NYC Food Policy Center (Hunter College)

Food and Health Technology Breakfast Seminar
2016-11-14 08:30 - 10:15 (America/New_York) | Online Zoom Webinar, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, New York, NY, United States
Food Policy For Breakfast Series
Discussion + Networking + Healthy Breakfast Served
(This is a FREE Event)
Food and Health Technology Breakfast Seminar. Panelists include JP Pollak, PhD – Senior Researcher-in-Residence, Cornell University, Benzi Ronen – Former CEO and Founder of Farmigo, Samuel Slover – Co-Founder & CEO at The Sage Project and adjunct professor at NYU, Dr. Craig Kenesky, patent attorney with the life science practice at WSGR, and Patrick O’Neill – Chief Executive Officer at Amp Your Good.
In conversation with Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, the executive director of the NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College, we will discuss the intersection and rising interest in food and health technology, learn about recent innovations in food technology for health, and gain a better understanding of how technology can work to improve consumers’ understanding of healthy foods.
Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:30am, Talk at 9am

The Impact of Pesticides on Human and Environmental Health
2016-11-09 08:30 - 10:15 | Online Zoom Webinar, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, New York, NY, United States
Food Policy For Breakfast Series
Discussion + Networking + Healthy Breakfast Served
(This is a FREE Event)
Join the NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College for a presentation by Dr. Frederico Peres from the National School of Public Health in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Dr. Peres will discuss the risk perception and risk communication regarding pesticide use in rural Brazil.
This is event is co-sponsored by the Anthropology Department at Hunter College.
Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:30am, Talk at 9am

The Power of Community Gardens in New York City
2016-11-04 08:30 - 10:15 | Online Zoom Webinar, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, New York, NY, United States
The Power of Community Gardens in New York City
Discussion + Networking + Forum
(This is a FREE Event)
The New York City Food Policy Center at Hunter College is partnering with the New York City Community Garden Coalition to host a breakfast seminar exploring the power of community gardens in New York City. At the seminar, participants will learn about community gardens and their role in community and economic development; discuss the intersection between race, food, and social justice; and gain an increased understanding of the state of community gardens in NYC.
Panelists include Bill Losasso – Director of GreenThumb, Aziz Dehkan – Executive Director of the New York City Community Garden Coalition, Steve Frillmann – Executive Director of Green Guerillas, Tony Hillery – Founder and Executive Director at Harlem Grown, and Lenny Librizzi – Director of Green Infrastructure at GrowNYC.

Food Frontiers Film Screening
2016-10-25 14:00 - 16:00 | Online Zoom Webinar, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, New York, NY, United States
Discussion + Networking + Film Screening
(This is a FREE Event)
Harvest Home, Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future and the New York City Food Policy Center at Hunter College are partnering with to host a screening of Food Frontiers, a documentary film that explores alternative ways to access fresh food. Food Froniers showcases projects from around the United States increasing access to healthy food in varied and innovative ways, including the work of Harvest Home.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion of distinguished food and policy experts.
Panelists include:
Adam Liebowitz, North Star Fund, Food and Environment Program Officer;
Barbara Turk, Director of Food Policy at Office the of Deputy Mayor for Health and Human Services;
Javier Lopez, Assistant Commissioner Bureau of Systems Partnerships, Center for Health Equity at the ‎New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene;
Leo Horrigan, Food System Correspondent at Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future;
Noreen Springstead, Executive Director at WhyHunger
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Food as Medicine Breakfast Seminar. Panelists include Chef Seamus Mullen, Dr. Robert Graham, Karen Pearl - President and CEO of God’s Love We Deliver, and Dr. Francesca Gany, Chief of the Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
2016-10-05 08:30 - 10:15 | Online Zoom Webinar, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, New York, NY, United States
Food Policy For Breakfast Series
Discussion + Networking + Healthy Breakfast Served
(This is a FREE Event)
Food as Medicine Breakfast Seminar. Food as Medicine Breakfast Seminar. Panelists include Chef Seamus Mullen, Dr. Robert Graham, MD, MPH, ABOIM, FACP, Co-founder of Fare Wellness and FRESH Med NYC, Karen Pearl, President and CEO of God’s Love We Deliver, and Dr. Francesca Gany, Chief of the Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center
In conversation with Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, the executive director of the NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College, we will discuss food as medicine with experts in the field.
Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:30am, Talk at 9am

