01/18/2024
Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of January 17, 2024
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๐ก๐ฌ๐๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐.๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด ๐ข๐ฟ๐ถ๐ด๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐น ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐
โข Interview With Kate Fullam, Executive Director of East End Food (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข Securing Safe Food Alleviates Allergen-Related Hunger (nycfoodpolicy.org)
โข Food Policy for Breakfast: Urban Agriculture: Federal, State and Local Policy Initiatives (nycfoodpolicy.org)
๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ธ๐น๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐
๐๐ ๐ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐๐ฆ๐ธ๐ด
โข Bronx Food Pantry in Crisis As Desperate Need Surpasses Supply (Fox 5 NY)
โข Food Delivery Workers, Overlooked in Life, Are Honored in Death (New York Times)
โข Whatโs Growing? (Urban Omnibus)
โข NYC Restaurant Week: Here’s How to Find Some Great Meal Deals This Winter (AM NY)
โข How New York City Is Getting Plant-Based Meals Into Schools, Hospitals, and Jails (Fast Company)
โข NYC Health+Hospitals/Elmhurst Launches Nationally Recognized Lifestyle Medicine Program (QNS)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ด๐ฆ๐ค๐ถ๐ณ๐ช๐ต๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด
โข USDA Estimates 21 Million Kids Will Get Summer Food Benefits Through New Program in 2024 (Morning Ag Clips)
โข What Happens When There Is No Food: Experts Say Severe Malnutrition Could Set in Swiftly in Gaza (New York Times)
โข Some Low-Income Kids Will Get More Food Stamps This Summer. But Not in These States. (USA Today)
โข Food Assistance for Mothers and Children Faces Funding Shortfall (New York Times)
โข To Get Fresh Vegetables to People Who Need Them, One City Puts Its Soda Tax To Work (NPR)
โข How FarmboxRx Fights Food Insecurity And Makes Healthier Living Accessible To Everyone (Forbes)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ, ๐๐ญ๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ท๐ช๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต
โข Sustainable Food Decisions Start Before the Grocery Aisle (Rockefeller Foundation)
โข Drought Touches a Quarter of Humanity, U.N. Says, Disrupting Lives Globally (New York Times)
โข Do Consumers Want To Eat Upcycled Food? (Food Navigator)
โข Climate Change Is Taking a Major Toll on Agriculture. Hereโs How To Support Farmers (World Economic Forum)
โข An Alaska Native Mutual Aid Network Tackles the Climate Crisis (Alaska Beacon)
โข As Saltwater Encroaches on Farms, Solutions Emerge from the Marshes (Civil Eats)
๐๐จ๐ณ๐ช๐ค๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฅ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
โข Scaling Up Urban Agriculture: Research Team Outlines Roadmap (Morning Ag Clips)
โข USDA Partners with Pennsylvania to Award More Than $26 Million to Strengthen Food Supply Chain Infrastructure (USDA)
โข Scientists Tell US Agriculture Secretary: Address Our Meat-Heavy Diets Now (Plant Based News)
โข Vermont Beekeepers Rebuke Agency of Agriculture’s Assessment That the Industry Is In Good Health (Valley News)
โข 60% of Africaโs Food Is Based on Wheat, Rice and Maize โ The Continentโs Crop Treasure Trove Is Being Neglected (The Conversation)
โข Farming Leaders On How to Scale-Up Adoption of Sustainable Agriculture Practices (World Economic Forum)
โข Do You Know How Tomatoes Taste? (Ambrook Research)
โข Hunting in the Farm Fields (Ambrook Research)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ด๐ต๐ฆ
โข Waste-Eating Worms Could Help Reduce Damaging Greenhouse Emissions From Dumping Food Waste Into Landfill (Phys.org)
โข A Glimpse Into Tomorrow’s Food Packaging (Packaging Gateway)
โข The Farm Powered Strategic Alliance (CSR Wire)
โข How Business’ Leftovers May Help the Environment and Prevent Food Insecurity (KPBS)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ญ๐ช๐ค๐บ, ๐๐จ ๐๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ด๐ญ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ข๐ณ๐ฎ ๐๐ช๐ญ
โข Is Americaโs Ultra-Processed Diet That Bad? Big Food Fights Back (Wall Street Journal)
โข Biden Administration To Provide Summer Grocery Money to 21 Million Kids. Hereโs Who Qualifies. (CBS)
โข How (and Why) To Develop a Credible Deforestation Policy in 2024 (GreenBiz)
โข A Fight Over a Fishing Regulation Could Help Tear Down the Administrative State (New York Times)
โข Most Uses of Controversial Pesticide Are Now Prohibited in Oregon (OPB)
โข 2024โฒs Wave of Elections Predicted To Derail Food Security Progress (CNBC)
โข WTO Chief Calls for Ending Harmful Subsidies (Politico)
โข Healthy Soil Is a National Security Issue, Blinken Says at World Economic Forum Conference (Spectrum News 1)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด
