The Next Collaborative Anti-Hunger Advocacy Committee Meeting
10/24/2023
The Next Meeting is Thursday, November 9th, 4-5p.m. Register Here! https://tinyurl.com/24wp7ty7
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Food as Medicine Watch (October 17, 2023)
10/22/2023
Original Center articles, news, research studies and events for the week of October 17, 2023
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โข Food and Its Uses: Spinach (foodmedcenter.org)
โข Ultra Processed Food Panel Discussion Recording on YouTube Dr. Marion Nestle (NYU Food and Nutrition Expert), Dr. Kevin Hall (National Institutes of Health), and Dr. Fang Fang Zhang (Tufts Nutrition Expert)
๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐
๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด
โข FDA Faces Pressure to Act Nationwide on Red Dye in Food (NPR)
โข Milkshake Neuroscience: How the Brain Nudges Us Toward Fatty Foods (Nature)
โข Should Red Wine Be Removed From the Mediterranean Diet? (Harvard TH Chan School Public Health)
โข Blue Zone Diets and Plant-Based Nutrition Prescribed for South African Medical Curricula (Nutrition Insight)
โข Industry Funded Studies of the Week: Nuts and More Nuts (Food Politics)
โข UK Report Reveals โSignificantโ Cost of Food Fraud (Food Safety News)
โข Californiaโs Ban on Red Food Dye Puts F.D.A.โs Food Policies on the Spot (NY Times)
โข Beyond the Label: Why Bee Pollen Might Outshine Your Multivitamin (USA Today)
โข Spicy Food Might Burn in the Moment, but It Likely Wonโt Harm Your Health in the Long Term (The Conversation)
โข 5 Things: Chicago Medicine Uses Purchase Roundups to Support Its Food Pantries (Food Management)
โข The Rise and Rise of the Avocado (Produce Business)
โข Evaluation of Food Security Status, Psychological Well-Being, and Stress on BMI and Diet-Related Behaviors Among a [โฆ]
Food Policy Watch (Hunter College) for the week of October 11, 2023
10/22/2023
๐ก๐ฌ๐๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐.๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด ๐ข๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐
โข Agape Food Rescue Prepares Meals from Donated Food for Food-Insecure Individuals in NYC (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข The Global Child Nutrition Foundation Enriches Childrenโs Well-Being (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข ICYMI: Recycling Fish Water to Fertilize Plants and Grow Food: Oko Farms (nycfoodpolicy.org)
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Save the Date: November 15, 2023
Food As Medicine Summit (Virtual)
Registration Information to follow shortly!
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๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐
๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด
โข How an Abandoned Brooklyn Lot Will Become a Future Hub for Student Learning and Urban Agriculture (Chalkbeat)
โข New York Has Issued 14 New Food Cart Permits. 10,000 Vendors Want Them (New York Times)
โข To Prepare Kids for the Future, Bring Back Shop and Home Ec (New York Times)
โข Rain Gardens Play Part in Addressing Climate Issue (Spectrum NY1)
โข Eat Healthier and Save the Earth: NYCโs Food Policy Will Help You and the Environment (Daily News)
โข To Save Monarch Butterflies, They Had to Silence the Lawn Mowers (New York Times)
โข Food Pantry Visits Surge in NYC as โPerfect Stormโ Over Benefit Delays and Inflation Aligns (Gothamist)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด
โข The Future of Home Delivery (Food Bank News)
โข A Human Rights View of Food Banking (Food Bank News)
โข How a Fertilizer Shortage Is Spreading Desperate Hunger (New York Times)
โข Experts Warn of Risk of Civil Unrest in UK Due to Food Shortages (Morning Ag News)
โข Opinion: Five Reforms To Reorient SNAP Toward Nutrition and Health [โฆ]
Sign up today for upcoming events at Culinary Nutrition Collaborative !
10/22/2023
๐๐ช๐ง โ๐๐๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐๐โ ๐จ๐๐ง๐๐๐จ ๐ง๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ฃ๐จ!
