08/17/2023
Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of August 16, 2023
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๐ก๐ฌ๐๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐.๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด ๐ข๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐
โข Interview with Vivian Lin, Founder of Groundcycle (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข ICYMI: Farm to Food Bank: Stopping Food Waste at the Source (nycfoodpolicy.org)
๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐
๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด
โข NYC Regionโs Food Security Is Tied to the Future of Hunts Point Produce Market (Produce Business)
โข A Food Pantry That Keeps Hunger at Bay for Needy College Students (New York Times)
โข Street Vendors Occupy Corona Plaza to Protest NYC Crackdown (Documented)
โข Brooklyn Eco-Friendly Ice Cream Truck Proposal Gets Mixed Reaction (Fox)
โข A Robot in Greenpoint Made My Coffee Because Why Not (Gothamist)
โข How the New York City Housing Authority is Rethinking Waste (Waste Dive)
โข Opinion: Feeding Hungry People Is Not Enough (City Limits)
โข Two Danny Meyer Restaurants Closing as Hotel Where Theyโre Located Houses Migrants (Daily News)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด
โข Free Food From a Grocery Store? Englewood Nonprofit Launches Innovative Lockers to Serve Neighbors (Block Club Chicago)
โข Amid Growing Hunger, Americans Turn To Fast-Food Joints โ Whose Workers Say They Canโt Afford to Eat (Salon)
โข Large-Scale Schenectady County Effort Will Fight Hunger, Poverty (Times Union)
โข The Presidentโs Inbox Recap: Global Food Insecurity (Council on Foreign Relations)
โข Rural Issues: Food Insecurity in Our Own Rural Community (AgriNews)
โข How Do We Finance the Transformation of the Food System? (Devex)
โข How One Pantry Is Redefining Charitable Food (Food Bank News)
โข How Are We Going to Feed the World? A New Mindset for Food Security (Forbes)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ฆ๐ด
โข School Cafeterias Face a Budget Crunch; That Means School Lunch Prices Could Rise (USA Today)
โข Heat, War and Trade Protections Raise Uncertainty for Food Prices (New York Times)
โข Can Frozen Peas, Long Taken for Granted, Find New Appeal in the UK? (New York Times)
โข Why Is Healthy Food So Expensive in America? Blame the Farm Bill That Congress Always Renews to Make Burgers Cheaper Than Salad (Fortune)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐บ, ๐๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ญ๐ญ
โข This Farm Bill Could Reshape the Food System. Here Are 10 Proposals at the Center of the Fight (Civil Eats)
โข Will the Governmentโs New Farm Relief Bill Function? (Food Institute)
โข Ask a Scientist: Will the New Farm Bill Transform the US Food System? (Union of Concerned Scientists)
โข America Has a Hunger Problem. The Farm Bill Can Help (The Hill)
โข Letter: 40 Health Organizations Unite to Deliver Farm Policy Recommendations (Medical Society Consortium on Climate & Health)
โข The Farm Bill Must Address Inequities in the Land-Grant University System (American Progress)
โข Our View: Next Farm Bill Should Bolster Local Food Systems (Press Herald)
โข Should Environmental Policy Commodify Nature? (JSTOR)
โข Work Visa Program Is โHopelessly Bureaucratic and Illogicalโ (WSJ)
โข China Expands Farmland in Bid to Cut Foreign Food Reliance (Financial Times)
โข Adults-Only Farmers Market in New Paltz, New York Showcases Legal Marijuana Products (CBS)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต
โข Global Heating Likely to Hit World Food Supply Before 1.5c, Says UN Expert (Guardian)
โข Dead Flies Could Be Used to Make Biodegradable Plastic, Scientists Say (Guardian)
โข Edible Insects Crawl Into the Food Market Amid Growing Investment Based on Climate and Security Benefits: Analysts (SCMP)
โข How Extreme Weather Is Affecting Small Farmers Across the US (Time)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด
โข Tyson Foods to Shutter 4 Poultry Plants (Food Dive)
โข Retailers Are Shaping a Wave of Laws to Crack Down on Organized Theft โ Hereโs How They Do It (CNBC)
โข Food Bankruptcies Surging as Companies Struggle With Shift in Consumer Habits, Access to Cash (Food Dive)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ (๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ Center For Food As Medicine)
โข Foods and Their Uses: Broccoli (foodmedcenter.org)
โข FarmacyWV Prescriptions for Produce Spotlight (foodmedcenter.org)
โข Donโt Call It โVeganโ and Other Tips From Hospitals to Get People to Eat Less Meat (NPR)
โข UCONN Grad Builds Hydroponic Garden on Roof of Hartford Hospital to Combat Food Insecurity (Connecticut Public)
โข Prioritize โFood is Medicineโ Initiatives in the 2023 Farm Bill for Human and Planetary Health (Society of Behavioral Medicine)
โข Food Deserts Are a Serious Problem. How FarmboxRx Brings in $35 Million a Year Solving It (Inc)
โข The Guardian View on Ultra-Processed Food: Blame Business, Not Consumers (The Guardian)
โข Why is Fiber Good For You? And How to Eat More of It (New York Times)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
โข The High-Tech Future of Food Production (The Food Institute)
โข Innovation in a Time of Crisis: Top Five Food Safety Takeaways From IFT First (Food Safety Magazine)
โข From Securing Cross-Sector Collaboration to Managing Red Tape: Tips for Food Tech Start-Ups Traversing Todayโs Headwinds (Food Navigator)
โข Revolutionizing the Food Industry: Top 5 Food Robotics Innovations (FW)
โข Turning Big Data Into Better Breeds and Varieties: Can AI Help Feed the Planet? (Newswise)
โข Innovative 3D Printer Makes Nutrient-Packed Meals (3D Natives)
โข Why Small Producers Are Driving Innovation in New Food Products (Specialty Food Magazine)
โข Cell-Based Chicken Tastes Great, but It Wonโt Cure Your Existential Crisis (Eater)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ
โข Six Reasons Fast Food Is on the Rise (Washington Post)
โข Gen Z Has a Complicated Relationship With Food (SFA)
โข What Cuisine Means to Taiwanโs Identity and Its Clash With China (New York Times)
โข Majority of Americans Report High Rate of Food Satisfaction (Purdue University)
โข Op-Ed: Black Women, Architects of the American Kitchen, Deserve a Rightful Place in the Sun (Civil Eats)
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Food Policy Research and Reports Digest
โข The Numerical Stroop Effect on Consumer Preference to Order Healthy Food (International Journal of Hospitality Management)
โข Building Sustainable City Food Systems to Increase Resilience and Cope with Crisis (Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems)
โข Consumer Food Insights (Purdue University)
โข Associations Between Ending Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Emergency Allotments and Food Insufficiency (JAMA)
โข Effect of a Comprehensive Nutrition Education Program on Nutritional Behavior and Food Security of Female-Headed Households Who Receive Welfare Support in Zanjan Province, Iran (BMC Public Health)
โข Disparities in Food Insecurity Between Sexual Minority and Heterosexual Adults โ A Higher Burden on Bisexual Individuals (Frontiers in Public Health)
โข Coping With Climate Shocks: Food Security in a Spatial Framework (International Monetary Fund)
โข The US Governmentโs Global Food Supply Strategy and the Effectiveness of Agriculture-Led Growth Through the Perspectives of Climate Change and Sustainability (SIT Graduate Institute)
