12/22/2022
Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of December 21, 2022
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๐ก๐ฌ๐๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐.๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด ๐ข๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐
โข Kansas Food Tax to be Eliminated by 2025 (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข The DC Food Policy Council (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข ICYMI: Stealing Food When Youโre Hungry. Should It Be a Crime?
๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐
๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด
โข Over Half of NYC’s Food Stamp Applicants Left Waiting as Staffing Shortage Deepens (City Limits)
โข SNAP Back: Stolen Benefits Would Be Repaid to Victims Under Federal Bill (The City)
โข School Facilities Pose Challenge to Mayor Adam’s Healthy School Agenda for NYC Kids (New York Daily News)
โข Hearing Addresses Rise in Food Insecurity Among Older New Yorkers (NY1)
โข Will New York City Scrap Employment at Will? (JDSupra)
โข Testimony of New York City Comptroller Brad Lander Before Department of Consumer and Worker Protection Public Rules Hearing Regarding Local Law 115 (nyc.gov)
โข Bronx Community Fridge Operation Raises Big Bucks โ and Hackles (The City)
โข New York Common Pantry Mobile Service Delivers on Community Mission (CBS)
โข Foie Gras May Not Be Banned in NYC After All, Thanks to a New Ruling (Robb Report)
โข Growing to Love New York Cityโs Soils (Gotham Gazette)
โข Eater New Yorkโs 10 Most-Read Stories of 2022 (Eater)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด
โข Governor Hochul Announces $234 Million in Additional Food Assistance for December (ny.gov)
โข Medicaid Is a New Tool to Expand Healthy Food Access (Civil Eats)
โข For SNAP Recipients, Grocery Inflation Hits Hard (Eater)
โข How COVID-19 Disruptions Exacerbated Food Insecurity (The Good Men Project)
โข Whoโs Hungryโฆ and Why? Food Banks, Food Insecurity and Ending Hunger for Good (Rabble)
โข Fred’s Pantry In Peekskill Receives $100,000 Grant (Patch)
โข How a Member of the Utah Homelessness Council Upended a Feed-The-Hungry Program (The Salt Lake Tribune)
โข A New Lifeline for the Unseen: Homeless College Students (The New York Times)
โข Coloradoโs College Students Are Feeling the Pressure as Inflation Exacerbates Food Insecurity (CPR News)
โข โFood 4 Kids Backpack Programโ Providing Meals to Students on Weekends, School Breaks (WNDU)
โข 2022 Study Ranks Detroit as the Neediest City in the U.S. (FOX2 Detroit)
โข Hartford Community Leaders Finding a Creative Way to Raise Awareness About Food Insecurity (FOX61)
โข Haiti Passes Policy Measures to Allay Inflation, Food Insecurity (Caribbean Life)
โข Somalia: Urgent Support Needed for Rural Communities Facing Famine (UN News)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
โข Congress Passes the Global Food Security Reauthorization Act (Borgen Magazine)
โข Senator Michael Bennet Grows Support for Affordable and Secure Food Act (NBC11 News)
โข Lawmakers Introduce Restaurant Workers’ Bill of Rights (Public News Service)
โข Bills Aim to Reduce Food Waste Through Labeling and Composting (New Jersey Monitor)
โข New York Makes Changes to Laws for Gift Cards (WNFB)
โข The Latest Food Politics Target: The Thrifty Food Plan (Food Politics)
โข Opinion: A Farm-To-Fork Approach to Fixing FDA’s Food Program (Agri-Pulse)
๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ
โข Omnibus Bill Includes Two Major Provisions That Would Help Keep Children Fed Over the Summer (NBC News)
โข Schools Are Struggling to Get Families to Apply for Free Meals (Education Week)
โข NY Should Fund Free School Lunches for All Students (Guest Opinion by Rachael Ray) (Syracuse.com)
โข Man Raises Money to Help Pay off Student Lunch Debt at Utah School (KXLF)
๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ
โข Adjusting the Intensity of Farming Can Help Address Climate Change (The Conversation)
โข Hybrid Wheat Hitting U.S. Fields as War, Climate Threaten Global Food Supplies (Reuters)
โข Diversified Pastured Poultry Models Can Reduce Risk of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (Food Tank)
โข WWF Collaboration to Monitor Biodiversity in Italian Organic and Conventional Agri-Systems (Food Navigator)
๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด
โข What Is Regenerative Agriculture and How Can It Help Us Get To Net-Zero Food Systems? 3 Industry Leaders Explain (World Economic Forum)
โข Catholics Used to Forgo Meat on Fridays. Could Bringing the Practice Back Help the Climate? (Civil Eats)
โข Plants Have MouthsโAnd They Could Help Agriculture Adapt to Climate Change (Modern Farmer)
โข The Push for Local Composting Programs in the US (IN Habitat)
โข Whatโs Next for Renowned Minneapolis Organics Recycling Program (Waste Dive)
โข San Diego Residents Will Soon Get New Bins for Food Waste and Yard Trimmings (NBC San Diego)
