Food Policy Watch (Hunter College) for the week of August 23, 2023

08/24/2023

𝗡𝗬𝗖𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆.𝗼𝗿𝗴 𝗢𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀
• Interview With Julia Olayanju, Founder of FoodNiche-ED (nycfoodpolicy.org)
• ICYMI: Water Jets in Schools: A Simple Solution for Helping to Combat Childhood Obesity? (nycfoodpolicy.org)

𝗙𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗰𝘆 𝗪𝗲𝗲𝗸𝗹𝘆 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁
𝘕𝘠𝘊 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘕𝘦𝘸𝘴
• Bon Appétit: Adams Declares ‘Outdoor Dining Will Be Here Forever’ With New Law Extending the Program Throughout NYC (AM NY)
• Re-Envisioning New York City’s Green Spaces with Qiana Mickie (Civil Eats)
• An Outbreak Unnerves Oyster Fans (Eater)
• Mayor Adams follows a plant-based diet that he talks about all the time. So I tried it. (Gothamist)
• NYC Sheriff Targets Unregulated ‘Half-Baked Goods’ Infused With Cannabis (AM NY)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘈𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴
• Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center’s Annette Nielsen Talks Food Insecurity (Spectrum News)
• Another Voice: Expand Federal Program to Feed Hungry Kids (Buffalo News)
• Recent Studies Support Dangerously Hungry’s Link Between Food Insecurity and Conflict (World Food Program USA)
• Ag Officials Gather to Strengthen Food Security and Trade Across North America (Morning Ag Clips)
• Food Insecurity and Homelessness Affect All Our Campuses. Here’s What We Should Do About It (Times Higher Education)
• Five Reasons Why We Need Fair Food Systems for Future Food Security (Business Fights Poverty)
• US Says Danube Attacks Show Putin ‘Does Not Care’ on Food Security (The Nation)
• Why Households Could Experience Short-Term Food Insecurity When the Weather Is Hot (ABC News)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘤𝘺, 𝘈𝘨 𝘓𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘢𝘳𝘮 𝘉𝘪𝘭𝘭
• Back to School Season Furthers Call for Free Healthy School Meals for All (Food Research and Action Center)
• Leaders Urge Restoration of School Milk Options in 2023 Farm Bill (Morning Ag News)
• Why You Should Care About the Farm Bill (High Country News)
• Coalition Urges Congress to Oppose the Eats Act (Morning Ag Clips)
• US Ramps Up Trade Dispute With Mexico Over Genetically Modified Corn (Agriculture Dive)
• Discussing the Importance of Farm Bill Reauthorization (Spectrum News 1)
• Kellogg’s Is Going to War Over Mexico’s Nutrition Label Rules. A Similar Fight Is Coming to the US (Stat News)
• EATS Opposition Hits Congress (Politico)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵
• As the Climate Crisis Escalates, Here Are 18 Food and AG Solutions (Civil Eats)
• Matriark Looks to Address the Food Waste Crisis (Crain’s)
• How Focusing on Care Can Change Our Relationship to Food (Civil Eats)
• The Rise of Regenerative: Key Concepts to Understand an Emerging Movement (The Packer)
• Extreme Heat Threatens Solitary Bees and Global Food Security (Earth.com)
• Wildfires and Farming Activities May Have Link to Dementia (Morning Ag Clips)
• New Retail Food Waste Data Reveals More Than Waste Tonnage (Waste360.com)
• From Foe to Friend, (Some) Ranchers Are Welcoming Beavers Back (Ambrook Research)
• Opinion: In Case of Apocalypse, Find the Nearest 4-H Club (Washington Post)

𝘈𝘨𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
• This Network of Regenerative Farmers Is Rethinking Chicken (Civil Eats)
• Is Every Farmer an Influcener Now? (Ambrook Research)
• Farmers Are Often Portrayed as Climate Villains – But They Hold the Key to Our Future Food Security (Big Issue)
• NOAA Is Rolling Out a Plan to Radically Expand Offshore Aquaculture. Not Everyone Is Onboard (Civil Eats)
• Future-Proofing Produce: Meet the Seed-Breeders and Change-Makers Driving Trends in Cultivation (The Packer)
• Electrical Horticulture Is on the Horizon, as Farmers Search for Ways to Boost Productivity Without Harming the Environment. Could We All Be Enjoying Electrified Vegetables Soon? (BBC)
• Consumers Embrace Tech Preventing Male Chick Culling, but Will the Egg Industry Bite? (Food Dive)
• Central Valley Farmers Are Having a Climate Reckoning (Politico)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘉𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴
• A Rice Shortage Is Sending Prices Soaring Across the World. And Things Could Get Worse (AP)
• Organic Food Sector Expects 15% Growth, Provoking Debate Over Price Justification (Morning Ag News)
• Branded Apples Are Gaining Traction With Retailers, Growers (The Packer)
• Oishii Continues to Sidestep Struggles Plaguing Vertical Farms, Taps CPG Veteran to Further Fuel Growth (Food Navigator)
• Fake Meat Is Bleeding, but It’s Not Dead Yet (Wired)
• Retail Media Networks Are Poised to Explode (Food Institute)
• Major Us Agriculture Organizations Call On Presidential Candidates to Open New Markets (Morning Ag News)
• As Michelin Expands, Black Chefs Continue to Miss Out on Stars (Bloomberg)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘐𝘯𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯
• Dairy Innovation Competition Crowns Inaugural Winners (Cornell.edu)
• Artificial Intelligence Promises to Help Reduce Food Waste on Farms (Growing Produce)
• US Establishes USMCA Dispute Panel on Mexico’s AG Biotech Measures (Morning Ag Clips)
• From Mad Men to Machines? Big Advertisers Shift to AI (Reuters)
• Looking Beyond the Obvious: Successful Innovation in Food and Drink (Kantar)
• Food Delivery Robots Introduced, Able to Deliver Campus Eats (The Sunflower)
• Bayer Evaluates Gene Editing Opportunities With Tech Company Cibus (Agriculture Dive)
• More Autonomous Robots to Hit Farms With Manufacturer’s US Expansion (Bloomberg)
• Why AI May Not Be Taking Over Procurement Just Yet (Supply Chain Dive)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘦 (𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘥 𝘣𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 Center For Food As Medicine)
• Food Fighting and Curing Disease Series: Scurvy (foodmedcenter.org)
• Brighter Bites and UT Physicians Produce Prescription Program Spotlight (foodmedcenter.org)
• Netflix Documentary ‘Poisoned’ Shows Tragic Truth About Food Safety in America (Food Safety News)
• Food Is Medicine, So Health Insurance Should Cover It (The Hill)
• Fresh Start: A Comprehensive Pilot Produce Prescription Program to Improve Food Literacy and Glycemic Control in Rural, Uninsured Patients (American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine)
• How the Radical History of Plant-Based Eating Illuminates Our Future (Vox)

𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘏𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘵𝘩
• Saving and Protecting Lives and Livelihoods #Nomatterwhat (Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations)
• Decoding the Latest Food and Health Headlines (Center for Science in the Public Interest)
• $4M Is Given to Obesity Program in Several Arkansas Counties (Arkansas Democratic Gazette)
• How To Make Sure Food Is Available in a Crisis (Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)
• Food Environments Push Consumers Away From Healthy and Sustainable Options, Report Shows (Food Navigator)
• Adherence to a Mediterranean Lifestyle Associated With Lower Risk of All-Cause and Cancer Mortality (Harvard TH Chan School of Public Health)
• Paraquat, the Deadliest Chemical in Us Agriculture, Goes on Trial (Civil Eats)

𝘍𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺
• I Went Dumpster Diving and So Should You (Delish)
• ‘Rebel Canning’ Is Having a Moment, Whether or Not It Should (Eater)
• ‘Forever Chemicals’ Are Everywhere. What Are They Doing to Us? (New York Times)
• Trader Joe’s Vegan Multigrain Crackers Recalled Due to Possible Metal Contamination (Good Morning America)
• Could Food Freshness Sensors Be the End of ‘Best By’ Dates? (Food Dive)

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
• NYC: True Cost of Living 2023 (Center for Women’s Welfare, Fund for the City of New York and United Way)
• Values-Based Institutional Food Procurement Programs: A Narrative Review (University of Florida)
• Challenges and Opportunities for Increasing the Effectiveness of Food Reformulation and Fortification to Improve Dietary and Nutrition Outcomes (Food Policy)
• Food Insecurity and Risky Sexual Behaviors Among College Students During the COVID-19 Pandemic (BMC Public Health)
• Does Living Near Public Transport Also Equate to Food (in)Security in the United States? Evidence from the 2020 National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)
• A City of Gardeners: What Happens When Policy, Planning, and Populace Co-Create the Food Production of a Novel Peri-Urban Area? (Environment and Planning)
• Hope, Fear and Public Policy: Towards Empathetic Policy Process (Taylor and Francis)
• Pandemic Gardening: A Narrative Review, Vignettes and Implications for Future Research (Science Direct)
• A View of American Farm Policy in Transition (University of Illinois)
• Report: Convenience Still Fueling Prepared Food Sales (Food Institute)
• US Wheat Exports at 52-Year Low (USDA – ERS)
• The IFAD-GEF Advantage III: An Integrated Approach for Food Systems, Climate and Nature (IFAD)
• Changes in Policy Supports for Healthy Food Retailers, Farmers Markets, and Breastfeeding Among Us Municipalities, 2014–2021: National Survey of Community-Based Policy and Environmental Supports for Healthy Eating and Active Living (CBS-Heal)
• Digging In: Toward a More Just Urban Garden Land Policy (JAFSCD)
• Heat Is Associated With Short-Term Increases in Household Food Insecurity in 150 Countries and This Is Mediated by Income (Nature Human Behavior)
• Loss and Damage From Climate Change: Knowledge Gaps and Interdisciplinary Approaches (Sustainability)