Food Policy Watch (Hunter College) for the week of September 7, 2022

09/08/2022
𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 (𝗛𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗴𝗲)
Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of September 7, 2022
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𝗡𝗬𝗖𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆.𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀\
• NYC Food Policy Center August 2022 Food Flash (nycfoodpolicy.org)
• UK Grocers are Removing “Best Before” Date Labels (nycfoodpolicy.org)
• ICYMI: NYC Passes Six Bills to Protect Food Delivery Workers’ Rights (nycfoodpolicy.org)

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁
𝘕𝘠𝘊 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴
• Traffic at NYC’s Pantries and Soup Kitchens Remains High This Year, 68% Above Pre-pandemic Levels (Gothamist)
• Collaborative Food Pantry Launches to Fill Void in Flushing (Queens Daily Eagle)
• NYC Public Schools Menu for 2022-2023: A Look at What Students Will Be Offered, Including Meatless Mondays and Vegan Fridays (SI Live)
• NYC Sues Starbucks for Allegedly Firing a Queens Worker in Union Retaliation (Eater)
• New York City Needs to Containerize Its Waste (Curbed)
• With Inflation Soaring, Some Lawmakers Want to Hike New York’s Minimum Wage Rates Next Year (City and State)
• As Inflation Hurts People’s Pockets, NY Nonprofit Feeds Metro Area (Patch)
• Clinton Teaches Teens About Going Hungry at Home (The Riverdale Press)
• Midtown Is Back-Ish, and Other Exciting NYC Restaurant Trends We’re Watching for Fall (New York Post)
• Historic NYC Luncheonette’s Sweet Recipe for Success (ABC 7)
• NYC’s Oldest Form of Dining Is Now the Hottest Form of Dining (Eater)
• How Rockefeller Center Lured Some of NYC’s Top Restaurant Talent to a Midtown Tourist Trap (Eater)
• Changing Dynamics of High-Sodium Item Purchases From Restaurant Chains in New York (New Medical Life Sciences)
• Museum of the City of New York Serves Up “Food in New York: Bigger Than the Plate” – An Indoor/Outdoor Exhibition Exploring How and What New Yorkers Eat and Why It Matters (Globe Newswire)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺
• Buy Now. Pay Later. Going Into Debt for Groceries (The New York Times)
• UN Says the Global Food Crisis Is About Affordability, Not Availability (CNBC)
• Women with Disabilities More Likely to Report Poor Diet, Food Insecurity (NYU News)
• Food Banks Warn Surge in Demand Will Prevent Feeding Hungriest This Winter (The Guardian)
• When We Talk About College Campuses, We’re Forgetting Food Insecurity (Food Tank)
• Op-Ed: Reconnecting Communities Separated by Freeways Could Fight Food Insecurity (Civil Eats)
• How Buffalo Residents Are Getting Creative to Eliminate the City’s ‘Food Deserts’ (Fast Company)
• How A.I. Technologies Could Help Resolve Food Insecurity (Fortune)
• How Drought and War Are Really Affecting the Global Food Supply (Wired)
• He Started Distributing Food With Five of His Grandchildren and a Few Friends. Now, His Volunteers Serve 16,000 People a Month. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
• While a Land of Agricultural Plenty, Wisconsin Has Plenty of Food Deserts (PBS)
• Addressing Food Insecurity ‘Starts With Leadership’ (Health Leaders)
• Mutual Aid Organizations Help Community Heal After Hate Attack (Food Tank)
• Syracuse University Launching Food Insecurity Awareness Week: Combating Food Insecurity as One University (Syracuse News)
• Relief From the Fields: Tackling Food Waste, Hunger in One Swoop (The Christian Science Monitor)
• The Disturbing State Of The Food Crisis In Somalia Is Set To Get Worse (Tasing Table)
• New Tool Aims to Strengthen Food Security in Africa (Food Tank)
• $1 Billion in U.S. Emergency Food Security Aid Rushed to Africa (U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Italy
• Woman Says Popeyes Employees Refused to Let Her Buy Homeless Man Food (Newsweek)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺
• Goya Boycott After CEO’s Praise of Trump Resulted in Higher Sales: Study (Food Dive)
• High Grocery Bills Pose Liability for Democrats in Midterms (The Wall Street Journal)
• Biden’s Goal to End Hunger by 2030 and His New Food Conference, Explained (NPR)
• More than 40 States and Territories to Issue $12.5 Billion in USDA’s Child Food Benefits for Summer (USDA)
• Th•e Perilous State of School Lunches (Modern Farmer)
• Will a State-Level Push for Free School Meals Spur Federal Action? (The Fern)
• Massachusetts Guarantees Free School Meals for 2022-2023 School Year (Food Tank)
• New Farm-to-School Food Program Debuts in Maine Schools (Modern Farmer)
• Does Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Extend to Culinary School Students? (Eater)
• New York Stores Begin Enforcing Ban on Sale of Whipped Cream Canisters to Those Under 21 (New York Post)

𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦
• Highlighting the Role Agriculture Plays in New York’s Economy (Spectrum News)
• New York Fruit Farms Ready for Apple Picking Season, Despite Drought (CBS)
• When It Comes to Organic Farms, Size Matters (Modern Farmer)
• Boon to Local Food Producers as a Result of the Pandemic May Be Short-Lived, Researchers Say (News Medical)
• Could California Be the Next Agave Spirit Capital? (Modern Farmer)
• A Drought in Canada Is Making It Impossible to Find Mustard in France (NPR)
• The Long, Leguminous Quest to Give Crops Nitrogen Superpowers (Grist)
• Boost for UK’s Farming Innovation (Food Navigator)
• PHOTOS: A Third of Pakistan is Under Water in Catastrophic Floods (NPR)

𝘚𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘴
• Sen. Gillibrand Touts Funds for Climate-Smart Farming (Cornell Chronicle)
• Where Food Sustainability and Disability Clash (Salon)
• These College Students Want to Abolish Pesticides on Campus Grounds (Modern Farmer)
• Climate Resilient Practices Key to Future of Livestock (Food Tank)
• Almost 90% Of Marine Species at Risk Under High Emissions Scenarios: ‘Mitigation Needs to Occur Now’ (Food Navigator)
• What a Rancher Rebellion Means for California’s Water (Civil Eats)
• How Extreme Droughts Are Fueling Food Inflation (The Wall Street Journal)
• For New Zealand Māori, an Uncertain Future as Fish Move Away (Grist)
• San Diego Creates Plan to Cut Meat and Dairy Consumption for Climate Change (The Beet)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴
• Food Price Rises Around the World Are Result of ‘Broken’ System, Say Experts (The Guardian)
• The Friday Checkout: Is the Labor Picture Improving for Grocers? (Grocery Dive)
• Beef Price Are Down Right Now. But That May Not Last. (NPR)
• Dried-Out Farms From China to Iowa Will Pressure Food Prices (Bloomberg)
• ‘Heatflation’ Hits the Farmers Market (New York Focus)
• Restaurants Feeling the Burn as Food and Supply Costs Continue to Rise (WHAM)
• Restaurants Eat Inflation Costs Amid Surge in Reservation Demand (Bloomberg)
• Consumer Spending Favors In-Person Experiences (The Food Institute)
• Food Inflation Powers Strong Q2 Results for Dollar Stores (Grocery Dive)
• Abbott to Restart Production of Similac Baby Formula at Its Michigan Plant (NBC News)
• Carbon Dioxide Shortage Threatens Beer and Food Manufacturing (Food Dive)
• Researchers Deliver Plastic Free Take-Away (Food Navigator)
• Pumpkin Spice Lattes — And the Backlash, and the Backlash to the Backlash — Explained (Vox)
• This Food Tech Startup Is Helping Brands Like Panera Bread and Popeyes Boost Drive-Thru Sales With a Voice Bot Named Tori (Insider)
• How Can Ultrasound be Used to Regulate Foods? (AZO Materials)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴
• Food Service Industry Workers Are Organizing to Fund Their Own Reproductive Care (Civil Eats)
• Amy’s Kitchen vs. Its Workers (Eater)
• 4,000 Google Cafeteria Workers Quietly Unionized During the Pandemic (The Washington Post)
• Starbucks Is Not Playing Nice With Its New Union (Vox)
• Starbucks Workers Are Hitting the Limits of American Labor Law (MSNBC)
• Starbucks Must Extend Benefits to Union Workers, Regional NLRB Office Says (Restaurant Dive)
• Trader Joe’s Broke Labor Laws in Effort to Stop Stores Unionizing, Workers Say (The Guardian)
• Michigan Chipotle Location Becomes the Chain’s First to Unionize (Eater)
• The Heat Wave Crushing the West Is a Preview of Farmworkers’ Hot Future (Civil Eats)
• New Survey Finds Young Farmers Are Motivated by Environmental Conservation and Social Justice (Food Tank)
• This Bill Could Help Alleviate Agriculture’s Labor Shortage (Modern Farmer)
• Most Farmworkers Speak Spanish, but Pesticide Safety Labels Are Often Only Printed in English (Civil Eats)
• The Winery Garden That Feeds Migrant Vineyard Workers (Modern Farmer)