โข Fresh Take: Food Startups Face a Make-Or-Break Year in 2024 (Forbes)
โข Poultry Farmers Sue Tyson After Missouri Plant Closes (Agriculture Dive)
โข Grubhub Agrees to a $3.5 Million Settlement With Mass. For Fees Charged During the Pandemic (WBUR)
โข The Key for Growth in 2024 Is Innovation. Will More CPG Companies Embrace It? (Food Dive)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ท๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ
โข Thereโs an App for That: How AI Is Ploughing a Farming Revolution (Reuters)
โข Farmers in India Are Using AI For Agriculture โ Here’s How They Could Inspire the World (World Economic Forum)
โข Hyundai Plans To Turn Food Waste and Manure Into Hydrogen (Institution of Mechanical Engineers)
โข This $75 Million Farm Is Going To Harvest Fly Poop. Here’s Why. (Atmos)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ฆ
โข Black-Led Nonprofit To Take Over Skid Row Peopleโs Market, a Longtime Community Hub (LA Times)
โข Food Justice IS Social Justice (Who Deserves to Eat)
โข On MLK Day: Our Stories on Food and Democracy (Civil Eats)
โข Food Justice a Tasty Topic at Bates College (Sun Journal)
๐๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐บ๐ด๐ต๐ฆ๐ฎ ๐๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด
โข Fast-Food Giants Overwork Teenagers, Driving Americaโs Child Labor Crisis (Washington Post)
โข โWeโre Finally Winning:โ One Fair Wageโs Fight to End Subminimum Wages Is Gaining Momentum (Food Tank)
โข Restaurant Owner Explains Why He Charges $16 for a BLT and Why He Thinks Food Prices Wonโt Get Better (Business Insider)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐๐ถ๐ญ๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ
โข In the Ozempic Age, Has โCraveableโ Lost Its Selling Power? (New York Times)
โข The Food System Is Having a Big-Screen Moment (Civil Eats)
โข Our โFood Environmentsโ Affect What We Eat. Hereโs How You Can Change Yours To Support Healthier Eating (The Conversation)
โข 20 Books Shaping Our View of Food Systems to Read this Winter (Food Tank)
๐๐ถ๐ฃ๐ญ๐ช๐ค ๐๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ต๐ฉ
โข How to Put Fruits and Vegetables at the Center of Your Plate (New York Times)
โข Quaker Oats Expands Recall of Granola Bars and Cereals for Salmonella Risk (NY1)
โข Are Induction Stoves That Much Safer Than Gas? We Tested Them. (Washington Post)
โข Foods That May Provide Added Nutrition To Boost Immunity (ABC News)
โข Give Peas a Chance and Feed Yourself the Four Ks: 10 Simple Ways To Revolutionise Your Diet (The Guardian)
โข A Nutritionist Shares 3 Easy Ways Heโs Reduced Ultra-Processed Foods in His Diet (Business Insider)
๐๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ด ๐๐ฆ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ (๐๐ณ๐ฐ๐ท๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐บ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ Center For Food As Medicine)
โข Pernug Project Improves Domestic Gardening and Nutrition (foodmedcenter.org)
โข Ultra-Processed Foods, Carboxymethylcellulose Consumption Study Spotlight Take-Away with Chef Dr. Mike (foodmedcenter.org)
โข Colombia Is Taxing Ultra-Processed Foods! (Food Politics)
โข U.S. Diet Panel Adds Another Researcher With Alcohol Industry Ties (New York Times)
โข FDA’s Minimal Authority over Dietary Supplements (The Regulatory Review)
โข Implementing a Food Prescription Program During COVID-19: Benefits and Barriers (Healthcare)
โข World Health Organisation President Calls for Shift to Plant-Based Diet to Protect Both People and the Planet (Vegan Food & Living)
โข Food as Medicine: Vitality To Scale Nutrition Access for Longevity and Disease Prevention (Nutrition Insights)
โข Paper Throws Cold Water on Food Is Medicine (Food Bank News)
โข Mass General Brighamโs Teaching Kitchen Prescribes Food as Medicine (CBS)
๐ก๐ฌ๐ ๐ก๐ฒ๐ถ๐ด๐ต๐ฏ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ต๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐
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.
๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฃ๐ผ๐น๐ถ๐ฐ๐ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐
โข Best Practices for the Sustainable Urban Farm (Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education)
โข Policy, Systems, and Environmental Strategies Generated by Participants to Support Family Food Security in Rural Communities (Gretchen Swanson Center for Nutrition)
โข Food, Nutrition, and Fertility: From Soil to Fork (American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
โข How To Influence Food Waste Behaviour of Urban Residents? The Combined Effect of Network Embeddedness and Incentive Measures (Waste Management and Research)
โข Convenient Solutions, Inconvenient Truths โ Why Supermarkets Will Not Drive Food System Transformation (Ecological Economics)
