09/07/2023

Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of September 6, 2023
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๐—ก๐—ฌ๐—–๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜†.๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ด ๐—ข๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€
โ€ข Lower East Side Ecology Center Nurtures Sustainability in Urban Communities (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โ€ข Interview With Rev. Daiken Nelson, Founder of Mandala Cafรฉ (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โ€ข August 2023 Food Flash (nycfoodpolicy.org)

๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ธ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜
๐˜•๐˜ ๐˜Š ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜•๐˜ฆ๐˜ธ๐˜ด
โ€ข The Battle for Delivery Workersโ€™ Wages: Lawsuits and Legislation in NYC (FoodTank)
โ€ข NYCโ€™s First African Worker-Owned Language Cooperative Is Open for Business (Gothamist)
โ€ข NYC Hospitality Alliance Joins in Call For Expedited Work Permits for Asylum Seekers (NYC Alliance)
โ€ข Fines Begin for New York City Businesses Violating New Trash Rules (CBS News)
โ€ข NYC Migrant Crisis: Where to Volunteer and What to Donate (Gothamist)
โ€ข As NYC Expands Food Scrap Collection, Local Composting Businesses Seek New Clients (The City)

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ˆ๐˜ค๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด
โ€ข After Cuts to Childrenโ€™s Food Aid, 4 in 10 Poor Families Are Skipping Meals, Survey Finds (CBS)
โ€ข Strengthen Our Agricultural Sector to Ensure Food Security (Daily Observer)
โ€ข Hunger, Food Insecurity Still Higher Than Before Pandemic (Gallup)
โ€ข US Intel: Ukraine War Caused โ€˜One of the Most Disruptive Periodsโ€™ for Global Food Security (CNN)
โ€ข Using Artificial Methods for Growing Crops Could Help Solve Global Food Security (Science Daily)
โ€ข The Challenges of Food Insecurity: Ensuring People Have Enough Todayโ€ฆand Tomorrow (World Bank)
โ€ข US Envoy Fowler Says World Already in Global Food Crisis (Grain Central)
โ€ข Global Hunger Increasing but Funding of Aid Programs Declining, Says Top World Food Programme Official in GCC (Arab News)
โ€ข Photo Essay: How DC Central Kitchen Tackles Hunger, From Food Trucks to Training Programs (Civil Eats)

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜บ, ๐˜ˆ๐˜จ ๐˜“๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜‰๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ
โ€ข Poor Families Could See Cuts to Food Aid as Congress Battles Over Budget (Washington Post)
โ€ข Farm Groups Criticize Revisions to Clean Water Rule/WOTUS (Agriculture Dive)
โ€ข Vilsack: Climate-Smart Agriculture Can Help Farmers Compete Against Big Business (Agriculture Dive)
โ€ข The Sticky Regulatory Landscape of Cultivated Meat and What to Expect Next (Food Dive)
โ€ข Oh, SNAP: Is Bidenโ€™s Food Stamp Expansion Inflating Grocery Prices? (The Hill)

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜Œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต
โ€ข Driest August in Century Risks Worsening Indiaโ€™s Grain Curbs (Bloomberg)
โ€ข Climate Change Threatens Chinaโ€™s Food Security (East Asia Forum)
โ€ข The Summer Food Went Weird: Searing Heat Reshapes US Food Production (The Guardian)
โ€ข US Cities Say They Turn Food Waste Into Compost. Is It a Problem When They Donโ€™t? (The Guardian)
โ€ข Climate Disasters Are Fueling the Rise of โ€œDoomsdayโ€ Seed Vaults (Axios)
โ€ข Food Scraps Return as Soil to Feed a Restaurant Garden (Food Management)
โ€ข Is Ice the Ultimate Luxury? (New York Times)

๐˜ˆ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ
โ€ข The US Is Losing the Corn-Exporting Crown (Bloomberg)
โ€ข Women Are the Future of Agriculture (Star Tribune)
โ€ข The Myths We Tell Ourselves About American Farming (Vox)
โ€ข Heating Waters Force Change in Industries That Depend on the Ocean (Wall Street Journal)
โ€ข Alien Species Threaten Food Supply, Public Health And Cost $423 Billion (Bloomberg)
โ€ข Drought, Record Heat Threaten US Soybean Crop at Critical Growing Stage (Morning Ag Clips)
โ€ข Bayer Bets on Crop Gene Editing to Survive and Thrive Amid Climate Uncertainty (Nutrition Insight)
โ€ข Hereโ€™s How New Yorkers Can Join Their Community Gardens (Gothamist)
โ€ข From Fieldworkers to Farm Owners (Ambrook Research)
โ€ข Can New England Produce 30% Of Its Food Supply by 2030? (Manufacturing Dive)
โ€ข Farmers Cultivating Habitats: A Vital Link Between Food Security and Biodiversity (Open Access)
โ€ข Diversified Farms Can Support Both Food Security and Wildlife Conservation (Earth.com)