A conversation with Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, and winner of the 2016 James Beard Award for Writing & Literature
2016-09-20 18:30 - 21:00 | Foodstand Inc., 115 5th Avenue 6th Floor, New York , NY, 10003, United States
Book Club Discussion
Discussion + Networking + Light Food
(This event is FREE for Hunter students and faculty)
A conversation with Marion Nestle, Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, and winner of the 2016 James Beard Award for Writing & Literature
Marion Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health at New York University, which she chaired from 1988-2003. She is also Professor of Sociology at NYU and Visiting Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell. She holds honorary degrees from Transylvania University in Kentucky (2012) and from the City University of New York’s Macaulay Honors College (2016).
In conversation with Rachna Govani of The Foodstand and Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, the executive director of the NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College, we will discuss the soda industry, sugar, who’s doing what, and what we can do to change the paradigm.

Agriculture and Technology Breakfast Seminar. Panelists include Kathy Soll - CEO, Teens for Food Justice, Jason Green - CEO, Edenworks, Rob Laing - CEO, Farm.one, Ed Harwood, PhD - Co-Founder, Chief Science Officer of AeroFarms
2016-09-19 08:30 - 10:15 | Online Zoom Webinar, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, New York, NY, United States
Food Policy For Breakfast Series
Discussion + Networking + Healthy Breakfast Served
(This is a FREE Event)
Agriculture and Technology Breakfast Seminar. Panelists include Kathy Soll – CEO, Teens for Food Justice, Jason Green – CEO, Edenworks, Rob Laing – CEO, Farm.one, Ed Harwood, PhD – Co-Founder, Chief Science Officer of AeroFarms
We will discuss Agriculture and Technology in New York City, and its role in building local economies, food security, and healthy communities.
Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:30am, Talk at 9am

Naomi Starkman: Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Civil Eats (Civileats.com) and 2016 John S. Knight Foundation Journalism Fellow at Stanford
2016-08-30 08:30 - 10:15 | Online Zoom Webinar, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, New York, NY, United States
Food Policy For Breakfast Series
Discussion + Networking + Healthy Breakfast Served
(This is a FREE Event)
Naomi Starkman: Founder and Editor-in-Chief, Civil Eats (Civileats.com) and 2016 John S. Knight Foundation Journalism Fellow at Stanford
Naomi Starkman is a Founder and the Editor-in-Chief of Civil Eats, the James Beard Foundation Foundation’s 2014 Publication of the Year. She is a 2015-16 John S. Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford.
In conversation with Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, the executive director of the NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College, we will discuss the founding of Civil Eats, the rising interest in and the importance of covering food policy, and why food is indeed political.
Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:30am, Talk at 9am
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Hunts Point Terminal The Inner Workings of NYC's Food Supplier
2016-06-22 09:00 - 10:30 | Online Zoom Webinar, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, New York, NY, United States
Panelists:

Myra Gordon — Executive Admin Director, Hunts Point Produce Market
Stefanie Katzman – S. Katzman Produce
Kate Mackenzie, Director, Policy & Community Partnerships, City Harvest.
Benjamin Mosner – VP Business Development, Mosner Family Brands
Julie Stein , Vice President, New York City Economic Development Corporation (NYCEDC)

Moderated by

Charles Platkin, PhD, MPH

Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 9am

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Seminar will be held at the
Hunter College
Silberman Building
2180 Third Avenue (at 119th), Auditorium
New York, NY 10035
9am – 10:30am

NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College's Class of 2016 40 Under 40
2016-06-16 18:30 - 20:25 | Union Square, 17 East 17th Street (4th Floor), NY, NY, 10003, United States
Join the New York City Food Policy Center at Hunter College for an exciting evening honoring New York City’s 40 under 40 working to transform the food system. Our honorees include policymakers, educators, community advocates, farmers, innovators and more who are making significant strides to create healthier, more sustainable food environments and to use food to promote community and economic development.
Appetizers featuring produce from the Union Square Greenmarket and drinks will be served. Special thanks to Bartleby & Sage, www.bartlebyandsage.com

