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Food as Medicine Watch (May 30, 2023)

05/31/2023 ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต (๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฌ, ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฏ) Original Center articles, news, research studies and events for the week of May 30, 2023 Sign up for the newsletter here. ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ โ€ข FreshRx New Mexico: Produce Prescription Program Spotlight (foodmedcenter.org) ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ โ€ข Rethinking Hospital Diets: Personalized, Healthy, Real Food (Stanford Medicine) โ€ข Weekend Viewing: New York Cityโ€™s New โ€œEat Plantsโ€ Campaign (Food Politics) โ€ข Industry-Funded Study of the Week: Kiwi Fruit This Time (Food Politics) โ€ข Mapping the Conflict between Farming and Biodiversity (EurekAlert!) โ€ข Food Prescriptions โ€“ A Short-Sighted Response to Food Insecurity (Healthy Debate) โ€ข Health Communication [...]

May 31st, 2023|Categories: External posts, Newsletters|

Food as Medicine Watch (May 25, 2023)

05/26/2023 Original Center articles, news, research studies and events for the week of May 25, 2023 Sign up for the newsletter here. ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ โ€ข DC Greens Produce Rx: Produce Prescription Program Spotlight (foodmedcenter.org) ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ โ€ข New York Cityโ€™s Adoption of Plant-Forward Menus in Hospitals and Schools Offer Insight to Replicability for the Rest of the Country (Food Navigator) โ€ข Whole Foodsโ€™ Co-founder John Mackey Launches New love.life Restaurant in Los Angeles (Winsight Grocery Business) โ€ข โ€˜Food Is Medicineโ€™: New Thinking about Hospital Food (KLS TV) โ€ข New Kentucky Pilot Programs Test Prescribing Food as Medicine (Louisville Public Media) [...]

May 26th, 2023|Categories: External posts, Newsletters|

Food Policy Watch (Hunter College) for the week of May 24, 2023

05/25/2023 Sign up for the newsletter ๐—ก๐—ฌ๐—–๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜†.๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ โ€ข 40 Under 40: The Rising Stars in NYC Food Policy (Class of 2023) (nycfoodpolicy.org) โ€ข The Knoxville-Knox County Food Policy Council (nycfoodpolicy.org) โ€ข ICYMI: The Status of Street Vendors in NYC: Background and Overview (nycfoodpolicy.org) ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜•๐˜ ๐˜Š ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ด โ€ข The Pandemic May Have Ended, but the Food Lines Havenโ€™t As Child Hunger in NYC Rages On (New York Daily News) โ€ข New York Cityโ€™s Adoption of Plant-Forward Menus in Hospitals and Schools Offer Insight to Replicability for the Rest of the Country (Food Navigator) โ€ข Workers at NYC Fresh Food Market Go Union [...]

May 25th, 2023|Categories: External posts, Newsletters|

Food Policy Watch (Hunter College) for the week of May 17, 2023

05/18/2023 Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of May 17, 2023 Sign up for the newsletter. ๐—ก๐—ฌ๐—–๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜†.๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ โ€ข Interview with Bella Karakis, Co-Founder and CEO of e.terra (nycfoodpolicy.org) โ€ข Colorado Passes First Right-to-Repair Law for Farmers (nycfoodpolicy.org) โ€ข ICYMI: Testimony to City Council: Home Delivered and Emergency Meal Services for Seniors through DFTAโ€™s HDM Program and GetFoodNYC (nycfoodpolicy.org) ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜•๐˜ ๐˜Š ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ด โ€ข Council Member, Advocates Criticize Reduced City Funding for Senior Meals (City & State NY) โ€ข Each NYC Public School Family To Receive at Least $391 per Child in Pandemic Food Benefits (SI Live) โ€ข [...]

May 18th, 2023|Categories: External posts, Newsletters|

Food as Medicine Watch (May 16, 2023)

05/17/2023 Original Center articles, news, research studies and events for the week of May 16, 2023 Sign up for the newsletter here. ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ โ€ข Vouchers 4 Veggies: Produce Prescription Program Spotlight (foodmedcenter.org) ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ โ€ข Eat Plants! (NYC.gov) โ€ข Why Current โ€˜Food Is Medicineโ€™ Solutions Are Falling Short (Health Affairs) โ€ข Regulations Reducing Lead and Copper Contamination in Drinking Water Generate $9 Billion of Health Benefits per Year According to New Analysis (EurekAlert!) โ€ข Industry-Funded Study of the Week: Cereals! (Food Politics) โ€ข Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee: Conflict of Interest Disclosed, Sort of (Food Politics) โ€ข How Did Nonstick [...]

May 17th, 2023|Categories: External posts, Newsletters|

Food Tank May Newsletter

05/16/2023 sign up Itโ€™s time that food and agriculture systems get the attention they need. Across all industries, food can be the solution to our biggest social, environmental, and economic challenges. With a new coalition called Forum for Farmers and Food Security, weโ€™re really proud of the way we can leverage financial partnerships to support producers; farmers; the folks who are doing the real work on the groundโ€”in the ground!โ€”every day. Iโ€™ll repeat this as many times as I need to: We have to invest not only for profit but for people and the planet, too. We need to make sure that motto is central to how money [...]

