02/07/2024
Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of February 7, 2024
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๐ก๐ฌ๐๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐.๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด ๐ข๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐
โข January 2024 Food Flash (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข COAL + ICE: Inspiring Climate Action Through Art and Ideas (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข The Healthy School Meals For All NY Kids Coalition (nycfoodpolicy.org)
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๐จ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐ง
Virtual (date to be announced soon):
Strategies for Sustained Nutrition and Culinary Education Programs
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๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐
๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด
โข Empty Display Cases, Hungry Kids, Disrupted Production: NYCโs Cafeteria Cuts Send Shockwaves (Chalkbeat)
โข See the NYC School Cafeterias With the Most Health Code Violations (Gothamist)
โข Donโt Kill Community Composting in New York City (Bloomberg)
โข Wait Times for NYC Cash Benefits Worsen, Leaving Vulnerable New Yorkers Hanging (Gothamist)
โข Side-Loading Garbage Trucks Introโd as โSuperweaponโ Against Big Piles of NYC Trash Bags: Mayor Adams (AM New York)
โข What’s Behind This $10 Chicken Over Rice? An $18,000 Permit. (New York Times)
โข โEatup! NYC With Marcus Samuelsson and Bevy Smithโ Visits Favorite Black-Owned Businesses Around NYC (ABC 7 New York)
โข Frustrated by Outdoor Dining Sheds? NYC Sidewalks Are About To Clear Up (NBC)
โข NYC Launches Pre-Paid Credit Cards for Migrant Families (Fox 5)
โข Federal, State and Local Leaders Focused on Bringing Healthy Food to Bronx Tables (News 12)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด
โข Food Stamps: 4 Major Changes to SNAP Coming in 2024 (Yahoo Finance)
โข A New Federal Program Helps Provide Meals to Kids When School Is Not in Session. These States Opted Out (PBS News Hour)
โข The Gulf South’s Rejection of the Summer EBT Program Puts Further Strain on Child Hunger Issues (Baton Rouge Public Radio)
โข From Gaza to Sudan, Conflict Is Driving a Rise in Hunger Worldwide (Vox)
โข Food Security in Vermont: Roadmap to 2035 (Vermont Biz)
โข How to Solve Food Insecurity? Treat Healthy Food as a Human Right (Common Dreams)
โข Examining Dollar Stores: Health, Community, and Food Access (Food Tank)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต
โข Agriculture Built These High Plains Towns. Now, It Might Run Them Dry (Phys.org)
โข No More Choclate, Coffee, or Wine? ‘Last Supper’ Shows Stakes of Climate Crisis (The Guardian)
โข This Forestry Project in Afghanistan is Pushing Women to the Forefront of Climate Action (AKDN)
โข Ignoring Indigenous Rights Is Making the Green Transition More Expensive (Grist)
โข Hot? Hungry? Step Inside These Food Forests (Modern Farmer)
โข How to Make Urban Agriculture More Climate-Friendly (Scientific American)
โข Making Farming More Climate-Friendly Is Hard. Just Ask Europeโs Politicians. (New York Times)
๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
โข Why European Union Officials Are Taking Angry Farmers So Seriously Before Summit (Morning Ag Clips)
โข Investment Is Flowing to US Grass-fed Beef Again. Will It Scale Up? (Civil Eats)
โข These 20 Books Are Your Guide to the Past, Present, and Future of Food and Ag (Food Tank)
โข โBlue Foodsโ To Tackle Hidden Hunger and Improve Nutrition (Nature)
โข A Big Idea for Small Farms: How To Link Agriculture, Nutrition and Public Health (NPR)
โข Bird Flu Roils Poultry Industry, Raising Concern Over Egg Prices Ahead of Easter (Food Dive)
โข Building Resilience Through Localization in West and Central Africa (Food Tank)
โข Europeโs Farmers Are Struggling, but Some Sympathetic Consumers Have Difficulty Affording Their Food (Morning Ag Clips)
โข Plant-Based Meat May No Longer Be Animal-Free (The Street)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ
โข Where USDA Allotted $11.5M to 38 Composting and Food Waste Projects in 2023 (Waste Dive)
โข Yumeโs Platform Helps Manufacturers Turn Potential Food Waste Into Money (Tech Crunch)
โข Fighting Food Waste: Finnish Food Tech Company Is Innovating To Upcycle Seafood Side Streams (Food Navigator)
