07/17/2023
Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of July 12, 2023
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โข Interview with DeVonne Jackson Perez, Urban Farmer (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข Lab-Grown Chicken Approved for Sale in U.S. (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข ICYMI: Edible Schoolyard NYC Brings Food Education to NYC Public Schools (nycfoodpolicy.org)
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๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด
โข Food Forward NYC: 2-Year Progress Report (NYC.gov)
โข Hereโs How We Can Improve Food Education in NYC Schools (amNY)
โข LaGuardia Community College Lands $4.5 Million Grant To Cultivate Next-Gen Food, Agro Professionals (LIC Post)
โข Free Summer Meals for NYC Kids Until September 1 (Morning Bell NYC)
โข A New Service Provides Free Meals for New York City Kids (Pix 11)
โข NYCโs Met Council Expands Reach to National Kosher, Halal Food Program (Gothamist)
โข Judge Temporarily Blocks NYCโs Food Delivery Minimum Wage Law (CNN)
โข Food Delivery Companies Fight NYC Wage Law (The Hill)
โข Big Delivery Providers Bristle at Minimum Wage for NYC Delivery Workers (Food on Demand)
โข Uber, DoorDash Sue NYC Over Minimum-Wage Law (New York Post)
โข What I Learned From the South Bronx โ And How It Can Help Us Today (Salon)
โข Slice of Solidarity: Brooklyn Restaurant Workers Move Closer to Becoming New York Cityโs First Unionized Pizzeria (amNY)
โข Can New Wave of Restaurants Make NYC Late-Night Dining Town Again? (Bloomberg)
โข Reservations Open For New York City Summer Restaurant Week (Forbes)
โข Cast of โThe Bearโ Helping Disney Fight Summer Hunger in New York City and Nationwide (ABC 7)
โข New York City Zero Waste Package, Including Mandatory Residential Organics Recycling, Becomes Law (Smart Cities Dive)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด
โข Food Insecurity in US Reaches Its Highest Number Since December 2020 (Truthout)
โข Innovations That Help Increase the Worldโs Food Supply (ShareAmerica)
โข Food Insecurity Is Common in the US Military. Will Congress Vote to Expand Benefits? (Civil Eats)
โข Changes to SNAP in 2023 Farm Bill Concern Hunger-Fighting Groups (Public News Service)
โข In Quest for Food Security, Cities Test Limits of Urban Agriculture (Bloomberg)
โข Power-Hungry Vertical Farms Canโt Solve Food Security: Grunwald (The Energy Mix)
โข New Programs Help Low-Income Families and Veterans Access Healthy Foods (Morning Ag Clips)
โข Congress Tackles Food Stamp Changes in the Farm Bill (NPR)
โข New Study Shows a Link Between Food Insecurity and Cognitive Decline in Older Adults (Salon)
โข Farm to Table: Local Nonprofit โUpcyclesโ To Help Families With Food Insecurity (Fox 5)
โข For Many Kids, a Boost to Summer School Meals Is a โGame Changerโ (Civil Eats)
โข Chinaโs Food Security Problem (ABC)
โข Through Urban Food Systems, We Can Transform Food Policy And Nutrition AccessโStarting Right Now (Food Tank)
โข UN Food Aid Deliveries by AI Robots Could Begin Next Year (Reuters)
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โข New York State Announces Programs Available to Help Low-income Families and Veterans Access Healthy Foods (NY.gov)
โข Representative Adriano Espaillat Introduces the Harvesting Knowledge Act (House.gov)
โข Farm Workers Welcome Reintroduction of Bipartisan Farm Workforce Modernization Act (Morning Ag Clips)
โข WHO Releases New Guidelines on Protecting Children from Harmful Food Marketing (One Green Planet)
โข Florida Says Law That Restricts Chinese Land Purchases Is Not Discriminatory (CBS)
โข $19.3M in Federal Funding Available to Support Resilient Food System in NYS (Morning Ag Clips)
โข Dutch Go First: Pre-Approval Tastings of Cultivated Meat & Seafood in the Netherlands (European Biotechnology)
โข The EU Nature Restoration Law Would Improve Our Food Security โ Full Stop (Euronews)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต
โข Op-Ed: Food Industry Giants Must Fix Their Plastic Pollution (Civil Eats)
โข Tiny Terrors: Microplasticsโ Threat to Our Health and Environment (Food & Water Watch)
โข ‘An Insane Amount of Water’: What Climate Change Means For California’s Biggest Dairy District (Modern Farmer)
