08/09/2023
Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of August 9, 2023
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โข One Love Fridges Build Community, Provide Healthy Food Access (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข ICYMI: 9 Food Justice Organizations To Follow on Social Media (nycfoodpolicy.org)
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๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด
โข New York City Will Make Outdoor Dining Permanent, With Caveats (New York Times)
โข Major Changes Coming to City Landscape; Food-Related Businesses Now Required To Use Lidded Containers To Keep the Rats OUT (DSNY)
โข Federal Aid May Help Dire Need for Halal, Kosher Products at Local Food Pantries (news12 The Bronx)
โข Court in Manhattan To Hear Minimum Wage Case Involving NYC, Food Delivery Workers (NPR)
โข Greenmarkets Benefit Local Residents and Farmers (West Side Rag)
โข They Make Some of New Yorkโs Best Food. They Want the Right To Sell It. (New York Times)
โข Eco-Rapper Hila the Earth Using Her Music To Inspire Action Against Climate Change (CBS)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด
โข Food Insecurity Rate Increases (Agri-View)
โข 7 Facts That Show the Worldโs Food Systems Are Broken (Global Citizen)
โข Ukraine Calls Russian Drone Strike an Attack on โGlobal Food Securityโ (CBS News)
โข Can College Students Get Food Stamps? Ending COVID Snap Benefits Will Leave Many Hungry (USA Today)
โข โAn Invisible Epidemicโ: Americaโs Workers Are Going Hungry as Food Insecurity Bites (Fortune)
โข Houston Volunteers Fight Tickets for Serving Meals to Homeless People (New York Times)
โข Nature-Based Solutions for Food Insecurity Thriving in Europe, Study Stresses the Need for Global Action (Nutrition Insight)
โข Blinken Accuses Russia of โAssault on the Global Food Systemโ in UN Debate (Bloomberg)
โข The United States Announces Additional Support for Countries Facing Severe Food Insecurity (USAID)
โข UN Security Council Talks Global Food Supply As Russia Attacks Ukraine Agriculture (NPR)
โข Secretary Vilsack Highlights Principles for Achieving Food Security at APEC (Morning Ag News)
โข Deadly Floods Hit Chinaโs Major Grain-Producing Region, Fueling Food Security Concerns (CNN)
โข Hollywood Food Insecurity Spikes Amid Strikes (The Hollywood Reporter)
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โข A Farm Bill Worth Fighting For (NRDC)
โข Padilla Introduces Bills To Strengthen USDA Support for Farm and Food System Workers (Padilla.senate.gov)
โข Farmers Have Bought Into Bidenโs Climate Program. Now Comes the Hard Part (Politico)
โข Crockett Wants Farm Bill To Address Food Deserts (Agri-Pulse)
โข These States Are Restoring Free School Meals for All Kids, Regardless of Income (CNBC)
โข Thailand Says No Rice Export Halt, To Benefit From Indiaโs Export Ban (Reuters)
โข Congress Puts Federal Support for Urban Farming on the Chopping Block (Civil Eats)
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โข Baylor University Joins Compost Company To Help Divert Food Waste (Waste 360)
โข Discounting Produce at the End of Its Shelf-Life Can Cut Food Wasteโ And Help Fight Climate Change (Salon)
โข Heat Stress Threatens Agricultural Workersโ Health As U.S. Temperatures Rise (Environmental Defense Fund)
โข This Scorching Summer Is Taking a Toll on Your Favorite Foods (WIRED)
โข Yaupon: Climate-Friendly Caffeine Touted โCrop of the Futureโ (Food Navigator)
โข Melatonin, a Sleep Aid, Is a Surprising Treatment for Food Waste (Anthropocene)
โข Climate Finance Gap: Only 4% of Global Funding Goes to Agrifood Systems, Says New Report (Green Queen)
โข The Climate Wrecking Ball Striking Food Supply (Axios)
โข Pathways Framework Identifies Wildfire Impacts on Agriculture (Nature Food)
๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
โข Farm Credit Can Make or Break Farms. Should It Be More Equitable? (Civil Eats)
โข Fertilizer Prices Continue Year-Long Decline From 2022 Peak (farmdocDaily)
โข Herzog, VP Harris Announce $70 Million Agriculture Tech Fund for Mideast, Africa (The Times of Israel)
โข The Navajo Farmer Taking a Traditional Approach to Making Baby Food (The Guardian)
โข Why High-Tech Ag Fields Are Taking Root in Indiana (Fast Company)
โข The Truth About Your Bacon (New York Times)
โข How Feed Supplements Can Reduce Methane Emissions in Agriculture (McKinsey)
โข High Interest Rates Fall Heaviest on Less-Profitable Farmers (Successful Farming)
