12/15/2022
Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of December 14, 2022
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๐ก๐ฌ๐๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐.๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด ๐ข๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐
โข Rhode Island Becomes Final State to Pass Cottage Food Law (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข Los Deliveristas Unidos Fights for Equality Among Delivery Workers (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข ICYMI: Meals for Good: Supermarket and Grocery Store Voucher and Gift Card Pilot Program (nycfoodpolicy.org)
๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐
๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด
โข Inside the Fight to Pay Food Delivery Workers $23 an Hour (The New York Times)
โข How Much New Yorkโs Minimum Wage Will Increase on Dec. 31, 2022 (FOX5)
โข How Eric Adamsโs Diabetes Journey Has Influenced His Policy Goals as Mayor of NYC (Everyday Health)
โข NYCโs Vulnerable Families Left Hungry โ And Helpless โ As EBT Fraud Grows. (NY Daily News)
โข Hungry for Change: The State of Food Banks in New York City (Empire State Tribune)
โข New York City Council Holds Hearing on โSkip the Stuffโ Legislation (NRDC)
โข Long-Delayed Project to Convert Compost, Waste Into Gas for NYC Homes Slated to Launch in January (Gothamist)
โข Expert Warns NYCโs New โRat Czarโ: โthe Rats Are Going to Winโ (New York Post)
โข Grubhub Lobbies to Loosen NYCโs Pandemic-Era Fee Cap Law โ As It Sues City (NY Post)
โข Former Workers of Group of High-End Italian Restaurants in New York City Say Their Wages Were Stolen (ABC7)
โข New York City Starbucks Roastery Strikers Return to Work After Bedbug Scare (Nationโs Restaurant News)
โข Flatbush Residents Voice Concerns Ahead of Supermarket Closure: โWeโre in Troubleโ (PIX 11)
โข CBS2 Teams up With New York Common Pantry to Fight Food Insecurity (CBS)
โข Brooklyn Elementary School Students Partner With City Harvest to Donate Food to Community (ABC 7)
โข Viceโs Munchies Is Over (Grubstreet)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด
โข โItโs Not Enough.โ SNAP Recipients Struggle Amid High Food Prices. (Civil Eats)
โข Food Bank Network Ousts United Way As Americaโs Largest Charity (Forbe)
โข Medical Professionals Warn of Food Insecurity Crisis (PBS)
โข Moving Food Banks Toward a Nutrition Mindset (Food Bank News)
โข Study Provides Insight on Mobile Food Pantries, Charitable Food System (UConn Today)
โข Food Prices Aren’t Showing Signs of Slowing. Here’s How Communities Are Stepping In (CNET)
Hunger Rises Following Expiration of Child Tax Credit (The Lebanon Reporter)
โข Food Insecurity Is Growing Concern Among Working Poor (News Herald)
โข Military Families Increasingly Relying on Food Banks (CBS News)
โข Editorial: Letโs End Hunger in Los Angeles County (Los Angeles Times)
โข Techniques for Expanding Food Access in Indian Country (Food Bank News)
โข Migrants โFacing Food Poverty Crisisโ in the UK (The Grocer)
โข As Food Shortages Hit Locked-Down Shanghai, the Gift of Two Carrots and a Potato Was Pure Luxury (The Guardian)
โข Sri Lankaโs Children Go Hungry as Food Prices Soar (BBC)
โข Africaโs Food Crisis Is the Biggest Yet โ Five Reasons Why (Reuters)
โข Climate Crisis in Africa Exposes Real Cause of HungerโColonial Food Systems That Leave People More Vulnerable (phys.org)
โข ‘Nearly 8.3M people across Somalia facing food crisis in 2023’ (AA)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐บ
โข USDA and Social Security Administration Collaborate to Improve Nutrition Security through SNAP (Southern Maryland Chronicle)
โข Senate Panel Examines Impact of Fresh Food Access on Health (Spectrum News)
โข Booker Highlights Food as Medicine Programs as Farm Bill Priority (Agripulse)
โข GOP Control of U.S. House Will Likely Intensify Debates Over Food Stamps, Other Programs, in Next Farm Bill (Minn Post)
โข New Report Calls for Advancing Equity in Agriculture for the 2023 Farm Bill (Food Tank)
โข Technology Complicates Use of Medicaid Funding for Nutrition (Food Bank News)
โข SNAP 2023: Everything To Know About Changes in the Coming Year (Yahoo Finance)
โข A New Push Is on in Chicago to Connect Urban Farmers With Institutional Buyers Like Schools and Hospitals (Inside Climate News)
โข A Glaring Omission in the Biden Strategy on Nutrition: A Sweetened-Beverage Tax (The Hill)
๐๐ค๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ
โข Why Universal Free School Meals Matter (FERN)
โข Advocates Push for Free School Meals for All Students Statewide (Newsday)
โข Expanding Halal Options to Meet Student Needs (Food Tank)
โข School Food Programs Face Growing Demand, Ballooning Budgets (CBC)
๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ
โข Governor Hochul Convenes Working Group to Support New York Farmers (ny.gov)
โข Can the Hudson Valley Have Its Farmland and Renewable Energy Too? (Hudson Valley One)
โข The Field Report: FDA Data Shows a Worrisome Increase in Antibiotic Use in Animal Agriculture (Civil Eats)
โข Midwest Soil Is Eroding Faster Than Ever. Modern Farming Could Be to Blame. (Grist)
โข Scientists Say This New Wheat Can Withstand Extreme Heat and Drought (Mother Jones)
โข Climate Change Outside Pushes Veggie Crops Inside (Bloomberg)
โข How Californiaโs Drought Upended a Powerful Farming District (FERN)
๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ข๐ฃ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ด
โข Climate Action Must Include Nutrition (Food Tank)
โข Californiaโs Two Largest Cities Ban Plastic Foam (Grist)
โข Farm Powered Strategic Alliance Grows, Turns Food Waste to Renewable Energy (Environmental Leader)
โข Is There Such Thing as Good Meat? (Modern Farmer)
โข Building a Culture of Composting (National Institute of Food and Agriculture)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด, ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
โข Drought Leads to 80% Jump in Vegetable Prices (Food Dive)
โข Inflation May Be Easing, but Grocery Prices Are Still Way up (CNN)
โข Amid High Inflation, Sales Rise for โExpiredโ Food (KTLA5)
โข The Country Where Food Prices Have Shot up by 99% (Yahoo News)
โข You May Pay Nearly $8 for a McDonaldโs Big Mac in Massachusetts Versus $3 in Oklahoma. Hereโs Why Costs Can Vary โ Even for Locations Across the Street From One Another. (Insider)
โข The States With the Most Fast Food Restaurants (The Takeout)
โข Are Consumers Ready for Plant-Based and Cultivated Meat Hybrids? (Food Navigator)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด
โข Las Vegas Convention Center Food Workers Vote to Authorize Strike (casino.org)
โข Uberโs Spanish Food Delivery Platform to Pay Severance to 4,400 Riders (Rueters)
โข Farm Workers Return to D.C. To Press for Legal Status (United Farm Workers)
โข How Food Manufacturers Have Responded to the COVID-19 PandemicโPart 1 (Food Safety Magazine)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ, ๐๐ช๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ
โข How Food Became a Weapon in Americaโs Culture War (FERN)
โข Fight Against โFood Apartheid,โ Pushes More Black Americans Into Urban Farming (The St. Louis American)
โข Op-ed: Prison Food Is Terrible, and the Eating Experience Inside Makes it Worse (Civil Eats)
โข How Rappers Became Restaurateurs and Why It Makes a Lot of Sense (Thrillist)
โข On the Front Lines of the China-Taiwan Food Fight (Foreign Policy)
โข How a Restaurant in a Chiropractorโs Basement Has Become a Site for Ukrainian Solidarity (Eater)
โข A Warsaw Bakery Seeks to Preserve Jewish Food Where It Was Nearly Lost (The New York Times)
โข 21 Childrenโs Books Spreading Love for Food and Community (Food Tank)
โข Letโs Tell Our Kids Bedtime Stories About Food Systems (Food Tank)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ
โข Current Knowledge on Food Safety Culture According to FDA (Food Safety Magazine)
โข Third-Party Food Delivery Services Are Offered Guidance From Federal Agencies (Food Safety News)
โข CDC Finds That Many Consumers Fail to Cook Raw Frozen Stuffed Chicken Products Properly (Food Safety News)
โข Virginia Tech Researchers Receive Three Grants to Study the Effects of Ultra-Processed Foods (News Medical Life Sciences)
๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐
โข New Yorkers in Need A Look at Poverty Trends in New York State for the Last Decade (Office of New York State Comptroller)
โข Association of Community-Level Food Insecurity and Glycemic Control Among Pregnant Individuals With Pregestational Diabetes (Primary Care Diabetes)
โข The 2016 Presidential Election, the Public Charge Rule, and Food and Nutrition Assistance Among Immigrant Households (American Journal of Public Health)
โข A Policy Study on FrontโofโPack Nutrition Labeling in the Americas: Emerging Developments and Outcomes (The Lancet)
โข Knowledge, Messaging, and Selection of Whole-Grain Foods: Consumer and Food Industry Perspectives (Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior)
โข Food Pantry Inventories Vary in Food Group Availability, Diversity, and Nutritional Composition Across City Districts: A Pilot Study (Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition)
โข Food Insecurity, Sleep, and Cardiometabolic Risks in Urban American Indian/Alaska Native Youth (Sleep Health)
โข Determinants of Food Insecurity Before and During COVID-19: An Empirical Analysis for Malawi (International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction)