11/22/2023

Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of November 22, 2023
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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 Anna Sacks, โ€œThe Trash Walkerโ€ (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โ€ข Graduate Nutrition Club Provides Sense of Community for Hunter College Students (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โ€ข ICYMI: Food As Medicine Summit: Treating Disease (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˜ˆ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ด
โ€ข Annual Food Drive to Support CUNY Students and Their Families (Morning Ag Clips)
โ€ข The Frontline of Food (Ambrook Research)
โ€ข What Bronx Bodegas Are Saying About Trash Pickup Times and Bacon, Egg and Cheese Prices (Gothamist)
โ€ข NYC Local Food Pantries Working To Combat Food Insecurity This Thanksgiving Season (ABC 7 NY)
โ€ข Food Insecurity Across the City (Fox 5)
โ€ข Just Food Partners With Farmers To Help Combat Food Insecurity in NYC, Lower Cost of Produce (ABC 7 NY)
โ€ข Every Table Expands to NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi, Offering Healthy and Affordable Food (Bronx News 12)
โ€ข NYC Ethiopian Plant-Based Restaurant Is Breaking Norms (ABC 7 NY)
โ€ข New Law Requires Some New York City Chain Restaurants To Warn Customers About Added Sugars (CBS)

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด
โ€ข Newark Parents Have Long Complained About School Lunches. This Coalition Is Looking To Change That. (Chalkbeat)
โ€ข Pantries Provide Peace of Mind to College Students Dealing With Food Insecurity (CBS News)
โ€ข The Role Of Rural Connectivity In Solving Food Insecurity (Forbes)
โ€ข We Call for Urgent Action To Tackle Food Insecurity (The Guardian)
โ€ข America Is Facing Its โ€˜Worst Rate of Hungerโ€™ in Years, Food Banks Say. Hereโ€™s Why. (USA Today)
โ€ข Examining Food Insecurity in Children Across New York State (Spectrum News 1)
โ€ข Pay-What-You-Can Farm Stands Flourish Amidst Soaring Food Insecurity and Inflation in the U.S. (Food Tank)

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜บ, ๐˜ˆ๐˜จ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ
โ€ข Farm Billโ€™s Food Stamp Generosity May Be a Bridge Too Far for Some Freedom Caucusers (The New Republic)
โ€ข Farm Bill Extension Heads to Bidenโ€™s Desk (Agriculture Dive)
โ€ข US Government Spending Bill Extends Farm Programs, Some Nutrition Aid (Reuters)
โ€ข The FDA Is Screening US Cinnamon Imports After More Kids Are Sickened by Lead-Tainted Applesauce (Morning Ag Clips)
โ€ข Congress Leaves a Long Ag To-Do List (Politico)

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜Š๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต
โ€ข Minimizing Food Waste and Maximizing Gratitude (Little Foot Ventures)
โ€ข Greenhouse Gases Soared to Another Record and Thereโ€™s โ€˜No End in Sightโ€™ (Washington Post)
โ€ข Wholesome Crave: Transforming Large-Scale Food Services for a Sustainable Future (Food Tank)
โ€ข How Bad Is Food Waste in the US? New Study Reveals Problem and What You Can Do. (USA Today)
โ€ข Eating Less Meat Would Be Good for the Earth. Small Nudges Can Change Behavior (NY1)
โ€ข Mixing Meat and a Leftover Tracker: Startup Companies at Grow-NY Focus on Food Waste Reduction With New Approaches (Spectrum News 1)
โ€ข This Corn Was Down to Its Last Two Cobs. Now It Could Help Farmers Grow Food in the Climate Crisis (CNN)

๐˜ˆ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ
โ€ข Governor Hochul Announces $40 Million Funds To Increase Community Access to Local Foods (WGRZ)
โ€ข The Food Industry Is All in on Regenerative Agriculture. Can Farmers Be Convinced? (Agriculture Dive)
โ€ข Italy Bans Lab-Grown Meat in Move to Protect Culinary Heritage (Bloomberg)
โ€ข Saving Seeds Today Protects Food Systems Tomorrow (Food Tank)
โ€ข New Plant Hardiness Map, Used by Gardeners Nationwide, Is Unveiled (Phys.org)
โ€ข On Many New York Dairy Farms, if a Worker Dies, Investigators Look the Other Way (NCPR)
โ€ข Microbes Could Help Reduce the Need for Chemical Fertilizers (MIT Today)
โ€ข The 20 Farming Families Who Use More Water From the Colorado River Than Some States (Desert Sun)
โ€ข Thanksgiving Meal Costs Down From 2022, but Still 25% Higher Than Pre-Pandemic (Food Dive)
โ€ข Building a Case for Investment in Regenerative Agriculture on Indigenous Farms (Civil Eats)
โ€ข Olive Oil Producers Turn to Tourists to Combat Soaring Costs, Extreme Weather (Bloomberg)

