11/30/2023

Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of November 29, 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 November 2023 Food Flash (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โ€ข Interview With Camesha Grant, Food Bank for NYC (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โ€ข ICYMI: Food As Medicine Summit: Treating Disease (nycfoodpolicy.org & foodmedcenter.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 All of New Yorkโ€™s Apples (Ambrook)
โ€ข Hunts Point Proud: Inside the Predominantly Family-Run Produce Market Feeding Millions (The Packer)
โ€ข This Thanksgiving, Nearly Half of NYC Families Are Running Out of Food (Gothamist)
โ€ข NYC Restaurants Prepare Thousands of Thanksgiving Meals for Asylum Seekers (PIX11 News)
โ€ข Kommissary Partners With NYC Health + Hospitals To Provide Thanksgiving Meals for Asylum Seekers (CBS NY)
โ€ข Free Fridges, Though Few, Stand Between New York Families and Hunger (Fox 5 NY)
โ€ข Upper East Side Neighborhood Rallies Around Street Vendor After Islamophobic Video Goes Viral (Gothamist)
โ€ข Bronx Food Pantry Says Itโ€™s Struggling To Provide for Those in Need After State Grant Cuts (CBS NY)

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 Millions of US Apples Were Almost Left to Rot. Now, Theyโ€™ll Go to Hungry Families (NPR)
โ€ข Indigenous Studies Researcher Advises the United Nations on Inequalities in Food Security and Nutrition (Syracuse University News)
โ€ข A Box Filled With Food And Love (Forbes)
โ€ข Wasting and Edema โ€” Severe Forms of Malnutrition โ€” Affect Millions of Children Worldwide As Food Insecurity Grows (The Conversation)
โ€ข โ€œHow Long Can We Keep This Up?โ€ Food Banks Are Under Pressure From Texasโ€™ High Level of Food Insecurity (The Texas Tribune)
โ€ข Local Restaurants Are Joining the Fight Against Food Insecurity Through Program (ABC 27)

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 Op-Ed | Look to Local Food Policies for Climate Hope (Food k)
โ€ข From Kitchens to Community Leaders: Why โ€œChefs Have to Leadโ€ a New Era of Culinary Advocacy (Salon)
โ€ข Climate Labels at COP28 Expected To Influence Food Purchase Behaviour (Food Navigator)
โ€ข New Plan Aims To Reduce Food Waste in Michigan by 50% by 2030 (NPR)

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 Americans Love Avocados. Itโ€™s Killing Mexicoโ€™s Forests. (New York Times)
โ€ข Are Your Holiday Meals Pricier This Year? Blame Extreme Heat. (Vox)
โ€ข EPA Announces $2B in Environmental Justice Grants, Including for Waste Projects (Waste Dive)
โ€ข Beer, Wine, Cocktails: Hereโ€™s How Climate Change Is Imperiling Our Thanksgiving Booze (Fortune)
โ€ข Single-Use Fast-Food Packaging Hangs in the Balance (Politico)
โ€ข Tackling Climate Change and Alleviating Hunger: States Recycle and Donate Food Headed to Landfills (ABC)
โ€ข Eat Less Meat Is Message for Rich World in Foodโ€™s First Net Zero Plan (Bloomberg)

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 Grow-NY Winners Aim To Make Regional Economic Impact (Cornell Chronicle)
โ€ข New York Apple Farms Face Downpour of Challenges As Climate Change Threatens Billion-Dollar Industry (Channel News Asia)
โ€ข The Farmhouse Craze Is Making It Harder for Actual Farmers to Buy Land (Ambrook Research)
โ€ข Can Virtual Fences Help More Ranchers Adopt Regenerative Grazing Practices? (Civil Eats)
โ€ข Ukraineโ€™s National Seed Bank Relocates From Kharkiv to Safer Place (Reuters)
โ€ข Governor Hochul Announces New Indoor Food Production System in East Buffalo (Governor.ny.gov)
โ€ข A Population of Hard-To-Eradicate โ€˜Super Pigsโ€™ in Canada Is Threatening To Invade the US (AP)
โ€ข U.S. Egg Producers Conspired To Fix Prices From 2004 to 2008, a Federal Jury Ruled (AP)
โ€ข Deere Must Face US Farmersโ€™ โ€˜Right-To-Repairโ€™ Lawsuits, Judge Rules (Reuters)