โข Soil Improvements Could Keep Planet Within 1.5C Heating Target, Research Shows (Grist)
โข EU Sets Out First-Ever Soil Law To Protect Food Security and Slow Global Heating (The Guardian)
โข Can Mushrooms Help Prevent Wildfires? (Washington Post)
โข Thereโs No Cure for Citrus Greening. California Growers Have No Choice But to Keep Going (Modern Farmer)
โข Food Tankโs 2023 Summer Reading List (Food Tank)
โข Could an Ancient, Climate-Friendly Crop Be the Future of Beer? (The Guardian)
โข Climate Change Threatens To Cause โSynchronised Harvest Failuresโ Across the Globe, With Implications for Australiaโs Food Security (The Conversation)
โข University of Illinois Study: Turning Food Waste Into Bioenergy Can Become a Profitable Industry (Newswise)
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โข The True Cost of Food: High Grocery Prices Are Not the Root Issue (The Conversation)
โข The Supermarket Aisle Where Prices Are Still Soaring (Wall Street Journal)
โข Lack of Affordable Child Care is Hurting Young Farm Familiesโ Ability to Grow Their Businesses (Modern Farmer)
โข How Farms Decide Which Vegetables to Bring to Market (The Takeout)
โข How Fine Dining in Europe and the US Came To Exclude Immigrant Cuisine and How Social Media Is Pushing Back (The Conversation Weekly)
โข Restaurant Service Fees Need to Be More Transparent (Eater)
โข How Business Innovation Can Turn The Food Crisis Into A New Green Revolution (Forbes)
โข Food Labels Offer Consumer Choices but Also Confusion About Animal Welfare (Morning Ag Clips)
โข Food Environments Push Consumers Towards Unhealthy Food Items (European Supermarket Magazine)
โข Itโs Never Been a Better Time for Vegan Ice Cream (New York Times)
โข Why GenZ Is Drinking Less And What This Means For The Alcohol Industry (Forbes)
โข How ChatGPT and AI Are Proving To Be Game-Changing Tools in the Food Technology Industry? (Times of India)
โข What Exactly Is Lab-Grown Meat? Hereโs What You Need To Know. (National Geographic)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ (๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ Center For Food As Medicine)
โข The Red Pavilion: Traditional Chinese Medicine Spotlight (foodmedcenter.org)
โข Does the Food Pyramid Reflect A Healthy Diet? (Bloomberg)
โข Produce Prescription Programs for Patients With Diabetes Could Save Billions in Healthcare Costs, Study Shows (EurekAlert!)
โข The Readily Available Herbal Supplement Kratom Is Facing Wrongful Death Lawsuits (NPR)
โข Does the Mediterranean Diet Lower the Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Among Non-Mediterranean Populations? (News Medical Life Sciences)
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โข What Does the World Health Organization Have to Do With Your Diet Coke? (Food + Wine)
โข Sen. Schumer Calls on FDA To Investigate PRIME Energy Drinks for Caffeine Content (Gothamist)
โข Health Department Director Encourages People To Remember Food Safety During Grilling Season (WPSD)
โข Tightly Packed Poultry and Pig Farms Could Be Incubating the Next Deadly Flu (Mother Jones)
โข Tyson Drops โNo Antibiotics Everโ Label on Chicken Products (Food Dive)
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โข Advancing Food Policy Councils Through SNAP-Ed: From Readiness to Capacity for Future Sustainability (Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior)
โข Differentials and Predictors of Food Insecurity Among Federally Qualified Health Center Target Populations in Philadelphia: A Cross-Sectional Study (BMC Public Health)
โข Diet, Cardiovascular Disease, and Mortality in 80 Countries (European Heart Journal)
โข Plant-Based Family Food Packages and Weight Change in Children During the COVID-19 Pandemic (Preventing Chronic Disease)
โข Willing or Complying? The Delicate Interplay Between Voluntary and Mandatory Interventions To Promote Farmersโ Environmental Behavior (Food Policy)
โข Identifying Nutritional Priorities for Global Health: Time for a More PURE Focus on Protective Foods (European Heart Journal)
โข We Story the Land: Exploring Miโkmaq Food Sovereignty, Indigenous Law and Treaty Relations (The Journal of Peasant Studies)
โข Health and Economic Impacts of Implementing Produce Prescription Programs for Diabetes in the United States: A Microsimulation Study (Journal of the American Heart Association)
