01/03/2024
Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of January 3, 2024
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๐ก๐ฌ๐๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐.๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด ๐ข๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐
โข Interview With Max Lerner, Founder of GROW Externships (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข December 2023 Food Flash (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข ICYMI: Original Pieces from January to June 2023 (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข ICYMI: Original Pieces from July to December 2023 (nycfoodpolicy.org)
๐๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ (๐ญ๐ฎ/๐ญ๐ฐ/๐ฎ๐ฏ – ๐ญ๐ฎ/๐ฎ๐ฒ/๐ฎ๐ฏ)
โข Uneaten and Trashed: How New York Wasted 5,000 Migrant Meals in One Day (New York Times)
โข Op-Ed | 2023 Was New Yorkersโ Toughest Year Yet at the Dinner Table (AM New York)
โข NYC Has Held Up Emergency Food Stamps for Thousands of Residents, Prompting Contempt of Court Demand (NY Daily News)
โข Anonymous Donor Saves Composting Program (NYC News)
โข โFood Is Finally on the Tableโ: COP28 Addressed Agriculture in a Real Way (The Guardian)
โข Was COP28 a Success or Flop? Depends Who You Ask (Time)
โข In a First, Nations at Climate Summit Agree to Move Away From Fossil Fuels (New York Times)
โข Foreign Ownership of Us Farmland Climbed Nearly 9% in 2022 (Agriculture Dive)
โข Nonprofit Groups Award $2.2 Million to Equip Frontline and BIPOC-Led Organizations to Engage in Food and Farm Bill Debates (Union of Concerned Scientists)
โข AG Organizations Comment on House Passage of Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act (Morning Ag Clips)
โข Who Got Hit Hardest in 2023โs Epic Floods? The People Who Grow Your Food (LA Times)
โข Urban Agriculture in New York State (Cornell Cooperative Extension and Harvest NY)
โข The State of Food Systems Worldwide in the Countdown to 2030 (Nature)
โข The US Playbook To Address Social Determinants Of Health (White House Domestic Policy Council)
โข Meet the Farmer Championing Fair Food Prices While Fighting Food Insecurity (Modern Farmer)
โข Mill, Others Provide Emergency Stopgap Funding for NYC Community Composters (Waste Dive)
โข Keeping Our City and Our Minds Resilient: โClimate Futurismโ at Pioneer Works (Brooklyn Eagle)
๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐
๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด
โข Feeding Those in Need Is Food Bank for New York Cityโs Continuing Mission (CBS)
โข A New York City Non-Profitโs Mission to Feed the Hungry, but Make It Vegan (AM NY)
โข NYC Includes Christmas Trees in Its Composting Program (BKReader)
โข New York City Throwing Away Over $1M Taxpayer-Funded Meals for Migrants Every Month (Natural News)
โข NYC Climate Protests Draw Thousands Ahead of UN Gathering (BNN Bloomberg)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด
โข Governor Hochul Announces More Than $200 Million for Summer Meals to Feed 2 Million Low-Income Children in New York (governor.ny.gov)
โข Our Best Food Access Reporting of 2023 (Civil Eats)
โข Prices of a Vital Food, Rice, Just Surged to a Fresh 15-Year High (Bloomberg)
โข Gaza Food Crisis Is Nothing Like Anything Chef Josรฉ Andrรฉs Had Seen Before (NPR)
โข One in Five Massachusetts Households With Children Struggle With Hunger. Hereโs How It Affects Young People. (WGBH)
โข โUnacceptableโ: 10 Million American Seniors Worry About Getting Enough To Eat (Salon)
โข Half of Gazans Are at Risk of Starving, UN Warns (New York Times)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต
โข A New Year and New Opportunities: Whatโs Next for the Food Movement (Food Tank)
โข India’s Food-Security Problem Is Also the World’s (Wall Street Journal)
โข Extreme Weather Has Long-Term Health Consequences (Scientific American)
โข Thinning Ice and Shrinking Caribou Hurt Not Only Safety and Food Security but Also Mental Health (Anchorage Daily News)
โข How America’s Diet Is Feeding the Groundwater Crisis (New York Times)
โข Trump, Electric SUVs and Food Supply: The 2024 Climate Outlook (Bloomberg)
โข The Foods the World Will Lose to Climate Change (Wired)
โข โNutritional Quality Must Be at the Heart of Climate-Smart Agriculture,โ Researchers Say (Phys.org)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ
โข Here’s Where Waste, Recycling and Organics Laws Changed on Jan. 1 (Waste Dive)
โข Ensuring Your Leftovers Last Into the New Year (Food Safety News)
โข Aldi Achieves Food Waste Reduction Goal Eight Years Early, Sets New Goal for 2030 (Waste360)
โข Department of Environmental Conservation Releases Final New York State Solid Waste Management Plan (Waste Advantage Magazine)
โข How Mexico Cityโs Biggest Wholesale Market Is Combating Food Waste (NPR)
โข Mountains of Holiday Food and Packing Waste Are Clogging Landfills. Is There a Better Way? (LA Times)
