Food Policy Watch (Hunter College) for the week of March 6, 2024

03/06/2024

Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of March 6, 2024
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𝗡𝗬𝗖𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆.𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀
• February 2024 Food Flash (nycfoodpolicy.org)
• 40 Under 40 Guest Article: Environmental Benefits of Outdoor Soilless Agriculture in Urban Areas (nycfoodpolicy.org)
• ICYMI: Rescuing Leftover Cuisine Prevents Food Waste and Feeds the Hungry (nycfoodpolicy.org)
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𝗡𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟰 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗬𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗖𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝟰𝟬 𝗨𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝟰𝟬 𝗶𝗻 𝗡𝗬𝗖 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻!
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𝗨𝗣𝗖𝗢𝗠𝗜𝗡𝗚 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀:
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𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁
𝘕𝘠𝘊 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴
• NYC Expands Meal Delivery Service for Seniors As More Fall Into Poverty (Gothamist)
• ‘We Are Behind’: NYC’s New Sanitation Chair Presses for Better Organics Funding, Transparency (Waste Dive)
• NYC Says Food Stamps and Cash Aid Backlog Is Nearly Gone After Record Delays (Gothamist)
• As of Today, Half of New York City’s Trash Must Go in Bins (New York Times)
• A Williamsburg Café Fights Food Insecurity and Inequity in the Coffee Industry (ABC 7)
• Whole Foods Is Rolling Out Smaller Convenience Stores Around NYC (Eater)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴
• Kellogg CEO Under Fire for Suggesting Cereal as a Money-Saving Dinner (Washington Post)
• U.N. Experts Say Gaza Is Close to Famine. What Does That Mean? (New York Times)
• DC Central Kitchen Healthy Corners: Urban Food Access (Food Tank)
• Potassium Depletion in Soil a Major Threat to Food Security (Food Navigator)
• Increases in Food Insecurity Seen in U.S. Families with Older Adults (Medical Press)
• Uber Expands Offerings to Help Fight Food Insecurity (Food on Demand)
• Study Finds More Older Americans Struggling To Afford Food (Washington Times)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥, 𝘊𝘭𝘪𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵
• What Ancient Farmers Can Really Teach Us About Adapting to Climate Change — and How Political Power Influences Success or Failure (University of South Carolina)
• FAO Report: Heatwaves and Floods Affect Rural Women and Men Differently, Widen Income Gap (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
• Caribbean Food Systems Are Among the Most Climate Vulnerable Globally (Forbes)
• This Week in Climate Policy: What You Need To Know (GreenBiz)
• Regenerative Beef Gets a Boost From California Universities (Civil Eats)

𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
• Why Now Is the Time to Reinvent Processed Foods (Forbes)
• A Tech Billionaire Is Quietly Buying Up Land in Hawaii. No One Knows Why (NPR)
• The Farming Conundrum (New York Times)
• Sweaters for the Soil (Ambrook Research)
• Out With the Animal Cruelty. In With … Mushrooms? These Farmers Are Leaving Factory Farming Behind (The Guardian)
• Advancing Sustainability: The Wine Industry’s Leadership in Climate Consciousness (Food Tank)
• Federal Farm Census Shows Hawaii’s Agriculture Is Still In Decline (Civil Beat)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘞𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦
• This Fancy Food Waste Bin From Nest’s Cofounder Just Got a Major Upgrade (Fast Company)
• This Is the Year To Eat More Upcycled Foods (Modern Farmer)
• Maine House Approves Food Waste Recycling Mandate (Portland Press Herald)
• App Launches in Charlotte to Offer Food Discounts and Curb Food Waste (WCNC)
• Composters Spend About a Fifth of Operating Costs on Contamination, Including Plastic (Waste Dive)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺, 𝘈𝘨 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭
• Op-Ed: My Family Struggled With Hunger. If Congress Won’t Fully Fund WIC, Millions More Will, Too (Civil Eats)
• These Cities Aren’t Banning Meat. They Just Want You to Eat More Plants. (New York Times)
• Farmers Prep to Lobby New York Legislature Ahead of Budget Talks (Spectrum News)
• Regionally Speaking: Indiana Farmers Pleading for Passage of a Farm Bill to Help Them Survive (Lakeshore Public Media)
• PFAs Chemicals to be Phased Out of Food Packaging. Here’s How to Avoid Them (Washington Post)
• Flash Points: Why Farmers Are Protesting Around the World (Foreign Policy)
• Democrats Prevail in WIC Fight (Politico)
• Mexico’s Precaution on GM Corn Safety Is Justified (Food Tank)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴
• Walmart Heirs Bet Big on Journalism (Civil Eats)
• New York Sues Beef Producer JBS for ‘Fraudulent’ Marketing Around Climate Change (NPR)
• Opinion: Surge Pricing for Burgers Leaves a Bad Taste in Our Mouths (NY Daily News)
• Chocolate Makers Try a New Recipe: Less Chocolate (Bloomberg)
• Fresh Take: Grocery Mega Merger Faces Pushback As Food Industry Heats Up (Forbes)
• The True Global Cost of Producing Food Is $12.7 Trillion More Than What Consumers Pay at the Checkout Counter (Fast Company)
• American Consumers Deserve the Same Food Labeling Standards As Europeans (Fortune)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
• How a Microbe From Yellowstone’s Hot Springs Could Help Feed the World (Smithsonian)
• How Grocers Evaluate the Impacts of AI, Tech on Workers (Grocery Dive)
• ‘Sugar Elimination’ Technology Has Arrived (The Food Institute)
• What Happened to Lab-Grown Meat? (New York Times)
• Beef Rice & Dairy Plants — Frankenfood or Food Science Breakthrough? (The Food Institute)
• To Farm or Fabricate? 3D Printing’s Role in the Food Industry (Food Dive)