Cracking Open Walnutsโ Emerging Role in Gut Health and Other Trends In 2024
Wednesday, November 8th from 1:00-2:00 PM EST
Are you following #GutTok, the hashtag viewed over 500M times and driving consumer interest on gut health? Or leveraging Artificial Intelligence (AI) to design recipes? With the new year right around the corner, crack open the latest food and nutrition trends that will be taking over news feeds during our next installment of Eat the Science.
Kristy and Jackie will share emerging research on walnut consumption and gut health, demonstrating two unique walnut recipes that can be shared with your patients and clients. They will also discuss how to effectively use AI for creative recipe ideation, sharing tips and tricks to leverage this trend and more in 2024.
Register today to join the free workshop and receive 1 FREE CPEU for Registered Dietitians and Dietetic Technicians, Registered pending approval by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR).
This workshop series is sponsored by the California Walnut Commission.
Registration for this free event is now open! Attendees will also have the opportunity to win a beautiful charcuterie board with cheese knives, a 5 lb bag of walnuts, and the forthcoming book โEveryday Snack Trayโ by Frances Largeman-Roth, RDN. Click the link below to reserve your spot and be sure to register by November 7th! The workshop will be recorded and available for any registrants who [โฆ]
Farm School NYC October Newsletter
10/22/2023
We are eager to introduce the newest member of the FSNYC team. Fabina Itana Benites is joining us as our Resouce Mobilizer, and we could not be more excited to have her on board. Fabina is a native of Carhuanca, a small rural village in the Andes mountains of Peru, and was raised between Peru, the Bronx, and Ithaca, NY. She brings over 18 years of experience working on both the front lines and behind the scenes of racial justice and decolonization movements. Read more about her here.
๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ
Citywide students recently wrapped Preparing for Winter where they explored the best ways to transition a garden for the winter season. Students are now in class with alumni-turned-facilitators, community organizers, and GrowNYC garden coordinators, DK and Chantel. We are excited for the lessons on building spaces for and with community that continue to emerge from this Urban Farm and Garden Planning iteration. Stay tuned for updates next month as students move closer to wrapping up the Citywide Program as they begin its final offering, Seminar.
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High Tunnel Basics is well underway. We have four co-facilitators leading the course who took it in its previous iterations. Pictured below are Rayland, Zach, Kim and OA Cole from left to right. They are gearing up to lead a modified high tunnel build at the Plesant Village [โฆ]
Food Stock 10 – benefit concert
10/20/2023
Food Stock 10
๐ข๐ช๐จ๐๐ ๐ฉ๐ค ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐๐ง๐ฎ
hosted by The Food Pantries for the Capital District
Please join us for Food Stock 10
a benefit concert for The Food Pantries for the Capital District
featuring 6 hours of peace and music to feed the hungry.
Sunday, November 5, 2023
2pm-8pm at
Rustic Barn Pub
150 Speigletown Road, Troy, NY 12182
Entry cover:
$20 suggested donation
and/or donations of food products, hygiene products, and more.
Check the full list of suggested donation items below!
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Food Policy Watch (Hunter College) for the week of October 11, 2023
10/12/2023
Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of October 11, 2023
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๐ก๐ฌ๐๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐.๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด ๐ข๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐
โข Interview With Marion Nestle, Nutrition Expert (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข Earth Matter Builds Community Around Composting (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข ICYMI: Organizations Leading the Way to Healthier School Food in the USA (nycfoodpolicy.org)
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Save the Date: November 15, 2023
Food As Medicine Summit (Virtual)
Registration Information to follow shortly!