โข How to Reduce Food Waste and Save Money (Time)
โข Opinion: Weโre Thinking About Food โWasteโ All Wrong (Washington Post)
โข Less Beef, More Leftovers: 21 Food Sustainability Resolutions for 2024 (Guardian)
๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
โข Governor Hochul Signs โBirds and Beesโ Act (Morning Ag Clips)
โข Our Best Food and Farm Labor Reporting of 2023 (Civil Eats)
โข Strawberry Case Study: What if Farmers Had to Pay for Water (New York Times)
โข Minnesota Farm Bureau Seeks to Engage Urban Ag Producers (MPR News)
โข Predicting Global Fisheries Risks: Inside WWFโs Oceans Futures Platform (Food Tank)
โข Californiaโs Prop 12 Is Now the Law of the Land (Food Safety News)
โข Harvesting Hope: How the Prison Agriculture Lab Exposes Exploitation in Prison Agriculture (Food Tank)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐บ, ๐๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ
โข Diplomacy Is Best Conducted at the Dinner Table (New York Times)
โข Big Year for Dairy: What Ag Groups Hope for 2024 and Policy Work They Hope To Accomplish (RFD TV)
โข States and Tribes Partner With USDA to Kick off New Summer EBT Program (USDA Food and Nutrition Service)
โข NYS DOL Reminds New Yorkers of Decrease in Farm Worker Overtime Threshold (Morning Ag Clips)
โข Balance for the Future: Why Food Systems Need Balance and What Does It Really Mean? (EU Startups)
โข Looking Back at Key SNAP Developments in 2023 (Grocery Dive)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด
โข U.S. Companies Are Skittish About Investing in ChinaโUnless Itโs in Fast Food Chains or Cappuccinos (Fortune)
โข New AI-Powered Fridge Technology Generates Recipes Based on Diet, Food on Its Shelves (Fox Business)
โข DoorDash Plots Expansion Outside Core Restaurant Business in US (Financial Times)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
โข AI And Agriculture: Better Farming, Better Food (Forbes)
โข Plentyโs High-Tech Robot Farm Is Transforming Traditional Agriculture (Interesting Engineering)
โข Five Predictions For Food And Agtech In 2024 (Forbes)
๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ
โข 10 Nutrition Tips for a Healthy New Year (New York Times)
โข These Are the Type of Low-Carb Foods That Help Slow Weight Gain, New Study Shows (NBC)
โข If Youโre Looking To Eat Better in 2024, Focus on Your Snacking Habits (LA Daily News)
โข Infant Formula Recalled Over Cronobacter Concerns (Food Safety News)
โข Look for These 9 Red Flags To Identify Food That Is Ultra-Processed (Washington Post)
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด
โข Hopes for the Restaurant Industry in 2024 (Eater)
โข How McDonaldโs, Chipotle, Starbucks Are Preparing for the Fast-Food Worker Battles To Come in 2024 (CNBC)
โข Chick-fil-Aโs Closed-on-Sunday Policy Prompts a Highway Rest Stop Revolt (New York Times)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ (๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ Center For Food As Medicine)
โข Dietary Supplements and Their Uses: German Chamomile (foodmedcenter.org)
โข PFAS Study Spotlight Take-Away With Chef Dr. Mike (foodmedcenter.org)
โข 9 Predictions for How Weโll Eat in 2024 (New York Times)
โข The Stanford Twin Study: Now on Netflix! (Food Politics)
โข Effect of an Intensive Food-as-Medicine Program on Health and Health Care Use (JAMA)
โข Feasibility and Acceptability of Home-Delivered Medically Tailored Meals for Treatment of Diabetes in Pregnancy (The Journal of Nutrition)
โข Does โFood as Medicineโ Make a Big Dent in Diabetes? (MIT)
โข People With Food Insecurity Deserve Better Nutrition Education (STAT)
โข As โFood Is Medicineโ Movement Takes Hold, Colorado Medicaid Looks to Pay For Produce and Better Meals (The Denver Post)
๐ก๐ฌ๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐
โข The Center has created 59 Neighborhood Food Resource Guides. Click HERE to find your neighborhood.
โข 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.
๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐
โข Effect of an Intensive Food-As-Medicine Program on Health and Health Care Use A Randomized Clinical Trial (JAMA)
โข Sustainable Eating: Pulling the Levers in Food Services (WWF)
โข The Hidden Chemicals Destroying American Farms (Vice Special Report)
โข Unleashing the Power of Artificial Intelligence for Climate Action in Industrial Markets (Industrial Marketing Management)
โข An In-Person and Technology-Implemented Holistic Health Promotion Program for Older Black Adults in Low-Income Communities (Journal of the National Medical Association)
โข Low-Carbohydrate Diets Emphasizing Healthy, Plant-Based Sources Associated with Slower Long-Term Weight Gain (JAMA Network Open)
โข Exploring Resilience Concepts and Strategies Within Regional Food Systems: A Systematic Literature Review (Food Security)
โข Air Quality Improvements Can Strengthen Chinaโs Food Security (Nature Food)