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โข Food Prices Pick Up as Trade Tensions, Extreme Weather Flare (Bloomberg)
โข USDA, Community College Alliance for Agriculture Advancement Strengthen the Rural Workforce (Morning Ag News)
โข Beyond Meat Earnings Drop 30% With Falling Demand (CNN)
โข War-Weary Ukraine Farmers Curb Plantings in Blow for Food Supply (Bloomberg)
โข Sustainability Has Been โNormalizedโ (Food Navigator)
โข Amazon Unveils Biggest Grocery Overhaul Since Buying Whole Foods (Bloomberg)
โข Major Food Companies Demonstrate Progress Toward Better Chicken Commitment, Latest Mercy for Animals Report Reveals (PR Newswire)
โข From Coffee to Consciousness: Holistic Roasters, Melk Cafรฉ and Biodynamic Coffee (Forbes)
โข Cargill Fiscal 2023 Revenue Rises 7% To Record $177 Billion (Reuters)
โข Advanced Livestock Genetics Are Making Protein Production More Sustainable (Sustainable Business)
โข Creator of Burger Kingโs Impossible Whopper Takes On Plant-Based Chicken Industry (Food Dive)
โข Whole Foods Outlines Progress on Food Waste, Packaging and Green Energy (Grocery Dive)
โข Update 1-Smithfield Foods Closing 35 Hog Farm Sites in Missouri (Reuters)
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด
โข 130 Degrees and Rising: How Kitchen Workers Are Dealing With Record Heat (New York Times)
โข White Castle To Roll Out Voice AI to Over 100 Drive-Thrus (Restaurant Dive)
โข The Robots Are Coming โ And the Companies Building Them Are Looking for Workers (CNBC)
โข โMetal Box Heated From the Insideโ: Food Truck Workersโ Battle Against Heat (The Guardian)
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โข Why Are Groceries So Expensive? (NYT)
โข Mideast Countries That Are Already Struggling Fear Price Hikes After Russia Exits Grain Deal (ABC)
โข Russia Strikes Ukraineโs Danube Port, Driving Up Global Grain Prices (Reuters)
โข Post-Brexit Import Checks on Food Delayed Again (BBC)
โข Italy Scales Back Plans To Control Prices of Essential Goods (Reuters)
โข Whatโs Up With Watermelon? Prices, for Starters (The Food Institute)
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โข Top Food Trends Explained: Upcycled Snacks, Artisan Granola and More (ABC)
โข Upcycling Ingredients: Cano-Elaโs Tech Poised To Extract Oil, Protein and Fiber From Rapeseed (Nutrition Insight)
โข Arla Foods Ingredients Achieves First Non-GMO Project Certification (Nutrition Insight)
โข Lab-Grown Meat Startup Seeks To Put Steak on British Menus (Bloomberg)
โข This Fish Filet Will Be Grown in a Lab and 3D-Printed Before It Ends Up on Your Plate (Fast Company)
โข American Egg Board Cracks Open Food, Beverage Innovation with Eggcelerator Lab (Food Navigator)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ (๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ Center For Food As Medicine)
โข Foods and Their Uses: Avocados (foodmedcenter.org)
โข Modify Health Review: Meal Delivery with Your Health Condition in Mind (CNET)
โข Using Food As Medicine (U.S. News)
โข Food Security and Racial Equity Go Hand-in-Hand, Advocates Say (San Diego Union Tribune)
โข Food as Medicine Is Real (American Pharmacists Association)
โข This Pediatricianโs Prescription: Food Is Medicine (Deseret News)
โข How Food Insecurity Impacts Cancer Patients (Cancer Therapy Advisor)
๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ
โข New Survey Highlights the Role of Health Care Providers in Food Insecurity Screening and Intervening (FRAC)
โข NY Heat Bill Aims to Fight Rising Energy Costs. Lawmakers Are Giving Out Free Ice Cream to Tell You (Gothamist)
โข Changes in WIC Food Packages Have Influenced Dietary Trends Among Young Children (American Society for Nutrition)
โข Notes on Nutrition: The Power of Peanuts (The Gazette)
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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 Good Food Purchasing 3.0 (GFP)
โข The Role of Urban Agriculture in Food-Energy-Water Nexus Policies: Insights From Europe and the U.S (Landscape and Urban Planning)
โข Building a Food System That Works for Everyone: A Look at the Intersection of Food Waste With Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (ReFED)
โข Valuing Water in Agriculture To Reward Farmersโ Actions in Conservation (Observer Research Foundation)
โข Whoโs Tipping the Scales? The Growing Influence of Corporations on the Governance of Food Systems, and How To Counter It (iPES Food)
โข Microbial Community Composition of Food Waste Before Anaerobic Digestion (Scientific Reports)
