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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𝗡𝗬𝗖𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆.𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀
• Interview With Marion Nestle, Nutrition Expert (nycfoodpolicy.org)
• Earth Matter Builds Community Around Composting (nycfoodpolicy.org)
• ICYMI: Organizations Leading the Way to Healthier School Food in the USA (nycfoodpolicy.org)

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𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁
𝘕𝘠𝘊 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴
• Let’s Build Gardens for Learning (Canarsie Courier)
• Mandatory Composting Has Arrived in Brooklyn: What You Need to Know (New York Times)
• NYC Makers: Q&A With Pedro Urabaez of City Harvest (Untapped New York)
• NYC Floats Plan to Ban Souvenir, Food Vendors from Brooklyn Bridge to Ease Pedestrian Traffic (Yahoo News)
• Where To Get Deals on Great Produce in Every Borough (The Gothamist)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴
• Nutrition: The National Security Threat No One Is Talking About (The Hill)
• Strong El Niño Event Will Contribute to High Food Assistance Needs Through 2024 (Famine Early Warning Systems Network)
• School Cafeterias Maneuver Complexities of Change and Offer Locally Grown Food (NPR)
• Food Pantry in the College of Ag Sciences Aims to Curb Food Insecurity on Campus (Penn State)
• Food Companies Reap Record Profits Amid Hunger Crisis (Axios)
• Campus Food Pantry Addresses Food Insecurity in Roxbury (Boston.com)
• Struggling To Afford Rent, Groceries, More Hungry Montrealers Turn to Dumpster Divers for Food (CBC)
• Metro Detroit Nonprofit Helps Feed Families Experiencing Food Insecurity (CBS)
• How a £25 Payment Is Turning Scotland Into a European Pioneer in Reducing Child Deprivation (Financial Times)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺, 𝘈𝘨 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭
• New York State Makes Steps Toward Healthy School Meals for All (Center for Science in the Public Interest)
• Farm Bill’s Default Reference Price Hikes Could Add Billions to Subsidy Costs (Ag Insider)
• Biden Admin Expands Funding for Farms to Tackle Livestock Waste (Agriculture Dive)
• UN Calls for More Scrutiny of Food Traders (Financial Times)
• Grassley Says Farm Bill Prognosis Bleak (KMA Land)
• US Composting Council, Biodegradable Products Institute, Release Product Labeling Legislative Guidelines (Waste Dive)
• Two Bills Ignite Congressional Battle Over School Milk Choice (Sentient Media)
• California Bans ‘Toxic Chemicals in Our Food Supply,’ Including an Ingredient in Marshmallow Peeps Linked to Cancer (Fortune)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵
• Al Gore Doesn’t Say I Told You So (New Yorker)
• It’s a Beautiful Day in the Agrihood (Ambrook Research)
• Cocoa Farmers Face Mounting Challenges As El Niño Rages On (CNBC)
• Restoration of Soil Health Will Improve Food Security (The Standard)
• Olive Oil Prices Reach Record Highs As Spain’s Harvest Is Halved (The Washington Post)
• Farmers Are Bearing the Brunt of Big Food Companies’ Decarbonisation Efforts – Here’s Why (The Conversation)

𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
• America’s Farmers Are Getting Older, and Young People Aren’t Rushing to Join Them (Morning Ag News)
• Agriculture: Gleaning — Fighting Food Waste and Food Insecurity (Finger Lakes Times)
• Farm Industry Asks Court to Halt Enforcement of New York Collective Bargaining Rules (New York State of Politics)
• Chocolate Could Get Even Pricier if Africa’s Cocoa Crop Flops (Bloomberg)
• A Generation of Texas Farmers Are Retiring. It’s Not Clear Who Will Replace Them. (The Texas Tribune)
• The Crimes Behind the Seafood You Eat (New Yorker)
• On This Nature Preserve, Farmers Are Welcome, if They Follow the Rules (New York Times)
• Fertilizer Stocks Jump With Israel Conflict Stoking Supply Concerns (Bloomberg)
• Farm on Top of Fenway Park Produces Thousands of Pounds of Produce Annually (CBS News Boston)
• The Bruising Artillery Battle in Ukraine Has Left a Scar That Is Visible From Space (NPR)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴
• Shipping Food Is Dirty Business. Can Sailboats Fix It? (Ambrook Research)
• Vegan: The Product Label Which Shall Not Be Named (Food Dive)
• The Uyghurs Forced to Process the World’s Fish (New Yorker)
• Tyson Lays off Poultry Workers in North Carolina (Food Dive)
• Plant-Based Meat Industry on a Mission to Rebrand Itself as Healthy Option (Financial Times)
• Food Deserts in Rural America Expose Need for Broader Distribution Strategies (Morning Ag News)
• America’s Food Giants Confront the Ozempic Era (Wall Street Journal)
• Dan Barber’s New Onion Sweet Garleek Is Just What It Sounds Like (New York Magazine)
• Who Is the Modern Grocery Consumer? (The Food Institute)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
• Americans Open to Robot and Drone Food Delivery, Survey Finds (Food Management)
• Students are Psyched About Vending Machine Meal Delivery (Food Management)
• Farmers Are Tentatively Embracing AI (Ambrook Research)
• Cultivated Tuna Company To Accelerate Pilot Production After Funding Round (Food Navigator)
• Alternative Protein Poised To Solve Seafood Supply and Demand Imbalance (Food Dive)
• Michigan State Researchers Are Developing Compostable Food Packaging (Waste 360)
• Scientists Use CRISPR to Make Chickens More Resistant to Bird Flu (New York Times)
• The World Has a Food-Waste Problem. Can This Wireless Tech Help Fix It? (Princeton News)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦
• Alone on the Range (FERN)
• Oklahoma’s Permit System Ushered In New Wave of Industrial Poultry Farm Growth (Investigate Midwest)
• Workers Exposed to Extreme Heat Have Few Protections (New York Times)
• ‘Land of Milk and Honey’ Is a Gourmand’s Dream, and Nightmare (Washington Post)

𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩
• Food Traceability Called ‘Public Health Imperative’ (Agri Pulse)
• How to Make Sure Fish and Other Seafood Are Fresh and Safe to Eat (Washington Post)
• FDA 101: FDA’s Work on a Front-of-Package Labeling Scheme To Empower Healthy Eating (Food Tank)
• Can Cooking and Gardening at School Inspire Better Nutrition? Ask These Kids (NPR)
• Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Variety Helps To Lower Disease Risk (American Society for Nutrition)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 (𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 Center For Food As Medicine)
• NC Healthy Opportunities Pilot: Food as Medicine in Healthcare Spotlight (foodmedcenter.org)
• Dietary Supplements and Their Uses: Turmeric (foodmedcenter.org)
• Addiction to Ultra-Processed Food Affects 14% Of Adults, Global Study Shows (The Guardian)
• The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Responds to the Washington Post (Food Politics)
• Instacart Debuts Initiatives to Improve Food Accessibility for Patients, Seniors (Grocery Dive)
• Using Abandoned Croplands Can Help Mitigate Food Insecurity and Climate Change, Study Suggests (Food Navigator)
• Ultra Processed Food Panel Discussion Recording on YouTube (foodmedcenter.org)

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
• Creating Resistance to Avian Influenza Infection Through Genome Editing of the ANP32 Gene Family (Nature Communications)
• Strategies for Improving Public Understanding of FDA-Regulated Products Released by Reagan-Udall Foundation for the FDA (Reagan-Udall Foundation)
• National School Lunch, Special Milk and School Breakfast Programs, National Average Payments/Maximum Reimbursement Rates (July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2024) (USDA Food Nutrition Service)
• Economics of Soil Health Systems on 30 U.S. Farms (USDA)
• Food Pantry Referral and Utilization in a Pediatric Primary Care Clinic (American Journal of Preventive Medicine)
• Benefits and Trade-Offs of Optimizing Global Land Use for Food, Water, and Carbon (PNAS)
• International Food Trade Contributes to Dietary Risks and Mortality at Global, Regional and National Levels (Nature Food)

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