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ด
โ€ข The โ€˜Shroom Boomโ€™ Is Here but Itโ€™s Complicated (Food Dive)
โ€ข Ultra-Processed Food Furore Leaves a Woolly Taste in the Mouth (Financial Times)
โ€ข What Happened to DC Food Trucks? The Answer Says Much About the โ€˜New Normal.โ€™ (Washington Post)
โ€ข In Amish-Chinese Partnership, Shiitake Mushrooms Are the Main Ingredient (Cornell Chronicle)
โ€ข A DC Grocery Store Is Removing Tide, Colgate and Advil to Deter Theft (Washinton Post)
โ€ข France Makes Fresh Bid to Ban Meat Names for Plant-Based Food (Reuters)
โ€ข Kelloggโ€™s Is Going to War Over Mexicoโ€™s Nutrition Label Rules. A Similar Fight Is Coming to the US (Stat News)
โ€ข Rock the Block(Chain): NFTs in Food and Beverage (Food Institute)

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฏ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ
โ€ข Using Artificial Methods for Growing Crops Could Help Solve Global Food Security (Morning Ag Clips)
โ€ข Solar-Dried Ingredients Made From Surplus Fruit and Veg Expand Reach (Food Navigator)
โ€ข These Manure Digesters Incorporate Food Scraps. Does That Make Them Better? (Civil Eats)
โ€ข Eating Our Way to Sustainability โ€“ The Latest in Food Technology (Tech HQ)

๐˜—๐˜ถ๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ
โ€ข NYC School Year Set to Begin With Thousands of New Migrant Students (Gothamist)
โ€ข How New Yorkโ€™s Public Hospitals Cut Carbon Emissions: More Vegetables (New York Times)
โ€ข 325,000 Oregon Kids to Get an Extra $120 in Pandemic EBT Food Benefits (Register-Guard)
โ€ข The New Reality for College Dining Halls: Dozens of Dietary Restrictions (New York Times)

๐˜๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜”๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ (๐˜—๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ Center For Food As Medicine)
โ€ข ยกMรกs Fresco! Plus: Produce Prescription Program Spotlight (foodmedcenter.org)
โ€ข UPMC Italy Nutrition Services: Food as Medicine in Healthcare Spotlight (foodmedcenter.org)
โ€ข Modern Home Cooking Practices, the Role of New Media, and Implications for Culinary Medicine: A Qualitative Study Among Mothers With Low Income (American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine)
โ€ข GusNIP Supporters Want Key Changes in Next Farm Bill (Agri-Pulse)
โ€ข Cooking Classes Empower, Improve Health of Women With Hypertension (NBC Chicago)
โ€ข The Lies in Your Grocery Store (The New Yorker)

๐—ก๐—ฌ๐—– ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—š๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€
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๐—™๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐˜† ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜
โ€ข The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023 (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations)
โ€ข Experiences and Perceived Outcomes of a Grocery Gift Card Programme for Households at Risk of Food Insecurity (Public Health Nutrition)
โ€ข Summer Food Service Program Integrity Study (Food and Nutrition Service, USDA
โ€ข Does Food Insecurity Hinder Migration? (World Bank Group)
โ€ข Reaching Those in Need: Estimates of State SNAP Participation Rates in 2020 (Food and Nutrition Service, USDA
โ€ข House Intel Releases ODNI Report on Food Security Impact of the Russian Invasion of Ukraine (U.S. House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence)
โ€ข The Nascent State of Urban Food Policy Action in Asian Cities (Global Food Security)
โ€ข Food Buying Guide for Child Nutrition Programs (Food and Nutrition Service, USDA)
โ€ข Socioeconomic Factors of Global Food Loss (Agriculture and Food Security)
โ€ข Locally Supported, Values-Based Framework for a University Foodservice Program (Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development)

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