Meet The 2016 NYC Food Policy Center Class of 2016
Alyson Abrami, Director, Food and Nutrition Programs, Children’s Aid Society
Yemi Amu, Co-Founder and Farm Manager of Oko Farms and Farm Manager at Moore Street Farms
Kate Barney, East Coast Director at Fare Resources
Sabrina Baronberg, Senior Director, Food and Nutrition Programs at Health Solutions
Alex Beauchamp, Northeast Region Director of Food & Water Watch
Ellie Berens, Development and Outreach Manager, Wellness in the Schools
Bianca Bockman, Community Healthy Food Advocate at the Northeast Brooklyn Housing Development Corporation
Leanne Brown, Author of Good and Cheap
Dan Carr, Q Farms Farm Manager, Beavertides Bee Farm Owner, FormerBeekeeper/Livestock Experimentation Manager at Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture
Jenifer Clapp, Director of Healthy Eating Initiatives, NYC Health Department
Challey Comer, Chief of Staff, NYS Department of Agriculture and Markets
Taisy Conk, Director of Community Food Action at New Settlement Apartments
Molly Culver, Manager, The Youth Farm
Sarita Daftary-Steel, Food Dignity Project Consultant and former Project Director at East New York Farms!
Meserete Davis, Food & Menu Management Project Specialist, NYC SchoolFood
David DeVaughn, Senior Manager, Policy & Community Partnerships at City Harvest
Leah Eden, Policy Fellow at United Way of New York City/ Former Director of Food Policy, Office of NYC Council Member Ben Kallos, District 5
Curt Ellis, Co-founder and CEO FoodCorps
Ashley Fitch, Senior Project Manager – Mount Sinai DSRIP Project Management Office
Ben Flanner, Brooklyn Grange, Head Farmer/CEO Brooklyn Grange
Roy Frias, Youth Program Director, East New York Farms
Colleen Flynn, Director of Programs at Local Initiatives Support Coalition (LISC)
Rachna Govani, Co-founder and CEO, Food Stand
Daniel Gross, Executive Director, Brandworkers
Molly Hartman, Senior Advisor for Food Policy, Office of the Mayor
Ashley Lederer, Nutritionist at Thoughtful Food Nutrition
Adam Liebowitz, Food and Environment Program Officer, North Star Fund
Javier Lopez, Deputy Director at the Center for Health Equity New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene/Center for Health Equity
Ben Kallos, New York City Council Member, District 5
Annie Novak, Founder and Director of Growing Chefs and the Co-Founder and Farmer of Eagle Street Rooftop Farm in Greenpoint
Brendan Parker, Assistant Garden Manager, Edible School Yard NYC
Leah Penniman, Co-director Soul Fire Farm
Diana Robinson, Campaign and Education Coordinator, Food Chain Workers Alliance
Milan Taylor, CEO at Rockaway Youth Task Force
Ashley Tyrner, Founder of Farmbox Direct
Claire Uno, Assistant Executive Director at Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy at Teachers College, Columbia
Jessie Kerr-Vanderslice, Director, Grow to Learn
David Vigil, Project Director at East New York Farms
Christopher Wayne, Director at FARMRoots, GrowNYC
Kimberley Wong, Program Director, BronxWorks
WHEN Thursday, June 16, 2016 from 6:30 PM to 8:30 PM (EDT) – Add to Calendar
WHERE 17 East 17th Street 4th Floor, New York, NY 10003

