02/14/2024
Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of February 14, 2024
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๐ก๐ฌ๐๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐.๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด ๐ข๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐
โข Culinary Nutrition Course Offered at Hostos through FamilyCook Productions (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข Interview with Zachary Schulman, Photographer (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข ICYMI: Hunts Point Food Distribution Center: A Critical Infrastructure for NY and US Food Systems (nycfoodpolicy.org)
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๐จ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐
In the Food Policy for Breakfast Series:
โข Panel on Food Waste
โข 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 Op-Ed | the Smart Pantry Offers Solutions for Students Facing Food Insecurity (Food Tank)
โข Gift to Food Pantry Helps Fuel Students Facing Food-Insecurity (John Jay College – CUNY)
โข NYC Budget Cuts Impacting Public School Lunch Menu; Popular Items Removed (Fox 5 NY)
โข Serving Up Success: Chefs in Schools Transforming NYCโs Public School Lunches (Food Tank)
โข What a Waste: New York City Budget Cuts Eviscerate Community Composting Groups (The Guardian)
โข Who Came Out on Top With New York Commercial Waste Zone Contracts? (Waste Dive)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด
โข What It Takes to Fill a Food Desert (Bloomberg)
โข World Food Program Says Its Ramping Up Aid To Reach 3 Million Ethiopians. Millions More Are in Need (The Washington Post)
โข Food Recovery Network Teams Up with Local Students to Recover Surplus Food During Super Bowl LVIII (Food Tank)
โข Volunteers Come Together To Fight Food Insecurity at Local Grocery Stores (CBS)
โข Cooking Nonprofit Combines Black History and Healthy Food (NBC New York)
โข Home Food Production Helped Combat Hunger During the Pandemic (Earth.com)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต
โข Food Clashes With Energy in Puerto Rico (Politico)
โข The OSC Packaging Collaborative Is Seeking Innovative Solutions to Cut Waste (Food Tank)
โข Cocoa Supply Issues Could Lead to Smaller Chocolate Bar Sizes: Expert (Food Dive)
๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
โข The Revolution That Died on Its Way to Dinner (New York Times)
โข US Farmers Set to See Biggest Income Slump Since 2006 This Year (Bloomberg)
โข Reinforcing the Diverse Ways People Access Seafood Can Ensure Healthy Communities in the Face of Change (Phys.org)
โข Just 1% of US Agricultural Land Goes to Agroforestry. Rodale Institute & Propagate Plan To Change That (AgFunder News)
โข What El Niรฑo Means for Farms and Global Food Prices (Agriculture Dive)
โข Tripping Forward (Ambrook)
โข Secrets of Soil-Enriching Pulses Could Transform Future of Sustainable Agriculture (The Conversation)
โข Thereโs a Generation Gap in American Farming, but Some Millennials Are Trying To Fill the Void (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
โข How Much Carbon Can Farmers Store in Their Soil? Nobodyโs Sure. (Grist)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐บ, ๐๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ
โข Hochul Proposes 1.5% COLA for Human Services Workers (Capitol Pressroom)
โข FDA Cruising Forward on Front-Of-Pack Labeling (FoodFix)
โข House Ag Democrats Hold Closed-Door Farm Bill Meeting Amid Impasse With GOP (Politico)
โข Can New Rules Help the Organic Label Get Better on Animal Welfare? (FoodPrint)
โข A Florida Immigration Law Is Turning Farm Towns Into โGhost Townsโ (Civil Eats)
โข US Court Cancels Approvals for Widely Used Dicamba Weedkillers (Reuters)
โข Europe Farmers Protests: EU Scraps Plans To Halve Pesticide Use (BBC)
โข US Farm Spending Bill Must Include Climate and Hunger Money, Say Key Democrats (Reuters)
โข Oklahoma Legislators Make a Case for Cockfighting (Ambrook)
โข Polish Farmersโ Protests Crank Up Pressure on EU Agriculture Head (Reuters)
โข Noodles of Opportunity: How an Oregon Law Boosted a Small Food Business and Built Community (The Guardian)
