08/24/2022
Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of August 24, 2022
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โข France to Reduce Nitrites in Food Due to Cancer Risk (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข Mobile Meals in North Brooklyn: The North Brooklyn Angels (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข ICYMI: Excess Food Law Requires New York Supermarkets to Donate to Charity (nycfoodpolicy.org)
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๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด
โข Workers Were Taking Steps to Unionize When Trader Joeโs Shuttered Union Square Wine Shop (Gothamist)
โข โUnion Squareโ Takes on New Significance as Trader Joeโs Labor Saga Expands (Grocery Dive)
โข Texas Sends Migrants to New York. They Get a Warm Welcome, but Life There Is Tough (NPR)
โข How an NYC Nonprofit is Redesigning Food Pantries (Food Tank)
โข NYC Demolishing Dozens of Outdoor Dining Sheds as City Leaders Fashion Permanent Program (Gothamist)
โข Mayor Adams Removes Abandoned Outdoor Dining Sheds, Completes Initial Blitz Demolishing 24 Neglected Sheds (NYC.gov)
โข NYC Restaurants Ordered Closed Aug. 13 – 19 (NY Patch)
โข Meals on Wheels Gets New Wheels Thanks to City Council Allocation (Politics NY)
โข Inflation Hits New Yorkerโs Cherished Breakfast: Bacon, Egg and Cheese (New Nine)
โข On Behalf of 8.8 Million New Yorkers, Mayor Eric Adams Welcomes Slutty Vegan to NYC (Veg News)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ
โข Economic Aid, Once Plentiful, Falls Off at a Painful Moment (New York Times)
โข The Trouble with Food Insecurity (Harvard Political Review)
โข How Will the War in Ukraine Impact Food Security in 2023? (Food Navigator)
โข Pandemic Led to Drastic Fall in Income, Food Security Across Nation, Reveals Survey (National Herald)
โข Study Sheds Light on the Food Buying Habits of Low-Income Parents (News Medical Life Sciences)
โข Hereโs Your Guide To The Most Urgent Food System Questions โ And The Folks Who Can Answer Them (Food Tank)
โข Students Face Food Insecurity as Pandemic Aid Ends (The Journal)
โข Without Universal Free School Meals, Parents and Advocates Worry About School Meal Debt (WLTX)
โข Food Pantries See Increased Demand for Services (Spectrum News)
โข Another Food Bank Drops Fees to Pantries (Food Bank News)
โข These Food Banks Are Changing the Game With Healthy Vegan Options (Forks Over Knives)
โข Student-Run Org Takes Food Rescue to National Level (Food Bank News)
โข AmeriCorps CEO Michael Smith: Volunteer Service Is Key to Food Security (Civil Eats)
โข Two Years In, Double Up Food Bucks Prove Even More Popular (Forth Worth)
โข New SNAP Dashboard Strengthens Food-Security Education Across Nevada (Nevada Today)
โข US to Buy 150,000 Metric Tons of Grain from Ukraine to Feed Global Hungry Regions (NBC)
โข Humanitarians Worry About Impact of Worsening Food Crisis on Haitian Children (Miami Herald)
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โข Report Urges โRadical Systemicโ Change in U.S. Food and Nutrition Policy (FERN)
โข White House Conference Raises Hopes, Concerns (Food Bank News)
โข USDA Expands Local Foods in School Meals Through Cooperative Agreement With Minnesota (USDA)
โข A New Bill Could Hold Fast Food Chains Accountable for Employee Wage Theft (Civil Eats)
โข How Countries Use Food to Win Friends and Influence People (Foreign Policy)
โข Only Two States Have Passed โRight to Gardenโ Laws. Will Others Follow? (Civil Eats)
๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ
โข Investment in Vertical Farming Market Continues Steady Rise (The Food Institute)
โข The Colorado River Drought Is Coming for Your Winter Veggies (Vox)
โข Droughts Hurt Worldโs Largest Economies (The Wall Street Journal)
โข USDA Invests up to $300M to Expand Organic Certification (Food Dive)
โข Four Common Questions to Ask About Organic Food (Washington Post)
โข โFarming Is on the Front Line of Climate Change:โ Call For Increased Investment in Water Infrastructure for Food Security (Food Navigator)
โข โGood But not Greatโ as US Crop Tour Hits Nebraska, Indiana (Bloomberg)
โข The Quest to Finding a More Sustainable Animal Feed (Modern Farmer)
โข Meet the Urban Farmer Determined to Teach Others About Edible Landscapes (Modern Farmer)
โข Sulfuric Acid: The Next Resource Crisis That Could Stifle Green Tech and Threaten Food Security (The Conversation)
โข Canada Urges Farmers to Cut Fertilizer Emissions, Prompting Backlash (The Wall Street Journal)
โข Agroecology Boosts Employment, Rural Economies, and Gender Relations in Africa (Food Tank)
๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด
โข Hereโs How the Food Industry Can Decarbonize (World Economic Forum)
โข Will the Inflation Reduction Act Jumpstart Carbon Capture? (Grist)
โข Meat Tax Could Help Cut Emissions, but Must Be Significant to Work: Study (Grocery Dive)
โข Insects Could Give Meaty Taste to Food โ And Help Environment โ Scientists Find (The Guardian)
โข Veganism Might Not Be the Most Sustainable Diet (The Atlantic)