โข In PFAs Fight, U.S. Composting Council Calls for Science Over โUnsound Policiesโ (Waste Dive)
โข United States: State PFAS Food Packaging Bans Start Taking Effect December 31, 2022 (Mondaq)
โข 5 Key Trends That Would Transform the Global Food System in 2023 (Agriculture Post)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐บ
โข Digital AgricultureโA Gap in Critical Infrastructure Protection (Council on Foreign Relations)
โข Food Biotechnology Often Becomes a Political Issue, Rather Than a Policy Issue (TBS)
โข Can We Trust AgTech With the Solution to Climate Issues? (Modern Farmer)
โข New Spray Uses Billions Of Tiny Soldiers To Disinfect Food (Forbes)
โข Top 10 Technology Stories of 2022 (Food Management)
โข 2023 Predictions: Technologyโs Growing Role in Food Safety (Food Safety Tech)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
โข Why the Federal Reserve Canโt Solve Food Price Inflation (Forbes)
โข Grocery Sticker Shock Has Changed Buyer Habits (The Food Institute)
โข This Christmas, Consider a Festive Rack of Ribs (Bloomberg)
โข Foods That Escaped Inflation in 2022 (The Takeout)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด
โข Walmart Drone Delivery Service Launches in Arizona, Florida and Texas (Grocery Dive)
โข Spartannash Turns to Artificial Intelligence to Ensure Freshness, Reduce Waste (Grocery Dive)
โข Cultivated Beef Entry: Mosa Meat Still Pushing for Singapore Regulatory Approval Despite Manufacturing Deal (Food Navigator)
โข Report: 92% Of Franchisees Concerned by Environment, Climate Change (Restaurant Dive)
โข The New Grocery Partnership That Could Mean Cheaper Food for Everyone (The Takeout)
โข Food Truck Owners Sue North Carolina Town over Anti-competitive Regulations (FEE Stories)
โข Panera Mobile Order Theft Is So Common That Workers Say They Now Have to Keep Bags Behind the Counter (Business Insider)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด
โข Why So Many Food Workers Unionized This Year (Bon Appetit)
โข For Fast Food, 2022 Was The Year Of The Union (Tasting Table)
โข DC Is Raising the Minimum Raise for Tipped Workers. This Group Wants Maryland To Be Next (The Baltimore Sun)
โข Starbucks Workers Head Into Their Biggest Strike Ever (Eater)
โข Whatโs at Stake in the Next Battle Over the Fast Recovery Act (Restaurant Dive)
โข Bolthouse Farms Adopts Less Restrictive NDA Policy To Protect Employees (Forbes)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ
โข Buffalo Turns Focus to Food Justice After Supermarket Shooting (The Guardian)
โข Self-Checkouts Often Inaccessible to Disabled Shoppers (The Food Institute)
โข In U.S. Prisons, Seeds Are Prized Contraband for Prisoners Looking to Grow Their Own Food (Modern Farmer)
โข What Will Be the Legacy of Todayโs Young Farmer Advocates? (Food Tank)
โข Everybody Eats: A Holiday Reflection on Food Equity (Signal Tribune)
โข The Culinary Creatives Reshaping the World of Food (I-D)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฆ๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ
โข Congress Giving FDA $41 Million More for Its Troubled Food Safety Activities (Food Safety News)
โข Major Changes Needed to Guarantee Food Safety in US: Report (CBS News)
โข Challenges and Best Practices in Developing a Strong Food Safety Culture (Food Safety Tech)
โข The USDAโs Path to Success With Salmonella (New Food)
โข Are Our Diets at the Intersection of Food Safety and Sustainability? (Food Safety Magazine)
โข Living Well: Food Safety in the US (WNKY)
โข Is Peanut Butter Healthy? Not According to New FDA Rules, Says the Peanut Federation (Food Navigator)
โข FDA Testing Finds 10% Of Imported Honey Adulterated With Undeclared Sweeteners: โSimply Put, Consumers Are Being Cheatedโ (Food Navigator)
โข NCA Issues Statement on Consumer Reports Study Into Heavy Metals in Chocolate and Cocoa (Food Navigator)
โข AHA Newsโ Most-Read Food Stories of 2022 (American Heart Association)
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โข The Center has created 59 Neighborhood Food Resource Guides. Click HERE to find your neighborhood
โข 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.
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โข Healthy People 2030 (health.gov)
โข Community Lived Experience Should Be Central to Food Systems Policy (Nature)
โข Mitigating Food Insecurity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Replicable Food Delivery Service Using Public-Private Partnerships (Journal of Healthcare for the Poor and Underserved)
โข Quantifying โLocal Foodโ Online and Social Media in the United States for 2018โ2021 (Agirculture and Food Insecurity)
โข Food Insecurity in the Rural United States: An Examination of Struggles and Coping Mechanisms to Feed a Family among Households with a Low-Income (Nutrients)
โข Current and Future Directions in Research on Community Gardens (Urban Forestry & Urban Greening)
โข Stability of Food Security in Iran; Challenges and Ways Forward (Iranian Journal of Public Health)