GROWING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES THROUGH GRASSROOTS INITIATIVES
2016-06-01 18:30 - 21:30 | Online Zoom Webinar, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, New York, NY, United States
GROWING HEALTHY COMMUNITIES THROUGH GRASSROOTS INITIATIVES: Learn How A Few Local Food Companies and Organizations Are Bettering Our Community And Environment Through Sustainable Businesses Practices, Services, And Products.
THE FULL PRICE OF THE TICKET WILL BE DONATED TO THE GREEN BRONX MACHINE (Less Eventbrite fees)
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***Panel Discussion + Networking + Food (donated by Le Pain Quotidien and Le Botaniste)***
The panel will reveal business opportunities and challenges in sustainable food industries and discuss how we can all participate in creating a better food system and healthier community.
Panelists:
Stephen Ritz, Green Bronx Machine – Stephen is a South Bronx teacher who believes that students shouldn’t have to leave their community to live, learn and earn in a better one. Moving generations of students into spheres of personal and academic successes they have never imagined while reclaiming and rebuilding the Bronx, Stephen’s extended student and community family have grown over 25,000 pounds of vegetables in the Bronx while generating extraordinary academic performance.
Robert Graham, MD, MPH, ABOIM, FACP is board certified in Internal and Integrative Medicine. Dr. Graham is the co-founder of FRxESH Integrative Health and Fare Wellness, He is currently is the Director of Integrative Health & Wellness for the Northwell Health.
For over a decade, Dr. Graham has been a trailblazer in the field of Integrative Medicine. Since 2010, he created Fare Wellness, an innovative, culinary and nutrition program teaching doctors how to cook whole food plant based meals at the Natural Gourmet Institute, so that they can share the insights with their patients. In 2012, he and his wife Julie, a certified yoga instructor, launched Lenox CHill Initiative, a yoga/meditation course for healthcare workers. The following year, Dr. Graham created “Victory Greens,” an edible rooftop garden at Lenox Hill Hospital, where he offers “rooftop to bedside” meals.
Dr. Graham received his medical degree from the School of Medicine at Stony Brook University Medical Center, Stony Brook, NY and completed his residency in Internal Medicine at Lenox Hospital in New York City. He received a Masters of Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health while completing two fellowships in General Internal Medicine/Complementary and Integrative Medical Therapies at Harvard Medical School. He completed an additional fellowship in Medical Education at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
He is a frequent speaker at conferences including TedxManhattan, where he described his attempt to incorporate his roots in integrative and traditional medicine into our modern healthcare system with an emphasis on having greater respect for food, cooking, farming, meditation and their healing properties.
Jason Finder, Dishes by DOE. For more than 30 years, The Doe Fund, Inc. has provided a hand up, not a hand out to formerly homeless and incarcerated men. A byproduct of the Culinary Arts Program, Dishes by Doe provides hands on job training in the food service industry. All of the proceeds of our catering service go towards benefiting The Doe Fund and the men enrolled in the program. Each student enrolled in the Culinary Arts program graduates with 450 hours of hands-on experience, a Food Protection Certificate, a nationally recognized ServSafe license, and a Certificate of Completion in Customer Service Training. Fueled by hard work and a love of food, these men are making a difference in their lives and the lives of millions of New Yorkers.
Michael Schwartz, owner of Organic Food Incubator, and co-founder of BAO Cultured is on a mission to help organic, artisan and small food and beverage manufacturers avoid the pitfalls of starting a new business. OFI has worked with more than 75 start-ups, graduating over 15 to larger contract manufacturers or standalone facilities. As a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America (CIA), he has worked in some of NYC’s premier restaurants, including LeCirque and had been an instructor at the Institute of Culinary Education for 13 years. Mike is a true food lover who has witnessed the evolution of our recent culinary revolution as consumer awareness has grown into healthier eating habits. In addition, he supports local farmers and more sustainable options to the small food business industry.
Moderator:
Diane Hatz, Founder & Exec. Director, Change Food. She uses her expertise to develop creative projects, raise awareness, and move people to take actions to change the food system. She also works to find ways to help individuals and groups within the field collaborate, connect and work more effectively.
A special THANK YOU to Le Pain Quotidien and Alain Coumont, founder of LPQ’s new organic and plant-based restaurant Le Botaniste for their delicious, healthy and sustainable food donations.

