08/30/2023
Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of August 30, 2023
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โข Organizations Leading the Way to Healthier School Food in the USA (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข UPDATE: States That Have Passed Universal School Meals (So Far) (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข ICYMI: Interview With Marion Williams, National Program Director, Wellness in the Schools (nycfoodpolicy.org)
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โข Why Are Dozens of NYC Delivery-Only Restaurants Not Yet Listed on Grading Website? (ABC 7 NY)
โข New York City Proposes Larger Cargo Bikes for Deliveries (Supply Dive)
โข New Yorkโs Containerization Push Raises Big Questions About Labor Needs, Equipment Costs (Waste Dive)
โข Hochul and Adams Face Off Over Foie Gras (Politico)
โข New York Is in a Golden Age of Bodega Food (Eater)
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โข Schoolkids in 8 states can now eat free school meals, advocates urge Congress for nationwide policy (ABC News)
โข โPrescriptionsโ for Fruits and Vegetables Linked to Lower Food Insecurity, Better Health (The Hill)
โข SNAP Remains a Target for the GOP Even as Farm Bill Deadline Looms and Food Insecurity Rises (Nebraska Public Media)
โข How Will Americaโs Food Insecurity Surge Affect You? (Wealth of Geeks)
โข How Indigenous Communities Can Establish Food Security in a Changing Climate (CBC)
โข Global Food Security at Crossroads as Rice Shortages, Surging Prices Hit the Most Vulnerable (Independent Tribune)
โข Could Storage Pods Be the Answer to Food Shortages During Disasters? (Civil Beat)
โข Food Insecurity in US Military and Veterans Doubles National Average (Forbes)
โข Potato as a Food Security Crop With Potential Health Implications (Krishi Jagran)
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โข At the New York State Fair, Governor Hochul Signs Executive Order Increasing State Sourcing of Local Food From Farmers (NYS.gov)
โข To Support Food Security, the Thrifty Food Plan Increase Should Be Protected in the 2023 Farm Bill (Center for American Progress)
โข Free School Meals Are a Moral Imperative. End of Story. (Forbes)
โข EPA Denies Petitions for Stronger CAFO Regulations (Agriculture Dive)
โข Child Care Has Been Silently Crushing Women Farmers for Generations. That May Change Soon. (19th News)
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โข Open Letter to Event Organizers: NYC Climate Week and the 78th UN General Assembly (Food Tank)
โข Climate Change May Force More Farmers and Ranchers To Consider Irrigation โ At a Steep Cost (Associated Press)
โข After So. Much. Rain. Vermont Farmers Are Finally Making Hay This Week (Vermont Public Radio)
โข One Manโs Quest to Save the Oceans and Maybe Save the World (Time)
โข Japan Loves Its Sushi. But the Fish Are Disappearing (LA Times)
โข The Sriracha Shortage Is a Very Bad Sign (The Atlantic)
โข How Do You Prepare for Every Type of Weather? (Ambrook Research)
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โข How Centuries of Extractive Agriculture Helped Set the Stage for the Maui Fires (Civil Eats)
โข Americaโs Farmers Are Bogged Down by Data (Wall Street Journal)
โข USDA Announces $72.9 Million in Grant Funding Awarded To Support U.S. Specialty Crop Producers; Marks $1 Billion in Investments Through This Program (USDA)
โข Advising Farmers on Fertilizer, Universities Add to Water Pollution Woes (The New Lede)
โข Agroecology Can Fix Our Food Systems. Hereโs How. (Forest News)
โข To Expand Food Security, China Expands Farmland (Voice of America)
โข Growing Up โ CEA & the Future of Indoor Farming (Food Institute)
โข How Satellites Are Helping Farmers Adapt to Global Warming (Bloomberg)
โข US Corn Harvest Is in Trouble (Bloomberg)
โข Deere Leans Further Into Technology as Smart Tractors Boost Revenue (Agriculture Dive)
โข Midwest Braces for 115-Degree Heat, Renewing Crop Worries (Bloomberg)
โข Environmental Groups Petition SEC to Halt JBSโ US Listing (Food Dive)
โข Made in the Shade (Ambrook Research)
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โข Who Iโm Hurting by Shopping at Walmart (Time)
โข What Do Americans Think โNaturalโ Foods Are? (Food Institute)
โข Unpleasant Taste Sparks Full Refunds for Select Batches of Costcoโs Vodka (Better Homes)
โข Retail Media Networks Are Poised to Explode (Food Institute)
โข Instacart Files to Go Public on Nasdaq to Try and Unfreeze Tech IPO Market (CNBC)
โข Massachusetts Delays Question 3 Rules for Transshipping Pork (Agriculture Dive)
โข Americans Are Being Asked to Consider Tipping More Often, But Is It Really Required? (CNN)
โข Kraft Heinz Sees a $25 Billion Opportunityโin Schools (Wall Street Journal)
โข France and EU to Spend 215 Million Euros Shoring up Struggling Wine Producers (CNN)
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โข USDA Grows Private Sector Tech Innovation in Food and Agriculture (USDA)
โข Packaging Pitches: Meet the Start-ups Rethinking Plastic with Fungi, Algae and Grains (Food Navigator)
โข I Attended a Workshop on the Impact of AI on the Food World. Hereโs What We Discussed (The Spoon)
โข Indoor AG Has Hit โA Bump on the S Curve,โ Not the Trough of Disillusionment (Ag Funder News)
โข AI Is So Hot Even KFC and Williams-Sonoma Execs Are Talking About It (Washington Post)
โข Walmart, Alphabet to Test Six-Mile Drone Deliveries (Bloomberg)
โข How AI, Digital Innovation Can Help Grocers Reduce Food Waste (Waste Dive)
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โข Why Arenโt We Teaching More Kids to Cook in Schools? (Longer Tables With Josรฉ Andrรฉs)
โข Program Puts Food as Medicine Front and Center (Food Bank News)
โข America Is Using Up Its Groundwater Like Thereโs No Tomorrow (New York Times)
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โข Trader Joeโs Recalls Food Containing Rocks, Insects and Metals (BonAppetit)
โข FDA Names Former Environmental Official as Top Food Regulator (Food Dive)
โข Japan Is Releasing Wastewater Into the Pacific: What to Know About Radioactivity and Seafood (Time)
โข How Food Freshness Sensors Could Impact Supply Chains (Supply Chain Dive)
โข Dollar Tree Agrees to Nationwide Settlement Over Worker Safety Complaints (Reuters)
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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 International Food Security Assessment, 2023โ2033 (Economic Research Service, USDA)
โข Solving the Great Food Puzzle: Right Innovation, Right Impact, Right Place (WWF Food Practice)
โข Nourishing Hope: Unraveling the Path To Justice in the Global Food System (Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development)
โข Unraveling the Key Drivers of Community Composition in the Agri-Food Trade Network (Nature)
โข Sustainable Food Consumption and Sustainable Development Goal 12: Conceptual Challenges For Monitoring and Implementation (Agricultural and Food Policy Department, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany)
โข Procuring Food Justice: Grassroots Solutions for Securing Our Public Supply Chains (Procuring Food Justice)
โข New York Grown Food Guide: Beef (Farm to Institution NYS)
โข The Data in Emergencies (Diem) Hub for Evaluating Multiple Shock Impacts on Food Security (Royal Society Open Science)
