Hits NYC Parents, Special Needs Kids Hard (New York Post)
• New Report Finds NYC Child Hunger Remains 55% Higher Than Pre-Pandemic Levels (Pix 11)
• The Youngest New Yorkers Must Not Go Hungry (New York Daily News)
• NYC Street Food Vendors: ‘We’re Not Hurting Anyone’ (Civil Eats)
• Arrest of Vendor at Brooklyn Subway Station Touches off Debate on Police Action (Brooklyn Eagle)
• NYC ‘Strongly Recommends’ Masking In Public Indoor Settings Again (Eater)
• NYC Eases 118 Regulatory Requirements for Restaurants (Restaurant Business Online)
• Two Years Later, How COVID Changed the Restaurant Business on Staten Island (SI Live)
• Labor Advocates and New York Pols Tout Minimum Wage Increase as Weapon to Fight Inflation (amNY)
• NYC Airport Bars Can’t Charge You $27 for a Beer Anymore Thanks to New Food Pricing Rules (Food & Wine)
• Applebee’s, IHOP Workers Rally in Midtown to Get an Increase in Minimum Wage (CBS)
• Wife of Slain NYC Food Deliveryman Zhiwen Yan Calls for Justice at Vigil (New York Post)
• Rethink Food CEO Teams With Brookfield to Open Campus at Landmark New York Development (CoStar)
• The Upstate Farm Growing Specialty Produce for NYC Restaurants (Edible Manhattan)
• New York Colleges Grow Food and Flowers in Hydroponic Classrooms (Horti Daily)
• New York City Launches First Food and Climate Dashboard and Shows Just How Bad Meat is For The Environment (One Green Planet)
• NYC Celebrates First ‘MeatOut Day’ (The Ticker)
• The Unlikely Ascent of New York’s Compost Champion (New York Times)
• How One Chef Is Changing the Narrative of West African Cuisine (Edible Manhattan)
• New York Prisons Set to Ban Most Packages from Family and Friends (New York Focus)
• Rat Sightings Surge as New Yorkers Emerge From Pandemic (New York Post)
• Grubhub Sparks Chaos After Its Offer of a Free Lunch for the Whole of New York City Crashes the System and Leaves Countless Customers Hungry (Fortune)
• 5 Things: Only 8% Of NYC Workers Back in Offices Full-Time, Survey Finds (Food Management)

𝘉𝘢𝘣𝘺 𝘍𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘶𝘭𝘢 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦
• Infant Formula: What’s the Shortage Really About? (Food Politics)
• White House Announces Steps to Combat Infant Formula Shortage (Politico)
• F.D.A. and Abbott Reach Agreement on Baby Formula to Try to Ease Shortage (New York Times)
• More Than 40% Of Baby Formula Out of Stock, Data Company Says (Marketplace)
• The Baby Formula Shortage: What Can Be Done (New York Times)
• The Baby-Formula Shortage Keeps Getting Worse (The Cut)
• Why Doctors Don’t Recommend Homemade Baby Formula (New York Times)
• Former FDA Chief: Issues at Baby Formula Plant Went ‘Back Many Years’ (New York Post)
• Republicans Wrongly Tie Biden Immigration Policies to Baby Formula Shortage (New York Times)

𝘉𝘶𝘧𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘰 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨
• Buffalo Supermarket Targeted in Mass Shooting Was Oasis in a ‘Food Desert’ (The Guardian)
• Buffalo Shooting: Suspect Invited Others to Review His Plan (New York Times)
• Here’s How To Help The Buffalo Community Now In A Food Desert After The Shooting (Essence)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺
• Food Insecurity Rises as Families Lose Child Tax Credit Payments, Data Shows (NBC)
• The Good News About Food Delivery (New York Times)
• Food Insecurity Is a Bigger Problem Than Energy (Financial Times)
• ‘I Cannot Survive on $260 a Week’: US Retail and Fast-Food Workers Strike (The Guardian)
• California Is Moving Toward Food Assistance for All Populations—Including Undocumented Immigrants (The Counter)
• California’s Undocumented Children Are Going Hungry (The Nation)
• Blinken to Highlight Food Security in U.N. Meetings (Reuters)
• ‘Coalition of the Willing’ to Ensure Healthy Diets From Sustainable Food Systems (UN News)
• Remarks by Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield at a New York Foreign Press Center Briefing on Global Food Security (United States Mission to the United Nations)
• College Campus Food Insecurity Prompts $100k Donation From Stop and Shop (NBC)
• Older Americans Month: Understanding Food Insecurity Among Older Adults (Food & Research Action Center)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘭𝘺 𝘊𝘩𝘢𝘪𝘯
• Consumers ‘Laser-Focused’ on Discounts as Food Prices Hit Four-Decade High (Food Dive)
• Op-ed: Food Price Spikes Are About Much More than Ukraine (Civil Eats)
• Meat Processors Used ‘Baseless’ Claims of Shortages to Keep Plants Open During COVID-19: Report (Food Dive)
• Walmart Profits Drop, Dragged Down by Higher Costs for Food and Fuel (New York Times)
• You Won’t Be Able to Get a Big Mac in Moscow Ever Again (New York Magazine)
• KFC is Expanding its Vegan Fried Chicken Options. Here’s Where (The Beet)
• Shake Shack Is Testing These Plant-Based Dessert Items in New York & Florida (Thrillist)
• India Isn’t the Only One Banning Food Exports. These Countries Are Doing the Same (CNBC)
• Skipping Meals and Shrinking Portions — Brits Are Being Warned of ‘Apocalyptic’ Food Price Rises (CNBC)
• UK Delays Ban on Get-One-Free Junk Food Deals as Inflation Soars (Bloomberg)

𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴, 𝘙𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘭, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴
• Starbucks Union: Are Labor Unions Good For Public Companies? (Forbes)
• The Pandemic Has Transformed America’s Dining Landscape Into an Oligopoly Dominated by Chains (The Counter)
• Study: Independent Restaurants Show Signs of Recovery Despite Inflation (Restaurant Dive)
• Starbucks to Cover Travel for Employees Seeking Abortion, Gender-Affirming Care (Restaurant Dive)
• Why Mario Batali’s Acquittal Feels Hollow (Eater)
• People Are Using Job Listings to Sabotage Companies That Mistreat Their Workers (Vice)
• When Should You Tip? (New York Times)
• Consumer Price Index: How Much More Did You Pay To Eat Out Because of Inflation in April 2022? (Go Banking Rates)
• Are ‘Climate-Friendly’ Options on Restaurant Menus Coming Soon? (WebMD)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵
• World Leaders Called On to Stop Animal Farming, Switch to Plant-Based (The Beet)
• To Solve the Fertilizer Crisis, Just Look in the Toilet (Washington Post)
• Plant-Based Food Brands Join Forces to Fight Plastic Waste (Globe Newswire)
• Ben & Jerry’s Puts Cows on a Special Diet to Curb Methane Emissions (Treehugger)
• Your Car Is Killing Coho Salmon (The Counter)
• Fires, Floods and Food Security: How Climate Change Became a Local Issue This Election (The Guardian)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘛𝘦𝘤𝘩
• Fresh Food Fridges Support Medical Center’s Staff With 24/7 Service (Food Management)
• Food Delivery Needs Tech Support in Some Neighborhoods (Axios)
• Uber to Test Delivering Food With Robots (CNN)

𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦
• President Biden Calls on Farmers to Double Crop in Face of Food Insecurity (Modern Farmer)
• Oregon Adopts Nation’s Strongest Farmworker Protections for Heat and Wildfire Smoke (Civil Eats)
• Measuring the True Amount of Food Loss on Farms (Modern Farmer)
• Argentina Becomes First Country to Authorize Planting GMO Wheat (Successful Farming)
• Scientists Grow Plants in Lunar Soil (NASA)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩
• Committee’s Disinterest in Food Safety May Be Reason for Delaying Confirmation (Food Safety News)
• Children ‘Food Poisoned After Fridges Are Turned Off’ (BBC)
• Parents of Girl Who Died After Eating Pret Sandwich Launch Food Allergy Study (The Guardian)
• Heavy Metals, Pesticides, Salmonella Spur FDA to Crack Down on Some Food Imports (Food Safety News)
• Junk Food: Obesity Strategy Falling Apart, Jamie Oliver Says (BBC)
• Scathing Report on Meat Packing Industry v. Public Health (Food Politics)

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
• Adults’ Exposure to Unhealthy Food and Beverage Marketing: A Multi-country Study in Australia, Canada, Mexico, United Kingdom, and United States (The Journal of Nutrition)
• Characterising and Assessing the School Food Environment: A Scoping Review Protocol (University of the Sunshine Coast Research Bank)
• ‘When You Heal the Soil…’: Environmental Racism and Socioecological Repair in Contemporary Urban Agriculture (Environmental Sociology)
• “Now to Get Rid of Those Pesky Health Departments!”: How the Trump Administration Helped the Meatpacking Industry Block Pandemic Worker Protections (House of Representatives Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis)
• Discursive Framing in Policies for Restricting the Marketing of Food and Non-alcoholic Beverages (Food Policy)

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