04/03/2024
Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of April 3, 2024
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๐ก๐ฌ๐๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐.๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด ๐ข๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐
โข March 2024 Food Flash (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข Interview with Herminia Gomez, Hispanic-Serving Institution Liaison for the U.S. Department of Agriculture (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข ICYMI: The Roundtable: Allies for Food Access Leverages Resources to Address Food Insecurity (nycfoodpolicy.org)
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๐ก๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐จ๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฐ๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐ถ๐ป ๐ก๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป!
๐ฆ๐๐ฏ๐บ๐ถ๐ ๐ก๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐!
๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฎ๐, ๐๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ถ๐น ๐ญ๐ฎ๐๐ต
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๐จ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐ ๐๐ก๐
๐๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ณ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฃ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐:
๐ฆ๐๐ฉ๐ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐ง๐: ๐ ๐ฎ๐ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐๐ต, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฐ
๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฆ๐๐๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ก๐๐๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐๐น๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฑ๐๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฃ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ๐
๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ด๐ถ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐ฅ๐!
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๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐
๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด
โข City Council Calls for Reversals of Cuts to Early Childhood Programs, More Money for School Food (Chalkbeat)
โข Breaking the Ramadan Fast With Some of Brooklynโs Newest Arrivals (New York Times)
โข NYC Delivery Workers See Pay Raise as Minimum Wage Increases (CBS News)
โข Trader Joeโs Opens New โProntoโ Concept in Former Wine Store (Supermarket News)
โข Major NYC Compost Operation, Reeling From Budget Cuts, to Be Booted From Queens Site (Gothamist)
โข This Urban Gardener is Mimicking Nature to Create Healthier Plants (Science News Explores)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด
โข As Food Costs Rise, More and More Americans Are Looking To Their Yards to Save Money in 2024 (Morning Ag Clips)
โข Gaza Could Face a Famine by May. What Does That Mean? (The Economist)
โข 7 WCK Team Members Killed in Gaza (World Central Kitchen)
โข ‘Let Them Eat GDP Reports’: 44 Million Americans are Food Insecure (Raw Story)
โข Summit in Missouri Tackles Rising Child Food Insecurity as Benefits Expire (KTTN)
โข Sudan Needs โImmediate Actionโ on Hunger To Avert Widespread Death, UN-Backed Report Says (Reuters)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต
โข Climate Shocks, Higher Temperatures Drive Food Inflation, New Study Finds (The Energy Mix)
โข Plant-Heavy ‘Flexitarian’ Diets Could Help Limit Global Heating, Study Finds (The Guardian)
โข The Colorado River Rarely Reaches the Sea. Hereโs Why (NPR)
โข Fasting Is a Key Part of Ramadan, but for Many Muslims, Climate Change Is Making Food Scarce All Year (The Conversation)
โข So Much Produce Comes in Plastic. Is There a Better Way? (New York Times)
๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
โข The High Cost of Year-Round Asparagus (Epicurious)
โข Vegetables Are Losing Their Nutrients. Can the Decline Be Reversed? (The Guardian)
โข Unearthing Soilโs Carbon-Removal Potential in Agriculture (Boston Consulting Group)
โข Cocoaโs Relentless Rally Is Pushing the Market to Breaking Point (Bloomberg)
โข A Simple New Technique Could Make Your Eggs More Humane (New York Times)
โข New and Young Farmers Increasing, According to Agriculture Census (Food Tank)