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด
โ€ข NY Farm Bureau: Survey Reveals Inflation Still Pushing Up Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner in NY (Morning Ag Clips)
โ€ข Repurposing Food Waste Can Offer Benefits to Agri-Food Sector (Farmtario)
โ€ข Chinese Pork Prices to Stay Low, Fueling Deflationary Pressures (Bloomberg)
โ€ข Too Good To Go Sees Food Waste As Opportunity Thatโ€™s Too Good To Miss (Financial Times)
โ€ข FTC Cracks Down on Food Industry for Paid Dietitian โ€˜Influencerโ€™ Posts (Washington Post)
โ€ข Op-Ed: Walmartโ€™s Outsized Catch (Civil Eats)
โ€ข Walmart and EDF Forged an Unlikely Partnership. 17 Years Later, Whatโ€™s Changed? (Civil Eats)
โ€ข Pinky Cole on the Success of Her Slutty Vegan Fast Food Chain (CBS)
โ€ข A Celebrated Startup Promised Kentuckians Green Jobs. It Gave Them a โ€˜Grueling Hell on Earth.โ€™ (Grist)
โ€ข Danoneโ€™s Horizon Organic Suspends Use of Milk From Texas Farm at Center of PETA Report (Food Dive)

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ
โ€ข Albertsons Deploys Afreshโ€™s AI Food Waste Tech Across Its Meat, Seafood Departments (Grocery Dive)
โ€ข Cooking Up Success, Southern Delaware Kitchen Incubator Aims for Culinary Revolution (WHYY)

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ
โ€ข Feeding the Revolution (Eater)
โ€ข An Ex-Noma Chef Has a Plan to Serve Better Food for US Prisoners (Bloomberg)
โ€ข Climate Actions Centered on Indigenous Knowledge Can Improve Resilience (Kauaโ€™i Now)

๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ
โ€ข Reintroduced Medical Nutrition Therapy Act Could Boost Food as Medicine Movement (Food Navigator)
โ€ข More Americans on Ozempic Means Smaller Plates at Thanksgiving (Bloomberg)
โ€ข For Health, More Nuts, Beans and Whole Grains (New York Times)
โ€ข The Curious Case of Lead in Applesauce Pouches (Food Fix)

๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜š๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ž๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด
โ€ข Tom Colicchio: A Chefโ€™s Journey (FERN)
โ€ข Waffle House Charges Employees for Food โ€” Even if They Donโ€™t Eat It (Today)

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ
โ€ข Relocalizing the Food System to Fight a โ€˜Farm-Free Futureโ€™ (Civil Eats)
โ€ข Camel Milk Grows in Popularity As Functional Ingredients Surge in Demand (Food Dive)
โ€ข Novelist Barbara Kingsolver Wants People to Embrace Sustainable Agriculture (Bloomberg)
โ€ข With Season 2, โ€˜High on the Hogโ€™ Deepens the Story of the Nationโ€™s Black Food Traditions (Civil Eats)
โ€ข Will Climate Cookbooks Change How We Eat? (Grist)

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ (๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ Center For Food As Medicine)
โ€ข Genetics of Vegetarianism: Study Spotlight Take-Away With Chef Dr. Mike (foodmedcenter.org)
โ€ข Narrative Review: Food as Medicine Across the Pediatric Age Continuum (Current Opinion in Pediatrics)
โ€ข Reintroduced Medical Nutrition Therapy Act Could Boost Food as Medicine Movement (Food Navigator)
โ€ข Eat to Treat: The Methods and Assessments of a Culinary Medicine Seminar for Future Physicians and Practicing Clinicians (Nutrients)
โ€ข Q&A: How to Integrate Lifestyle Medicine in Primary Care (Healio)
โ€ข Fresh Produce Access Boosts Health Outcomes Among Diabetes Patients and Those on Medicaid in Recent Studies (STAT News)
โ€ข Association Between Diet Soft Drink Consumption and Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease: Findings From the NHANES (BMC Public Health)

๐—ก๐—ฌ๐—– ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€
โ€ข The Center has created 59 Neighborhood Food Resource Guides. Click HERE to find your neighborhood.
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๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜
โ€ข The US Playbook To Address Social Determinants Of Health (White House Domestic Policy Council)
โ€ข Food for Thought: Recent Trends in City Council-Funded Allocations for Food for New Yorkers (NYC Independent Budget Office)
โ€ข Pesticides Still Found in Baby Food, but Biggest Toxic Threats Eliminated (EWG)
โ€ข Naked Clams To Open a New Sector in Sustainable Nutritious Food Production (NPJ Sustainable Agriculture)

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