โข โWidely Recyclableโ Label Introduced to Plastic Packaging (The Wall Street Journal)
โข The Petrochemical Industry Is Convincing States to Deregulate Plastic Incineration (Grist)
โข Every Year the U.S. Throws Away 160 Billion Pounds of Food. These Students Set Out to Do Something About It. (Environmental Defense Fund)
โข USDA’s New Answer to Cutting Food Waste by 50%: Jelly Ice (Federal News Network)
โข Why COP27 Is a โCritical Turning Pointโ to Connect Nutrition and Climate Change (Food Navigator)
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โข Study: A Quarter of Low-Income Households Have Stopped Eating Out (Restaurant Dive)
โข From Sriracha to Soba: Why Our Favorite Foods Are in Short Supply (The Washington Post)
โข When Will Price Increases End? Probably Never (CNN)
โข As Inflation Eases, Food Prices Soar (NPR)
โข Food Inflation: Skyrocketing Grocery Prices Make It Cheaper to Eat Out Than Dine in (NY Post)
โข Your Steak Is Getting Cheaper at the Supermarket (The Wall Street Journal)
โข Why Is Milk $1 More Expensive? A Look Down the Supply Chain to Explain Soaring Prices (CBS)
โข UK Supermarkets Are Throwing Away Expiration Dates on Food Items (Bloomberg)
โข Mandatory Labeling on Genetically Engineered Foods May Reduce Customer Purchases (Science Daily)
โข What U.S. Restaurants Can Learn from the U.K. (The Food Institute)
โข With the Old Guidelines This Scrambled, Whatโs Next for Tipping? (Restaurant Business)
โข CEO: C-Stores Must Evolve in Inflationary Environment (The Food Institute)
โข Walmart to Buy Its Gig-Labor Management Partner (Grocery Dive)
โข Instacart Settles Legal Dispute Over โService Feeโ With District of Columbia (Grocery Dive)
โข Oatly Prioritizes US Production as Europeโs Interest in Plant-Based Milk Plateaus (Food Dive)
โข $15 Million to Safeguard Produce Quality Amid Supply Chain Challenges (Food and Beverage)
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โข A New Film Documents the Immigrant Farmworker Journey (Civil Eats)
โข A Farmer Who’s for Fair Pay for Farmworkers (The Daily News)
โข Starbucks Requests NlRB Suspend Mail-in Union Elections (Restaurant Dive)
โข Judge Approves McDonaldโs Franchiseeโs $1.5M Settlement in Sexual Harassment Suit (Restaurant Dive)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ & ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ
โข Study Reveals Food Can Be Produced Without Sunlight via Artificial Photosynthesis (The Print)
โข Gene Discovery Could Fight Cassava Disease, Increase Food Security (phys.org)
โข Non-invasive Technology to Aid Global Food Security (New Food Magazine)
โข Meet the Scientists โUnlocking the Genetic Potentialโ of Wheat to Boost Global Food Security (Food Navigator)
โข Tinder for Crops? How This Food Technology Company Is Improving Plant-Based Food (Veg News)
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โข A New Food Bill of Rights: Why Representation Matters (Food Tank)
โข Americaโs School Lunch Program Is Failing Black Students (Afro News)
โข The Politics of Eating While Black (Food Tank)
โข When the Pandemic Hit, Black Food Folks Saw It as an Opportunity for Renewal (Oprah Daily)
โข Stop Calling All Indian Food โCurryโ (Mother Jones)
โข In a Tense Political Moment, Taiwanese Cuisine Tells Its Own Story (The New York Times)
โข Street Food in the US (New Food Magazine)
โข What We Talk About When We Talk About โWhite People Foodโ (Bon Appetit)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฆ๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ
โข University Research Advances Food Safety With Faster Listeria Test and Norovirus Vaccine (Food Safety News)
โข Study Finds Most EU Salmonella Outbreaks Involve Eggs (Food Safety News)
โข E. Coli Outbreak in Michigan and Ohio Has Sickened at Least 29 People, CDC Says (The Wall Street Journal)
โข Italian Officials Try to Find the Source of a Deadly Listeria Outbreak (Food Safety News)
โข The Source of a Vibrio Outbreak in China Remains Unknown (Food Safety News)
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โข Informing the White House Conference: Ambitious, Actionable Recommendations to End Hunger, Advance Nutrition, and Improve Health in the United States (Task Force Report)
โข Envisioning Food Security: Highlighting Neighborhood Resident Expertise Through Community-Based Research. (Collaborations: A Journal of Community-Based Research and Practice)
โข Collaborative Governance Design in Local Food Systems in the United States (Policy Design and Practice)
โข Relationship Between Food Security Status in a Caregiverโs Family of Origin and Current Feeding Practices Among Low-Income, Single, Female Primary Caregivers (Fam Community Health)
โข Food Insecurity Among Low-Income Households With Children Participating in a School-Based Fruit and Vegetable Co-op (Children)
โข Let Them Eat Rights: Re-Framing the Food Insecurity Problem Using a Rights-Based Approach (Michigan Journal of International Law)
โข Association of Food Insecurity on Gut Microbiome and Metabolome Profiles in a Diverse College-Based Sample (Nature)