Chef Michel Nischan: Unlocking affordability: Making healthy choices cheaper helps local food commerce thrive
2016-05-19 08:45 - 10:15 | The Silberman Building, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, New York
Panelists

Chef Michel Nischan, Founder & CEO, Wholesome Wave (Speaker)
Barbara J. Turk, Director of Food Policy, Mayor’s Office
Gary Glowaczeski, NYS Farmer

Moderated by
Charles Platkin, PhD, MPH

Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:30AM

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NYC Greenmarket Turns 40: What's in Store for the Next 40 years
2016-03-23 08:30 - 10:15 | The Silberman Building, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, New York
Speakers

Michael Hurwitz, Director, Greenmarket
Zaid Kurdieh, Norwich Meadows Farm (Farmer)
Lynn Loflin, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House (Buyer)
Peter Hoffman, Back Forty West ( Chef )
Lorrie Clevenger – Rise & Root Farm (Farmer)

PLEASE RSVP HERE: https://bit.ly/1QNXC6n
SEATING IS LIMITED

Labels Decoded: Finding Meaningful Labels In A Sea Of Marketing Claims and Why It Matters In Creating A Healthier Food Production System
2016-03-10 08:45 - 10:15 | The Silberman Building, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, New York
Buying food that is produced as safely and healthy as possible isn’t always easy. In an evolving market crowded with claims, it’s hard to always know whether you are making the right choice. Some questions on people’s minds–How was my food grown? Where was it grown? Were there lots of chemical and drug inputs? Are there lots of food additives? Are there things that aren’t disclosed? Do the farmworkers who produced the food make a living wage? Did the animals raised for meat, dairy and eggs lead a clean and healthy life? Knowing which labels can truly help make better food purchases and which ones don’t is key to translating our expectations of better food into true marketplace demand which feeds back to better supply chains and sometimes, even better government policies.
Additional Clips of Consumer Report’s Food Work:
Better Beef
https://www.wnyc.org/story/one-more-reason-avoid-conventional-ground-beef/
Food Labels
https://www.wnyc.org/story/please-explain-food-labels-and-what-natural-really-means/
Consumer Reports Natural Label Campaign
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/natural-food-labeling-misleading-consumer-reports-fda-lacks-regulations/
Speaker: Dr. Urvashi Rangan, Director of Consumer Safety and Sustainability at Consumers Reports
About Dr. Urvashi Rangan
Urvashi leads the Consumer Reports Consumer Safety and Sustainability Group. She is also the Executive Director of CR’s Food Safety and Sustainability Center and its website greenerchoices.org. She manages a team of public health based scientists in testing, research, risk assessment, analysis, and advocacy/lobby work for safety and food sustainability. She also manages ratings and related advocacy work for food eco-labels. Under her direction, over the past two years, Consumer Reports released several reports on food safety and food labeling including arsenic in grains part 2, 4-MEI cancer risk from caramel color in sodas, GMOs in processed foods, shrimp safety and production, chicken, beef, antibiotics in meat production and the results of national polling on food labeling and campaign to ban the “natural” label on food. She also led strategic efforts on detergent pod safety including Consumer Reports’ current position to not recommend liquid laundry pods for households with children under age 6. She is a national spokesperson and scientific expert for the organization and currently serves on the FDA Food Advisory Committee as well as on the Board of the American National Standards Institute. She has a Ph.D. in Environmental Health from Johns Hopkins School of Public Health and has been at Consumer Reports for 16 years.

Food Policy for Breakfast: Universal School Meals: A Research Agenda
2016-01-26 09:00 - 10:30 | CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Food Policy for Breakfast: Universal School Meals: A Research Agenda
part of our spring 2016 Food Policy for Breakfast Seminar Series
In September, 2014, New York City inaugurated a new policy of universal free lunch in its stand alone middle schools. After a year and a half of experience with the universal approach, what do we know, and what do we want to know? A panel of researchers, educators and advocates will consider what we have learned thus far, and what else we need to know about free lunch at school.
Panelists (additional panelists TBA)

Liz Accles, Executive Director, Community Food Advocates
Renata Peralta, Ph.D. Candidate in Politics and Education program, Teachers College, Columbia University
Randi Herman, Council of School Supervisors and Administrators NYC
Moderated by Jan Poppendieck, Professor Emerita of Sociology, Policy Director, NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College
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Location:
CUNY Graduate Center
365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016
Skylight room, 9th floor
Programming begins promptly at 9:00am – arrive at 8:45 for coffee and open networking.
Please note that your RSVP automatically adds you to our mailing list. To opt out, please email info@nycfoodpolicy.org.