𝘙𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘚𝘺𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘮 𝘞𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘦𝘳𝘴
• How Panera Bread Ducked California’s New $20 Minimum Wage Law (Bloomberg)
• Newsom’s Office Calls Allegations About Panera Bread Franchisee ‘Absurd,’ Says Company Is Not Exempt From Law (Los Angeles Times)
• Project Black and Blue Is Revolutionizing Support for Food Service Workers in Crisis (Food Tank)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦
• The Chef Who Believes He Can Change the World (Esquire)
• Cultivate Food Sovereignty in Your Home Garden with These Resources (Food Tank)

𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩
• Ultra-Processed Food Linked to 32 Harmful Effects to Health, Review Finds (The Guardian)
• FDA To Allow Yogurt Makers To Claim Food Lowers Risk of Type 2 Diabetes (Food Dive)
• 1 in 8 Worldwide Qualify As Obese: Research (The Hill)
• Yet Another Feral Hog Problem (Ambrook Research)
• This Diet Swap Can Cut Your Carbon Footprint and Boost Longevity (NPR)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 (𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 Center For Food As Medicine)
• Food and Its Use: Olive Oil (foodmedcenter.org)
• Ultra-Processed Foods (UPFs) Study Spotlight Take-Away With Chef Dr. Mike (foodmedcenter.org)
• Probiotics and the MGBA (foodmedcenter.org)
• Medically Tailored Meals to Address the Health Consequences of Food Insecurity (New England Journal of Medicine)
• Why Won’t Medicare Deliver Food to Sick Seniors, If It Could Get Them Healthy? (Stat News)
• Dates Printed on Your Food Aren’t About Expiration: What They Really Mean (The Hill)
• The Lancet: More Than One Billion People in the World Are Now Living with Obesity, Global Analysis Suggests (EurekAlert!)

𝗡𝗬𝗖 𝗡𝗲𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗵𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲 𝗚𝘂𝗶𝗱𝗲𝘀
• The Center has created 59 Neighborhood Food Resource Guides. Click HERE to find your neighborhood.
• 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.

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁
• Review: Effectiveness and Policy Implications of Health Taxes on Foods High in Fat, Salt, and Sugar (Food Policy)
• Many Newly Labeled USDA Climate-Smart Conservation Practices Lack Climate Benefits (Environmental Working Group)
• Nostalgia Makes People Eat Healthier (Yeshiva University)
• Defining National Net Zero Goals is Critical for Food and Land Use Policy (Communications Earth & Environment)
• The Impact of COVID-19 Vaccination on Food Spending Behavior in the United States (European Society of Medicine)
• “We Call It Soul Food”: Inuit Women and the Role of Country Food in Health and Well-Being in Nunavut (Arctic Science)

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