Food Policy Watch (Hunter College) for the week of October 4, 2023

10/05/2023

𝗡𝗬𝗖𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆.𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀
• Interview With Susana Camarena, Senior Director of Impact and Culture and Head of the Tacombi Foundation (nycfoodpolicy.org)
• The Farmlink Project Connects Excess Produce with Families in Need (nycfoodpolicy.org)
• September 2023 Food Flash (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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𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁
𝘕𝘠𝘊 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴
• Vulnerable New Yorkers Suffer as Some Services Decline Under Mayor Adams (New York Times)
• Free Nutrition Programs for Low-Income NYC Families Are Closing at Four Public Hospitals (Gothamist)
• NYC’s Compost Collection Program Expands to Brooklyn (Gothamist)
• Judge Affirms Pay Raise for Food Delivery Workers in New York (New York Times)
• Here Are Some Big Ways a Government Shutdown Would Affect NYC (Gothamist)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴
• ‘Food Is a Means, Not an End’: Reflections on Hunger Action Month (DC Central Kitchen)
• A Decade In, Falling Fruit Has Kicked Open the Door for Urban Foragers (Ambrook Research)
• Growing Solutions to Food Insecurity on College Campuses (New America)
• There Couldn’t Be a Worse Time to Cut Food Aid for Women and Children (The Hill)
• Food Insecurity Remains Elevated After Pandemic-Era Benefits End (Bloomberg)
• The Hidden Cost of a Shutdown: America’s Battle With Food Insecurity (Guardian)
• Food Security, Food Sovereignty, and Collective Action During the War in Ukraine (Resilience)
• Famine in the 21st Century Must Be a Red Line. Here’s What We Can Do (Time)
• In a Government Shutdown, Here Are the Nutrition Programs Affected (Washington Post)
• Food Insecurity Doubles Rate of Severe Hypoglycemia in Adults With Diabetes, Research Shows (MedicalXpress)
• Food Prices Are Rising as Countries Limit Exports. Blame Climate Change, El Nino and Russia’s War (Morning Ag Clips)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺, 𝘈𝘨 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭
• The Farm Bill Expired. What Happens Now? (Modern Farmer)
• Agriculture Spending Bill Fails to Pass US House (Agriculture Dive)
• How a Government Shutdown Will Impact Food Safety, Nutrition (Agriculture Dive)
• The Eats Act Jeopardizes Animal Welfare and Human Health (Forbes Op-Ed)
• USDA to Begin Issuing $1.75 Billion to Agricultural Producers Through Critical Emergency Relief Programs (USDA.gov)
• Rare Senate Spat Threatens Farm Bill Push With House in Shutdown Chaos (Politico)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵
• Why Your Company Should Retire Its ‘Carbon Neutral’ Food Claims (GreenBiz)
• Charting the Course for Innovations in Food Systems (State of the Planet)
• Is the Greenwashing Wave Crashing? (Food Institute)
• Biochar Is a ‘Shovel-Ready’ Climate Technology, but Can It Scale Up? (Grist)
• Inside 4 Composting Projects Advancing With Funding From EPA Grants (Waste Dive)

𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
• Bytes to Bites Part Two – From Farm to Fork: Leveraging AI in the Food Supply Chain (Ag Funder News)
• Culinary Farm: An Extension Of Farm to School (Next Gen)
• Abandoned Croplands Could Boost Food Security and Climate Mitigation (Earth.com)
• New Global Framework Seeks to Streamline Regenerative Agriculture Practices (Green Biz)
• 5 Trends Set to Define Agriculture in the Second Half of 2023 (Agriculture Dive)
• Tyson, Perdue Under Investigation Following Reports of Child Labor at Slaughterhouses (Food Dive)
• Nighttime Harvesting Protects Farmworkers From Extreme Heat, but Bring Other Risks (Civil Eats)
• Feeding the World Once Brought the US Untold Influence—No More (Bloomberg)
• EU Told to Act Now on Farm Reform or Risk Blowing Ukraine’s Accession (Politico)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴
• Vegan Egg Maker Eat Just Cuts Jobs After Raising Money (Bloomberg)
• Beyond Meat Wannabes Are Failing as Hype and Money Fade (Bloomberg)
• 1 in 5 Shoppers Pay for Groceries in Installments (Pymnt.com)
• If Ozempic Makes People Eat Less, Maker of Cheez-It Will Be Ready (Bloomberg)
• Alt Meat No Longer Sizzles While Plants & Fungi Grow (Food Institute)
• Nestlé Vows to Increase Sales of Healthier Foods by 2030 (Food Dive)
• GPC Secures Another Speciality Flour Milling Facility in an Effort To Expand Plant-Based Reach (Food Dive)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
• Ruralworks Aims to Boost Rural Economies, Climate-Smart Agriculture, Local Food Systems (Forbes)
• Autonomous Food Delivery Gains Momentum as More Restaurants Partner With Robotics Companies (Restaurant Technology News)
• Is Innovation for Sustainability Risking Food Safety? (New Food)

𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩
• How Do School Meals in the US Stack Up Against Other Countries? (Civil Eats)
• Smoking-Related Cancers Are Declining in NYC, but Vaping and E-Cigs Raise Concerns (Gothamist)
• Calories Often Absent on Third-Party Food Delivery Platforms, Analysis Finds (Tufts University)
• What Happens to Food Safety During the Predicted Government Shutdown? (Food Safety News)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 (𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 Center For Food As Medicine)
• Interview with Chef and Foodie Michel Nischan (foodmedcenter.org)
• FamilyCook Productions: Teaching Kitchen Spotlight (foodmedcenter.org)
• What the Rise of Ultra-Processed Foods Means for Our Health and Society (WNYC)
• USDA Launches Nutrition Hub to Combat Diet-Related Diseases in Underserved Communities (USDA.gov)
• New Report Shows Food Is Medicine Interventions Would Save US Lives and Billions of Dollars (Tufts University)
• Women-Led Nonprofit Harvests and Shares Nutritious Food to Heal (Nutrition Insight)
• Healthy Eating Habits to Help Ease Long COVID Energy Slumps (Bloomberg)

𝗡𝗬𝗖 𝗡𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀
• The Center has created 59 Neighborhood Food Resource Guides. Click HERE to find your neighborhood.
• 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.

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁
• 2022 Assessment of the Food System in the District Of Columbia (DC Food Policy Council)
• The Neglected Role of Abandoned Cropland in Supporting Both Food Security and Climate Change Mitigation (Nature Communications)
• Relationships Between Supermarkets and Food Charities in Reducing Food Insecurity: Lessons Learned (Bristol University Press)
• Food Waste, Food Insecurity, and the Globalization of Food Banks (University of Iowa Press)
• True Cost of Food: Food Is Medicine Case Study (Tufts University Food Is Medicine Institute)
• Food Origin Labeling and “Promoting Competition” (Review of Industrial Organization)

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