Community Board Meetings - East Harlem Neighborhood Plan
2016-01-14 18:00 - 19:00 | Bonifacio Senior Center, 7 East 116th Street, New York, NY, 10029, United States
Community Board Meetings – East Harlem Neighborhood Plan
Since June, there have been 6 large Visioning Workshops with the community on 12 different topics
Join us at these upcoming Community Board Committee meetings to learn about the
recommendations that have been developed from community input, and share your feedback.
In late-January, Community Board 11 will present the recommendations again so the community can help
prioritize among them. After incorporating all the feedback we’re getting along the way, we
hope to have the final East Harlem Neighborhood Plan done by early February.
Next Meeting: January 14th:
6PM: Parks and Open Space, Environment and Energy
Bonifacio Senior Center
7 East 116th Street
Submit feedback online: eastharlemplan.nyc

Community Board Meetings - East Harlem Neighborhood Plan
2016-01-13 18:00 - 19:00 | Bonifacio Senior Center, 7 East 116th Street, New York, NY, 10029, United States
Community Board Meetings – East Harlem Neighborhood Plan
Since June, there have been 6 large Visioning Workshops with the community on 12 different topics
Join us at these upcoming Community Board Committee meetings to learn about the
recommendations that have been developed from community input, and share your feedback.
In late-January, Community Board 11 will present the recommendations again so the community can help
prioritize among them. After incorporating all the feedback we’re getting along the way, we
hope to have the final East Harlem Neighborhood Plan done by early February.
Next Meeting: January 13th:
6PM: Land Use, Zoning and Affordable Housing
Bonifacio Senior Center
7 East 116th Street
Submit feedback online: eastharlemplan.nyc

Community Board Meetings - East Harlem Neighborhood Plan
2016-01-12 19:00 - 20:00 | Bonifacio Senior Center, 7 East 116th Street, New York, NY, 10029, United States
Community Board Meetings – East Harlem Neighborhood Plan
Since June, there have been 6 large Visioning Workshops with the community on 12 different topics
Join us at these upcoming Community Board Committee meetings to learn about the
recommendations that have been developed from community input, and share your feedback.
In late-January, Community Board 11 will present the recommendations again so the community can help
prioritize among them. After incorporating all the feedback we’re getting along the way, we
hope to have the final East Harlem Neighborhood Plan done by early February.
Next Meeting: January 12th:
6PM: Art and Culture
Bonifacio Senior Center
7 East 116th Street
Submit feedback online: eastharlemplan.nyc

Community Board Meetings - East Harlem Neighborhood Plan
2016-01-11 18:00 - 19:00 | Bonifacio Senior Center, 7 East 116th Street, New York, NY, 10029, United States
Community Board Meetings – East Harlem Neighborhood Plan
Since June, there have been 6 large Visioning Workshops with the community on 12 different topics
Join us at these upcoming Community Board Committee meetings to learn about the
recommendations that have been developed from community input, and share your feedback.
In late-January, Community Board 11 will present the recommendations again so the community can help
prioritize among them. After incorporating all the feedback we’re getting along the way, we
hope to have the final East Harlem Neighborhood Plan done by early February.
Next Meeting: January 11th:
6PM: Health and Seniors
Bonifacio Senior Center
7 East 116th Street
Submit feedback online: eastharlemplan.nyc

Community Board Meetings - East Harlem Neighborhood Plan
2016-01-05 18:00 - 20:00 | Bonifacio Senior Center, 7 East 116th Street, New York, 10029, United States
Community Board Meetings – East Harlem Neighborhood Plan
Since June, there have been 6 large Visioning Workshops with the community on 12 different topics
Join us at these upcoming Community Board Committee meetings to learn about the
recommendations that have been developed from community input, and share your feedback.
In late-January, Community Board 11 will present the recommendations again so the community can help
prioritize among them. After incorporating all the feedback we’re getting along the way, we
hope to have the final East Harlem Neighborhood Plan done by early February.
Next Meeting: January 5th:
6PM: Housing, Preservation and NYCHA
7PM: Transportation and Safety

Bonifacio Senior Center
7 East 116th Street
Submit feedback online: eastharlemplan.nyc