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๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐
๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด
โข Letโs Build Gardens for Learning (Canarsie Courier)
โข Mandatory Composting Has Arrived in Brooklyn: What You Need to Know (New York Times)
โข NYC Makers: Q&A With Pedro Urabaez of City Harvest (Untapped New York)
โข NYC Floats Plan to Ban Souvenir, Food Vendors from Brooklyn Bridge to Ease Pedestrian Traffic (Yahoo News)
โข Where To Get Deals on Great Produce in Every Borough (The Gothamist)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด
โข Nutrition: The National Security Threat No One Is Talking About (The Hill)
โข Strong El Niรฑo Event Will Contribute to High Food Assistance Needs Through 2024 (Famine Early Warning Systems Network)
โข School Cafeterias Maneuver Complexities of Change and Offer Locally Grown Food (NPR)
โข Food Pantry in the College of Ag Sciences Aims to Curb Food Insecurity on Campus (Penn State)
โข Food Companies Reap Record Profits Amid Hunger Crisis (Axios)
โข Campus Food Pantry Addresses Food Insecurity in Roxbury (Boston.com)
โข Struggling To Afford Rent, Groceries, More Hungry Montrealers Turn to Dumpster Divers for Food (CBC)
โข Metro [โฆ]
Food as Medicine Watch (October 10, 2023)
10/11/2023
Original Center articles, news, research studies and events for the week of October 10, 2023
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๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐
โข NC Healthy Opportunities Pilot: Food as Medicine in Healthcare Spotlight (foodmedcenter.org)
โข Dietary Supplements and Their Uses: Turmeric (foodmedcenter.org)
โข (ICYMI) Disease-Fighting Chicken Vegetable Soup โ Just In Time For Cold And Flu Season (foodmedcenter.org)
โข Ultra Processed Food Panel Discussion Recording on YouTube Dr. Marion Nestle (NYU Food and Nutrition Expert), Dr. Kevin Hall (National Institutes of Health), and Dr. Fang Fang Zhang (Tufts Nutrition Expert)
๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐
๐๐ฏ๐จ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ด
โข Social, Clinical, and Policy Implications of Ultra-Processed Food Addiction (The BMJ)
โข Addiction to Ultra-Processed Food Affects 14% Of Adults, Global Study Shows (The Guardian)
โข The Impact of Modern Dietary Practices on Cancer Risk and Progression: A Systematic Review (Cureus)
โข U.S. Drinking Water Often Contains Toxic Contaminants, UNM Scientist Warns (EurekAlert!)
โข Roots of Bloody Mary (EurekAlert!)
โข Big Food Is Using AI to Create Healthier, Tastier Snacks and Meals. It Could Super-Charge Nutrition in America (Fortune)
โข Nutrition Facts Labels: Who Is Actually Reading Them and Does It Help in Meeting Intake Recommendations for Nutrients of Public Health Concern? (BMC Public Health)
โข Industry Funded Study of the Week: Cheese Prevents Dementia! (Food Politics)
โข The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Responds to the Washington Post (Food Politics)
โข Big Corporations Are Profiting off Food Shortages (Axios)
โข Organic? Free Range? [โฆ]
October 10th – Collaborative Anti-Hunger Advocacy Committee Meeting from The Alliance for a Hunger Free New York
10/06/2023
Below is the agenda for next weekโs meeting on Tuesday, October 10th from 4:00-5:00 p.m. If you have not registered for next weekโs meeting, please do so here.
Next meeting will be receiving policy overview of the Good Food Purchasing Bill and NYS Double Up Food Bucks. As well as conducting regular advocacy share outs.
Please forward this invitation to anyone who may be interested in attending or sharing the work youโre doing. Additionally, if youโre interested in leading a share out around a specific anti-hunger policy update โ please respond to this email: pyourch@thefoodpantries.org.
๐๐ด๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ
๐๐๐ก๐๐ค๐ข๐/๐๐ฃ๐ฉ๐ง๐ค๐๐ช๐๐ฉ๐๐ค๐ฃ ๐๐ฎ ๐๐๐ฉ๐๐จ๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐ฃ๐๐๐ ๐ (๐๐ญ๐๐๐ช๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐ง๐๐๐ฉ๐ค๐ง ๐ค๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ก๐ก๐๐๐ฃ๐๐ ๐๐ค๐ง ๐ ๐๐ช๐ฃ๐๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ฌ ๐๐ค๐ง๐ )
โข Food Summit
o June 2024
o Anyone interested in joining the Event Planning Committee to assist in suggesting speakers of advocacy considerations: Please email pyourch@thefoodpantries.org
โข Rules of Engagement Document โ Final
โข Upcoming Events
o Forum on Food Insecurity in NYS โ Oct. 11th 2-3 p.m. Register Here.