โข Federal Farm to Food Bank Program Cuts Down on Food Waste and Helps Farmers (WBUR)
โข Household Food Waste Reduced Through Whole-Family Food Literacy Intervention (Phys.org)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐บ, ๐๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ
โข A Red Herring in the Supreme Court (Ambrook)
โข Climate Change Threatens Our Food Supply. Congress Must Pass a Modernized Farm Bill (Roll Call)
โข Portugal Rolls Out Farming Aid Package To Fend Off Protests (Reuters)
โข Abortion and Hunger Remain Unanswered in Spending Fight (Politico)
โข DC-Based Chef Josรฉ Andrรฉs Nominated for Nobel Prize by Nancy Pelosi (DC News Now)
โข Fixing Our Broken Food Systems: The $10T Question (Politico)
โข Why Are GOP Governors Taking Food out of the Mouths of Poor Kids? (FERN)
โข Whatโs in the Bipartisan Senate Package To Aid Ukraine, Secure U.S. Border (AP News)
โข The Shortsighted Effort to Ban Cell-Cultivated Meat in Some States (Time)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด
โข You Canโt Buy Lab-Grown Meat Even if You Wanted To (Wired)
โข Biden Takes Aim at Grocery Chains Over Food Prices (New York Times)
โข Upside Foodsโ Lab-Grown Meat Is off the Menu at Bar Crenn, Its Sole Venue (Bloomberg)
โข The Story of McDonaldโs 10-Year Quest for Sustainable Beef (GreenBiz)
โข Should a Plan to Curb Meat Industry Water Pollution Consider the Business Costs? (Civil Eats)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
โข Revolutionizing Access to Local Food: How Local Foods Mohawk Valley is Pioneering Online Farmers Markets (Food Tank)
โข Moline Student Wins Congressional App Award for Project to Connect Restaurants & Food Banks to Combat Food Waste (Yahoo News)
โข Of Hubris and Feces: The Human Story of Phosphorus (Ambrook)
โข From Moon Dust to Moon Soil (Morning Ag Clips)
โข Old Cows, New Meat (Ambrook)
โข Overcoming Barriers to Food Access Through Digital Grocery Solutions (Food Tank)
โข Smart Agriculture: Farming in the Digital Age (Morning Ag Clips)
โข Indigeponics Uses Technology To Revolutionize Agriculture (Najavo-Hopi Observer)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ
โข California Set To Become First State To Introduce Series of Reparations Bills (The Hill)
โข Listen to Plants, Says Indigenous Forager and Activist Linda Black Elk (Civil Eats)
๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ
โข Ultra-Processed Vibes (Food Fix)
โข You May Be Eating Predigested Food. Hereโs Why (CNN Health)
โข If the Government Recognizes That โFood Is Medicine,โ Why Arenโt They Taking Hunger More Seriously? (Salon)
โข FAO Highlights the Importance of Food Safety in Trade (Food Safety News)
โข Free School Meals โCut Obesity and Help Reading Skillsโ in England, Study Finds (The Guardian)
โข Hereโs How Long It Takes for Your Body To Recover From Food Poisoning (CNN)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ (๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ Center For Food As Medicine)
โข Food and Its Use: Flax Seeds (foodmedcenter.org)
โข Forever Chemicals and Bone Health Study Spotlight Take-Away With Chef Dr. Mike (foodmedcenter.org)
โข HHS Hosts First-Ever ‘Food is Medicine’ Summit, Launches Three Public Private Partnerships (Health and Human Services)
โข The Food as Medicine Conundrum (Food Institute)
โข Development of a Culinary Medicine Curriculum to Support Nutrition Knowledge for Gastroenterology Fellows and Faculty (Nutrients)
โข Development of a Culinary Medicine Toolkit to Improve Implementation of Virtual Cooking Classes for Low-Income Adults with Type 2 Diabetes (Healthcare)
โข Food as Medicine Platform Foodsmart Expands Reach to 7.4 Million Patients as it Reels In $10M in Fresh Funding (The Spoon)
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.
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โข Home and Wild Food Procurement Were Associated With Improved Food Security During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Two Rural US States (Nature)
โข Household Food Insecurity Is Negatively Associated With Achievement of Prenatal Intentions To Feed Only Breast Milk in the First Six Months Postpartum (Frontiers)
โข Household Food Waste Intervention Is Feasible, Acceptable, and Effective (Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior)
โข Effect of an Intensive Food-as-Medicine Program on Health and Health Care Use | A Randomized Clinical Trial (JAMA)
โข Food Insecurity Is a Source of Toxic Stress (JAMA)