Food Policy For Breakfast: SODA POLITICS: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning): A Conversation with Marion Nestle
2015-12-14 09:00 - 10:30 | CUNY School of Public Health, 55 West 125th Street, New York, United States
Food Policy for Breakfast: SODA POLITICS: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning): A Conversation with Marion Nestle
part of our fall 2015 Food Policy for Breakfast Seminar Series
Dr. Nestle is Paulette Goddard Professor, Department of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, New York University. Her latest book explores the power wielded by the soda industry and what is being done to fight it.
Moderated by Nicholas Freudenberg, Distinguished Professor of Public Health, CUNY School of Public Health and Hunter College, Faculty Director, NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College.
RESOURCES>>
HELD AT THE CUNY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH , 55 WEST 125TH STREET
Programming begins promptly at 9:00am – arrive at 8:45 for coffee and open networking.
Learn more about Soda Politics
Please note that your RSVP automatically adds you to our mailing list. To opt out, please email info@nycfoodpolicy.org.

Healthy Food for Upper Manhattan General Meeting
2015-12-07 12:00 - 13:30 | East and Central Harlem District Public Health Office, 161-169 E 110th Street, New York, 10029
Not a Big Box, Not an App: Alternative Food Sources for Upper Manhattan
With the closing of a major uptown supermarket and the changing of seasons, panelists present a variety of innovative solutions for purchasing healthy food throughout Upper Manhattan, year round. The closing of the 125th Street Pathmark Supermarket has invited fresh conversation and exploration of innovative solutions for purchasing healthy food in East Harlem and throughout Upper Manhattan.
Panelists:
Alyssa Creighton with East Harlem District Public Health Office (DPHO),
Olivia Blanchflower of GrowNYC,
Anthony Reynoso and Andy Almante of SuperFi Emporium.
The discussion was moderated by Carey King with the New Harlem East Merchants Association.
Monday December 7th 12:00- 1:30 PM
East and Central Harlem District Public Health Office
161-169 E 110th Street
Email hfumworkgroup@gmail.com to RSVP.

Understanding New York City SchoolFood
2015-11-30 14:15 - 15:45 | The Silberman Building, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, New York
RSVP to: info@nycfoodpolicy.org

East Harlem Neighborhood Plan - Public Workshop this Saturday 11/21
2015-11-21 10:00 - 13:00 | New York Academy of Medicine, 1216 5th Avenue, New York, NY, United States
This is the final visioning workshop.
The workshop will focus on Environment, Transportation, Safety, Health, and Seniors.

Spanish Translation Provided
Sign Language Interpretation Available – if needed please RSVP to 212-788-9121 by 11/19
Childcare Available – if needed please RSVP to 212-788-9121 by 11/19
Snacks and Refreshments will be served!

For more information about the East Harlem Neighborhood Plan and to see our progress so far, please visit www.eastharlemplan.nyc

Food Policy for Breakfast: Zoning and the City's Food System: Opportunities to Shape Healthier Food Environments in NYC
2015-11-17 09:00 - 10:30 | CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Food Policy for Breakfast: Zoning and the City’s Food System: Opportunities to Shape Healthier Food Environments in NYC

By shaping the built environment, zoning can be a powerful tool to support a healthy, diverse food environment. This panel discusses food-specific zoning initiatives like Food Retail Expansion to Support Health (FRESH), which provides incentives for developers to build supermarkets in communities lacking food retailers, and Zone Green, which facilitates rooftop agriculture. It also explores the zoning decisions that determine the location and types of food-related facilities in our communities and encourage the construction of affordable housing, thus promoting community food security.
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Panelists:
Daniel Hernandez, Deputy Commissioner for Neighborhood Strategies of the Department of Housing Preservation and Development
Javier Lopez, Deputy Director of the Center for Health Equity, Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Shai Lauros, Director of Community Development for Cypress Hills Local Development Corporation.
Moderated by Nevin Cohen, Associate Professor, CUNY School of Public Health

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Programming begins promptly at 9:00am – arrive at 8:45 for coffee and open networking.
*Note new location, CUNY Graduate Center: 365 Fifth Avenue @34th Street, New York, NY 10016, C201/C202/C203

Edible Schoolyard NYC Fall Harvest Festival
2015-10-17 12:00 - 15:00 | P.S. 7 /Global Tech School Garden, 160 East 120th St. between Lexington & 3rd Avenue, New York, 10035, United States
FREE community event featuring gardening activities, cooking demonstrations & tastings, mural & face painting, Zumba, arts & crafts, music, and more!