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โข Good Food Purchasing โ Ribka Getachew, Food Advocates and the Good Food Purchasing Coalition
o Introduction to Good Food Purchasing Policy and the Coalition
o Review of the Current Landscape
o Advocacy Pushes
โข DoubleUp Food Bucks โ K. Cooper Rohan, Field and Fork Network
o Introduction to DoubleUp Food Bucks
o Opportunity [โฆ]
Join Field & Fork Network, Feeding New York State and the American Heart Association for the Forum on Food Insecurity in New York State
10/05/2023
Wednesday, October 11th 2:00-3:00 p.m.
We are excited to announce that Field & Fork Network has partnered with Feeding NYS and the American Heart Association to present an upcoming virtual forum on nutrition and food security policy in New York State. Join us on Wednesday, October 11th from 2:00-3:00 p.m. where we will review the current landscape of nutrition and food security policy in New York and have an engaging panel discussion with members of the New York State Legislature featuring Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes, Keynote Speaker Assemblymember Jessica Gonzรกlez-Rojas, Assemblymember Catalina Cruz, and Senator Rachel May.
If you would like to submit a question for the legislators for the panel discussion, please email K. Cooper Rohan at crohan@fieldandforknetwork.com with your organization and question.
We invite you to share this webinar with others in your network who may benefit from attending. Please join us as we work to better align our priorities to improve nutrition and food security in New York State for the upcoming budget year.
Registration is Open
Register to join by using this link.
Your October Monthly Harvest from NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets is here!
10/04/2023
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๐๐ท ๐ฃ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ผ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐พ๐ฎ
โข Statewide News
โข Taste NY Updates
โข NYS Grown & Certified Updates
โข Funding Opportunities
โข Spotlight: Department Tours Columbia County Farms
๐๐ฒ๐น๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ-๐๐ผ-๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ต
October is National Farm-to-School Month, an annual opportunity to celebrate everyone who works hard each day to make sure that New York kids have access to farm fresh, healthy, local foods to power them at school. Our Farm-to-School program is one of New York agricultureโs best success stories, helping to increase the volume and variety of locally grown and produced food in schools, providing new markets for New Yorkโs farmers, improving student health, and educating young people about agriculture. Check out more about the program at https://agriculture.ny.gov/farming/farm-school.
Additionally, our 30% NYS Initiative supports our Farm-to-School efforts by increasing the reimbursement schools receive for lunches from 5.9 cents per meal to 25 cents per meal for any district that purchases at least 30 percent of total food cost for their school lunch program on New York State products. We are proud that these programs continue to support local farmers and provide healthy choices for children at school and thank all of our partners across the state who make programs like these possible.
Just as important as providing fresh, delicious local produce for our students is ensuring they are safely distributed and prepared. USDA just released five new fact sheets [โฆ]
Farm School NYC September Newsletter
09/17/2023
๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐น ๐ก๐ฌ๐ ๐จ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐
๐๐ช๐ต๐บ๐ธ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐จ๐ณ๐ข๐ฎ
Citywide students recently completed Crop Management. They explored the best crops for NYCโs climate, reviewed plant families and their specific needs, and imagined personalized creative crop plans. We share a special thanks to first-time FSNYC facilitators Grace and Ciara from Randallโs Island Park Alliance Urban Farm. Stay tuned for updates next month as students begin preparing for winter!
๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ช๐จ๐ฉ ๐๐ถ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ช๐ค๐ด
Are you interested in high tunnels? Join our 5-WEEK course to explore high tunnels, their versatile uses, values, and styles. Learn all about site selection, construction, and maintenance, tailored to fit growing spaces in NYC. Learn more and register here!
๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐๐ฅ๐ท๐ฐ๐ค๐ข๐ค๐บ
Do you want to understand NYC, state, and federal policies that affect food access and food production in an urban setting? Consider joining our Advocacy Course! In this four session course, participants will examine city, state and federal policy with a focus on Food Justice, the Farm Bill and a variety of other justice issues. Students will develop skills in campaign building, community organizing, and writing to streamline messaging. Learn more and register here!
๐๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐๐ป๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฟ
๐๐ข๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐บ๐ด๐ต ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ฃ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต
You are invited to this QTBIPOC-intended event where allies are welcome and accessibility is front of mind.
Catalyst has curated artisans and activities that help honor and heal our bodies, nourish and nurture connections, and participate [โฆ]