Farm School NYC May Newsletter

05/16/2023 Sign up ๐—™๐—ฆ๐—ก๐—ฌ๐—– ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐—ก๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—–๐—น๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฒ๐˜๐—ต! Will you help Farm School NYC cultivate a powerful Board of Directors? Nominate someone you know whose values align with Farm School NYC's! We are looking for board members with experience in foundation fundraising, accounting, human resources, individual giving, and conflict resolution. If they have these skills (or many more), please, nominate them (or yourself) today! Watch the info session linked on this page and reach out to jazz@farmschoolnyc.org for more information about duties, commitment, or process of becoming a board member. We are excited to see who you nominate and hope you are ready to vote [...]

May 16th, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, Job postings, Newsletters|

Food Policy Watch (Hunter College) for the week of May 10, 2023

05/11/2023 Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of May 10, 2023 Sign up for the newsletter. ๐—ก๐—ฌ๐—–๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜†.๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ โ€ข Why Compost? 6 Benefits to Diverting Your Food Scraps from the Landfill (nycfoodpolicy.org) โ€ข Composting Food Scraps Required for Businesses in Greater Portland, OR (nycfoodpolicy.org) โ€ข ICYMI: 10 Facts You Should Know About NYCโ€™s Composting Efforts (nycfoodpolicy.org) ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜•๐˜ ๐˜Š ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ด โ€ข NYC Proposes Mandatory Curbside Compost Collections with Food Scraps Option (Waste 360) โ€ข Food Relief Groups Gear Up for Summer (Queens Chronicle) โ€ข BIPOC Restaurant Owners in NYC Are Eligible for Grants for Third Year in a [...]

May 11th, 2023|Categories: External posts, Newsletters|

Food as Medicine Watch (May 9, 2023)

05/10/2023 Original Center articles, news, research studies and events for the week of May 9, 2023 Sign up for the newsletter here. ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ.๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ โ€ข Washington State Fv Rx: Produce Prescription Program Spotlight (foodmedcenter.org) ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ โ€ข 5 States Addressing Child Hunger and Food Insecurity with Free School Meals for All (American Progress) โ€ข Packaged Foods Marketed to Kids Are Significantly Higher in Sugar and Lower in Other Nutrients than Other Products, According to Canadian Study of Almost 6,000 Items (EurekAlert!) โ€ข Industry-Funded Study of the Week: Pasta! (Food Politics) โ€ข Impact Report Shows How Food Co-ops Help Communities (Progressive [...]

May 10th, 2023|Categories: External posts, Newsletters|

May eNews from GardenShare

05/08/2023 Sign up for the newsletter ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—™๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€? May marks the beginning of Spring Farmers Market season. If you have not submitted an application for vendor membership, day vendor, or nonprofit tabling. Email the Farmers Market Manager farmersmarkets@gardenshare.org! Remember you do not just have to shop the markets with just cash. Many accept debit/credit cards. Come to the market managers table to learn how to get tokens to buy your favorite local products. Each market has there own Facebook pages for frequent updates on product availability and other events/news for each market. Click on the town below! Akwesasne Canton Gouverneur Hammond Massena Ogdensburg Potsdam ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚ [...]

May 8th, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, Grants, Newsletters|

Food Policy Watch (Hunter College) for the week of May 3, 2023

05/03/2023 Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of May 3, 2023 Sign up for the newsletter. ๐—ก๐—ฌ๐—–๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜†.๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ โ€ข NYC Food Policy Center April 2023 Food Flash (nycfoodpolicy.org) โ€ข Interview with Anna Hammond, Founder and CEO of Matriark Foods (nycfoodpolicy.org) โ€ข Vietnam Taskforce on Rice Aims to Improve Quality and Sustainability (nycfoodpolicy.org) ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜•๐˜ ๐˜Š ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ด โ€ข Street Chaos and Long Hours Push Farmersโ€™ Market Workers to Unionize (New York Times) โ€ข Urban Farming Industry Growing in New York City (Pix 11) โ€ข New York City and Its Suburbs Could Hike Wages to $17 an Hour (Foodservice Director) [...]

May 3rd, 2023|Categories: External posts, Newsletters|

Laying the Groundwork for Summer Meals from Hunger Solutions New York

04/27/2023 ๐™Ž๐™ช๐™ข๐™ข๐™š๐™ง ๐™„๐™จ ๐™…๐™ช๐™จ๐™ฉ ๐˜ผ๐™ง๐™ค๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™™ ๐™ฉ๐™๐™š ๐˜พ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฃ๐™š๐™ง! Now is a great time to pre-order Summer Food Service Program outreach materials from the New York State Department of Education. Bilingual outreach flyers are available in bulk at no charge. The flyers promote summer meals and feature a QR code to help families find nearby site locations. ๐™‰๐™ค ๐™†๐™ž๐™™ ๐™ƒ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™œ๐™ง๐™ฎ ๐™‰๐™š๐™ฌ ๐™”๐™ค๐™ง๐™  (๐™‰๐™†๐™ƒ-๐™‰๐™”) ๐™Ž๐™๐™Ž๐™‹ ๐™‚๐™ง๐™–๐™ฃ๐™ฉ ๐™Š๐™ฅ๐™ฅ๐™ค๐™ง๐™ฉ๐™ช๐™ฃ๐™ž๐™ฉ๐™ฎ NKH-NY is supporting school districts and community-based organizations operating the Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) or Seamless Summer Option (SSO) and implementing non-congregate meal programs in rural areas. Grant awards will average between $10,000 - $20,000, and exact amounts will vary depending on program [...]

April 27th, 2023|Categories: Events, External posts, Grants, Newsletters|