โข Why Some Governors Turned Down a Food Assistance Program for Children in Their States (PBS)
โข Brexit Border Checks and Badly Planned Farm Subsidies Could Plunge the UK Into a Food Crisis (The Guardian)
โข The Farm Bill Hall of Shame (Mother Jones)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด
โข General Mills Urged To Reduce Plastic Chemicals in Food Products (CBS News)
โข How Meijer Saved 10 Millions Pounds of Food (Food Institute)
โข USDA Predicts Major Drop In Farm Income for 2024 (Agricultural Dive)
โข โDiabolical Actionsโ: Snoop Dogg and Master P Sue Walmart in Breakfast Cereal Spat (The Guardian)
โข Fresh Take: Business Lessons From the Family Behind Kingโs Hawaiian (Forbes)
โข Americans Feel an Urgency To Eat More Sustainable Food (Food Dive)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
โข School Districtโs Meal Cart Puts Student Choice Back Into School Meals (Food Service Director)
โข From Soil To Satellite: Five Ways IoT Will Impact Modern Agriculture (Forbes)
โข Digital Culinary Innovation: AI-Powered Appliances and the Future of Smart Cooking (Food Ingredients First)
โข Personalised Nutrition: How Are Innovators Tapping Into Data for Healthier Diets? (Food Navigator)
โข Rejecting Dystopia: An Introduction to Solarpunk Farming (Ambrook)
โข Engineering a Coating for Disease-Free Produce (Phys.org)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ
โข The Land Back Movement Is Also About Foodways (Civil Eats)
โข Restaurants Can Now Call Themselves โPalestinianโ on Google (Eater)
โข California Fast-Food Workers Form a Unique Union in a Bid for Higher Wages, Better Working Conditions (Los Angeles Times)
๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ
โข Op-ed: Meals Made With Fresh, Whole Foods Could Transform Our Health Care System (Civil Eats)
โข Ecuador Officials Name Likely Source of Tainted Cinnamon That Poisoned US Children (Morning Ag Clips)
โข Nutrition Labels Linked to Healthier Eating Among US Teens, New Research Flags (Nutrition Insight)
โข A New Report Says Listeria Infections Are Up in 2022, With Four Outbreaks Recorded. (Food Safety News)
โข Costco, Trader Joeโs Pull Some Products With Cheese in Expanded Recall for Listeria Risk (USA Today)
โข USDA Warns Trader Joeโs Popular Pilaf May Contain Rocks (Today)
โข Bean Dips, Enchiladas and Taco Kits Are Among New Recalled Items Linked to Listeria Outbreak (ABC 7)
โข Groups Ask FDA To Declare That Restaurants Must Post Calories on DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Other Ordering Apps (Center for Science in the Public Interest)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ (๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ Center For Food As Medicine)
โข Introduction to the Gut Microbiome and Microbiota-Gut-Brain-Axis (MGBA) (foodmedcenter.org)
โข Food as Medicine: A Self-Examination Study Spotlight Take-Away With Chef Dr. Mike (foodmedcenter.org)
โข FAO Launches New Food and Statistics Portal Featuring Nutrient Information Beyond Calories (Nutrition Insights)
โข Harvesting Health: The Role of Herbal Medicine in Food and Agriculture Systems (Food Tank)
โข USDA Organic Changes Are Coming. What Will It Mean for Farmers and Consumers? (Food Dive)
โข Why Is Red Dye 3 Still Allowed in Food? (Bon Appรฉtit)
โข What to Know about the Mediterranean Diet (ABC News)
โข Mediterranean and Mind Diets Benefit Brain Health During Midlife (Medical News Today)
โข What, Exactly, Should You Eat? It’s a $190 Million Question (WSJ)
โข Industry-Funded Study of the Week: ET Tu Saffron? (Food Politics)
โข Study Explores Traditional Atlantic Diets as a Potential Solution for Diet-Related Diseases and Environmental Sustainability (News Medical Life Sciences)
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 Unacceptable Use of Substandard Metrics in Policy Decisions Which Mandate Large Reductions in Animal-Source Foods (NPJ Science of Food)
โข Rural Healthy People 2030 (Texas A&M Health)
โข Home and Wild Food Procurement Were Associated With Improved Food Security During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Two Rural US States (Scientific Reports)