Food Policy for Breakfast: Challenging Food Industry Practices and Messages on Nutrition: What Role for Health Professionals?
2015-10-07 09:00 - 10:30 | CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Food Policy for Breakfast: Challenging Food Industry Practices and Messages on Nutrition: What Role for Health Professionals?
part of our Fall 2015 Food Policy for Breakfast Seminar Series
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A Conversation with:
Dr. Jim Krieger, Executive Director, Action for Healthy Food, a non-profit founded in late 2014 to reduce the burden of obesity and chronic disease. It focus on promoting healthy food consumption and accessibility while reducing exposure to and consumption of unhealthy foods. An important focus is reducing consumption of excessive sugar. Krieger is also Clinical Professor of Medicine and Health Services at University of Washington.

Marlene Schwartz, PhD, Director for the Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity and Professor of Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Connecticut. The Rudd Center is a multi-disciplinary policy research center dedicated to providing high-level expertise and guidance on obesity prevention and food related policy.

Moderated by Nicholas Freudenberg, Distinguished Professor of Public Health at Hunter College and the CUNY School of Public Health and Director of the NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College.
In 2012, the ten major food companies spent about $7 billion advertising mostly unhealthy food. Each year, the food and beverage industries spend about $2 billion marketing to children and adolescents, again mostly unhealthy products. In addition, in the last decade, food companies have spent billions to defeat or weaken public health measures to improve nutrition. How can health professionals and food advocates respond to these practices? What strategies have proved effective in countering the harmful effects of the food and beverage industry’s business and political practices? Come to this session of Food Policy for Breakfast to explore these and other questions.

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Programming begins promptly at 9:00am – arrive at 8:45 for coffee and open networking.
*Note new location, CUNY Graduate Center: 365 Fifth Avenue @34th Street, New York, NY 10016, Room C201/202/203, lower level

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Healthy Food for Upper Manhattan September Meeting
2015-09-21 12:00 - 13:30 | CUNY School of Public Health, 55 West 125th Street, New York, United States
Healthy Food for Upper Manhattan September Meeting
Special Panel: Food and Rezoning
Join us for lunch and a special panel presentation focused on the rezoning process and its implications for the food environment in Upper Manhattan. All are invited to join us to engage in a timely conversation on the potential impact of rezoning, share program updates and learn how you can get involved.
To RSVP: Please email hfumworkgroup@gmail.com

Food Policy for Breakfast: Dr. Corinna Hawkes- The Role of Food Value Chains in the Global and Local Supply of Food
2015-09-21 09:00 - 10:30 | CUNY Graduate Center, 365 5th Ave, New York, NY, 10016, United States
Food Policy for Breakfast: Dr. Corinna Hawkes- The Role of Food Value Chains in the Global and Local Supply of Food
Part of our Fall 2015 Food Policy for Breakfast Seminar Series.

On Monday, September 21, The New York City Food Policy Center will feature Dr. Corinna Hawkes who will speak on The Role of Food Value Chains in the Global and Local Supply of Food. Dr. Hawkes is Co-chair of the Global Nutrition Report’s International Expert Group; a member of the International Panel of Experts on Sustainable Food Systems; and an Honorary Fellow, City University London Centre for Food Policy.

Moderated by Nicholas Freudenberg, Distinguished Professor of Public Health, CUNY School of Public Health & Hunter College, and Faculty Director, NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College.
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Programming begins promptly at 9:00am – arrive at 8:45 for coffee and open networking.
*Note new location, CUNY Graduate Center: 365 Fifth Avenue @34th Street, New York, NY 10016, Room 9204/9205 9th Floor

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East Harlem Rezoning Community Visioning Session
2015-09-10 18:30 - 20:30 | Children’s Aid Society, 130 East 101st Street, New York, NY, United States