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด
โ€ข Start-Ups Set Out to Make Coffee More Sustainable (Financial Times)
โ€ข USDA Regional Food Business Centers Program (USDA Agricultural Marketing Service)
โ€ข Understanding the Climate Change Paradigm: A Guide for the F&B Industry (The Food Institute)
โ€ข Food Industry Enters a โ€˜New Era for Pricingโ€™ (Food Navigator)
โ€ข Cultivated Meat Labeling Puzzle Could Bring Legal Headaches (Food Dive)

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ
โ€ข Navigating The Global Landscape Of Digital Agriculture (Forbes)
โ€ข The Next Big Technologies in Food and Agriculture for 2023 (Fast Company)
โ€ข 30 Under 30 Food & Drink 2024: Meet The Entrepreneurs Changing The Future Of Food (Forbes)

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‘๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ฆ
โ€ข Five Important Issues Surrounding Black Food Justice This Thanksgiving (BET)
โ€ข I Never Said Thanks for the Meal. Sister Agnes Taught Me How. (New York Times)
โ€ข โ€˜The Migrant Chefโ€™ Shows Us The Need to Create an Equitable System (Food Tank)
โ€ข The Sky Is the Limit to What We Can Become- Alex Imbot, Co-Founder of the Community Grocer (MSNBC)
โ€ข This Indigenous Cook Wants to Help Readers Decolonize Their Diets (Civil Eats)
โ€ข Cafรฉ Momentum To Dish Out Hope for Denver Teens Exiting Juvenile Justice System (CBS)

๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ
โ€ข Cantaloupe Recalled Over Salmonella Fears in 32 States (NY Daily News)
โ€ข Nearly 40% of Conventional Baby Food Contains Toxic Pesticides, US Study Finds (The Guardian)
โ€ข Can Certain Foods Really Reduce Your Cancer Risk? (New York Times)

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜Š๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ
โ€ข The Dish: Chef Charlie Mitchell Earns Second Michelin Star for Restaurant Called Clover Hill (CBS)
โ€ข The S. Pellegrino Young Chef Academy Competition Explored the Future of Haute Cuisine (Harpers Bazaar)
โ€ข Sandwiched Between Cultures: New Exhibit Explores the Pain of ‘Lunchbox Moments’ (WBUR News)

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 When Studies Have Negative Outcome: Study Spotlight Take-Away With Chef Dr. Mike (foodmedcenter.org)
โ€ข Food and its Uses: Oats (foodmedcenter.org)
โ€ข ‘Food as Medicine’ Concept Starts to Catch On: What to Know (WebMD)
โ€ข Opinion: Robert Graham: The Biggest Threat to Americansโ€™ Health Is Food. Itโ€™s Also the Cure. (Daily Camera)
โ€ข โ€˜Nobody Shops at the Neighborhood Storeโ€™: Leveraging a Communityโ€™s Pediatric Fresh Produce Prescription Program to Inform Future Participating Store Redemption Locations (Cities & Health)
โ€ข Which Program Implementation Factors Lead To More Fruit and Vegetable Purchases? An Exploratory Analysis of Nutrition Incentive Programs Across the United States. (Current Developments in Nutrition)
โ€ข Intermittent Fasting on Neurologic Diseases: Potential Role of Gut Microbiota (Nutrients)

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˜€
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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 A Formative Evaluation of an Online Meal Kit and Grocery Platform for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Recipients (Cornell University)
โ€ข Hunger Is a Political Choice: 2023 Annual Hunger Survey (Hunger Free America)
โ€ข Eat to Treat: The Methods and Assessments of a Culinary Medicine Seminar for Future Physicians and Practicing Clinicians (Nutrients)
โ€ข Communicating Trends in Sustainability Transitions: Minority Beliefs and Dynamic Norms about Plant-Based Food Consumption (Environmental Communication)
โ€ข Understanding the Use of Media Analysis in Public Health Research Through Food Tax Debates (HEALTHEI Project): A Scoping Review (The Lancet)
โ€ข Sustainable Healthy Diet Modeling for a Plant-Based Dietary Transitioning in the United States (Nature)

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