𝘊𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘢’𝘴 𝘍𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭
• California Governor Signs Bill to Regulate Fast-Food Industry (New York Times)
• California Governor Signs Fast Food Bill, Opening Way to Higher Wages (The Wall Street Journal)
• Breaking Down Calif.’s Controversial Fast Act Bill (The Food Institute)
• The Future of Working in Fast Food (1A)
• Fast-Food Operators Mobilize Against California Wage Bill (The Wall Street Journal)
• Industry Wonders What’s Next as Newsom Signs Fast Food Council Bill (Restaurant Dive)
• California Aims to Transform How Fast Food Workers Are Treated (Vox)
• McDonald’s President Denounces CA Fast Food Council Bill (Restaurant Dive)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 & 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦
• Native Americans Are Reclaiming Their Agricultural Roots (New York Times)
• Agrihoods Promise Fresh Food and Community. Can They Add Equity to the List? (Civil Eats)
• Where to Go from Here: Expanding Women’s Leadership in Food and Agriculture Systems (Food Tank)
• Michigan Black Farmers Were Promised Debt Relief. But a Federal Bill Changed the Rules. (Michigan Live)
• This Anti-Capitalist Café Is Creating a New Approach to Work (Civil Eats)
• The West Coast’s Mochi Shops Persevere (Eater)
• DC Comics Reduces Latinos to Their Food in Hispanic Heritage Month Covers, Fans Say (NPR)
• Back Forty: The Fight for a Way of Life in the Amazon Rainforest (The Fern)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩
• FSA Seeks to Ensure Food Safety in Food Banks and Charities (Food Safety News)
• Scientists Blame Listeria’s Low Priority for Regulatory Support as the Likely True Cause for a Low-Burn Listeria Outbreak (Food Safety News)
• Salmon Recalled in 11 States After Testing Finds Listeria (Food Safety News)
• Could Blockchain Help Track Outbreaks Like E. Coli in Spinach? (Futurity)
• China Halts Some Meat Imports From US Processor Tyson Food (Bloomberg)
• Nutrition Advocates Urge Front-of-Package Labels Highlighting Fat, Sugar Levels (The Wall Street Journal)
• You Probably Have “Forever Chemicals” in Your Body. Here’s What That Means. (Vox)

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗢𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘁𝘆
• The Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center is looking for student interns to to support a variety of research and community projects for the fall semester.
• If interested, please email your resume to info@foodpolicy.org along with a blurb about your food policy interests, experience and availability.

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁
• Dietary Quality and Diet-Related Factors Among Female Adults of Reproductive Age With and Without Disabilities Participating in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 2013-2018 (Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)
• Changes in Consumer Purchasing Patterns at New York City Chain Restaurants Following Adoption of the Sodium Warning Icon Rule, 2015-2017 (Medrxiv)
• Breakfast and School-Related Outcomes in Children and Adolescents in the Us: A Literature Review and Its Implications for School Nutrition Policy (Nutrition and the Brain)
• Managing Across Boundaries for Coordinated Local and Regional Food System Policy (Food Policy)
• Cross-Sectional Examination of Ultra-Processed Food Consumption and Adverse Mental Health Symptoms (Public Health Nutrition)
• Incentivizing Dietary Choices Among Children: Review of Experimental Evidence (Food Policy)
• Pilot Intervention Using Food Challenges and Video Technology for Promoting Fruit and Vegetable Consumption (Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior)
• WIC Participants’ Perceptions of the Cash-Value Benefit Increase During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Nutrients)
• From Healthy Food Environments to Healthy Wellbeing Environments: Policy Insights From a Focused Ethnography With Low-Income Parents’ in England (Health and Place)
• Public Food Procurement From Family Farming: A Food System and Social Network Perspective (Food Policy)
• Adopting a Systems View of Disrupting Crisis-Driven Food Insecurity (Public Health)

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