โข From Livestock to Lionโs Mane, the Latest From the Transfarmation Project (Civil Eats)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ
โข Around 19 Percent of Food Is Wasted Globally As 783 Million People Face Chronic Hunger, UN Says (PBS)
โข Food Waste Index Report 2024 (National Post)
โข App Aims To Reduce Food Waste at Grocery Stores (CBS)
โข Students in Burbank Are Sorting Out the Problem of Food Waste and Methane Gas Emissions (Spectrum News 1)
โข UIC, Rush Join Forces To Prevent Food Waste (CBS)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐บ, ๐๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ
โข Inside Bayerโs State-By-State Efforts to Stop Pesticide Lawsuits (Civil Eats)
โข Moves to Ban Lab-Grown Meat Intensify in Republican US States (Financial Times)
โข Farmers Encircle EU Headquarters in Tractors To Protest Agricultural Policies (NPR)
โข Is Giving Farmers Millions to Kill Millions of Chickens the Way to Curb Bird Flu? (New York Times)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด
โข Chemical Capture: The Power and Impact of the Pesticide Industry (Civil Eats)
โข Dole Calls Off Sale of Fresh Vegetables Division Amid DOJ Opposition (Food Dive)
โข Fast-Food Companies Seeing Low-Income Diners Pare Orders (Reuters)
โข Egglandโs Best Sued for Claiming Eggs Contain Less Saturated Fat (Food Dive)
โข Why Independent Grocers Are Pushing for Better Antitrust Enforcement (Forbes)
โข Chick-fil-A to Drop โNo Antibiotics Everโ Policy on Chicken (Agriculture Dive)
โข To Catch Retail Thieves, This Unlikely Duo Treats Them Like the Mob (Bloomberg)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
โข Can Agtech Survive a Funding Drought? (Agriculture Dive)
โข US Farms Are Making an Urgent Push Into AI. It Could Help Feed the World (BBC)
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด
โข Farmworkers Gather in New York To Chart Future of Policy and Organizing Goals (FERN)
โข Half a Million California Workers Will Get $20 Minimum Wage, Starting Today (NPR)
โข Here Are Five Global Restaurants Staffed by Robot Chefs (Forbes)
โข California’s New $20 Fast-Food Worker Minimum Wage: Everything You Need To Know (Fast Company)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ
โข Cultivating Diversity: How Indigenous Foodways Can Inspire Food Systems Transformation (Global Alliance for the Future of Food)
โข New Movement Emphasizes the Role of Culture in Global Food Security (Forbes)
โข How To Have Hard Conversations About Sustainability When People Would Rather Talk About Anything Else (Fast Company)
๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ
โข Agriculture Department Warns Farmers About High Traces of Fungi in Missouri Crops (KOMU)
โข FDA Steps Up Import Alerts on Certain Foods Because of Salmonella and Pesticides (Food Safety News)
โข Bacterial Meningitis Cases Are on the Rise, NYC Health Department Tells Doctors (Gothamist)
โข Bird Flu Spreads to Dairy Cows in Idaho, Michigan and New Mexico (Washington Post)
โข Person Diagnosed With Bird Flu in Texas, Health Officials Say (The Guardian)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ
โข Why Are Acai Berries Healthier Than Other Berries? (foodmedcenter.org)
โข Additive (Danger?) Study Spotlight Take-Away With Chef Dr. Mike (foodmedcenter.org)
โข How a Japanese Company Plans to Take Over Plant-Based Pantry Items in the US (Food Dive)
โข Changes to the Nutrition Facts Label (Food and Drug Administration)
โข Food as Medicine: Understanding the Root Causes of Illness with Dr. Casey Means (Texas Heart Institute)
โข Promoting Beneficial Gut Microbes With Whole-Food Dietary Fiber (Purdue University)
โข FMI: 57% of Shoppers Purchase Produce From Mass Retailers, Supercenters (Grocery Dive)
โข Beef Industry Request for Research Proposals: Act Quickly (Not an April 1 Joke) (Food Politics)
โข Instacart Wants to Be Everywhere, From Smart Fridges to New York Times Cooking (Grocery Dive)
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 Combining Short-Term Response and Long-Term Vision: Rethinking the Approach to Fertilizer Subsidies (CGIAR)
โข Understanding and Intervening in Nutrition-Related Health Disparities (Advances in Nutrition)
โข Mushrooms: A Food-Based Solution to Vitamin D Deficiency to Include in Dietary Guidelines Provisionally Accepted (Frontiers in Nutrition)
โข Gluten-Free Diet and Other Celiac Disease Therapies: Current Understanding and Emerging Strategies (Nutrients)
