NYC Food Policy Center (Hunter College)

How NYC SchoolFoods Works from the Inside
2017-05-16 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)
The Inner Workings of NYC SchoolFoods.
Panelists:

Stephen O’Brien, Director of Food and Food Support
Anne O’Donnell, Bronx District 7 Supervisor
Georgia Angelakis, Manhattan District 3 Supervisor

Moderator Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, the executive director of the NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College, will discuss the inner workings of NYC SchoolFoods and the importance of nutritious food at a young age.
Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:30am, Talk at 9am

Saving Regional Farms: Why Every New Yorker Should Care
2017-06-06 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)
Saving Regional Farms: Why Every New Yorker Should Care
Panelists:

Steve Rosenberg-Senior Vice President at Scenic Hudson, Inc. and Executive Director at The Scenic Hudson Land Trust, Inc.
Karen Washington-Owner and Farmer at Rise and Root Farm
Didi Barrett-State Assemblywoman
Dan Garodnick-Council Member
Chris Cashen- Farmer at Miller’s Crossing

Moderator Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, the executive director of the NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College, will discuss the importance of New York’s foodshed and what is being done to preserve it..
Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:30am, Talk at 9am

Innovative Restaurants in New York City
2017-10-12 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)
Innovative Farm-to-Table Restaurants in New York City
As consumer interest in health and sustainability give rise to farm-to-table cuisine, restaurant owners, operators and chefs strive to find creative ways to offer healthy, sustainable food at affordable prices. This panel will feature five speakers who will share their perspectives on making “clean eating” more accessible in New York City.
Panelists:

Michael Anthony, executive chef, Gramercy Tavern
Adam Eskin, founder and CEO, Dig Inn
Sara Gatanas, owner/operator, UGC Eats Harlem
Colin McCabe, founder, Chop’t
Jay Strauss, founder and co-owner, Westville

Moderator: Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, executive director of the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center
Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:30am, Talk at 9am

Feeding ALL the Hungry and Food Insecure in New York City
2017-11-02 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)
Feeding ALL the Hungry and Food Insecure in New York City
This seminar will discuss hunger and food insecurity in New York City, with a focus on individuals and families who are ineligible for federal assistance (SNAP/WIC).
Panelists:

Allison Cohen, senior program director, Why Hunger
Joel Berg, executive director, Hunger Free America
Jenique Jones, director of operations, City Harvest
Suzette Ramsundar, associate director of Campus Life, coordinator, Herbert H. Lehman Center for Student Leadership Development and Campus Information Services student staff, Lehman College

Moderator: Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, executive director of the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center
The Hunter Nutrition Program and the Hunter College Food Policy Center are able to provide 1.5 CPE Credits (Level 2) for this seminar; granted from the Commission on Dietetic Registration.
Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:30am, Talk at 9am

Food as Medicine Summit-- Bringing Everyone to the Table
2017-11-30 08:30 - 18:00 | Online Zoom Webinar, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, New York, NY, United States
Food as Medicine — Bringing Everyone to the Table
We often hear that in the fight to combat chronic diseases, food is the problem; therefore food must also be the solution. For change to occur in our food and health systems, everyone must be engaged. Farmers, chefs, doctors, nutritionists, policy, community, media and patients.
The Food as Medicine Summit will explore the greater topic of food as medicine via panel sessions that highlight specific disease areas such as cancer, diabetes and heart disease. Additional panels will discuss how to incorporate wellness and healthy foods into treatment in communities afflicted by poverty and examine the benefits of a plant-based diet. The day will feature cooking demonstrations from God’s Love We Deliver, Euphebe and Wellness in the Schools, booths from hospitals, food vendors and local community-based organizations like Harlem Grown and Local Roots NYC.
More information about the summit available here.
Register here.
Keynote Speakers

Eric L. Adams, Brooklyn Borough President
Robert E. Graham, M.D., MPH, ABOIM, FACP, Chef in training. Board Certified in Internal & Integrative Medicine, Co-Founder FRESH Med NYC
David Katz, M.D. MPH, FACPM, FACP, FACLM, Founding Director, Yale University Prevention Research Center/Griffin Hospital, Founder True Health Initiative, President American College of Lifestyle Medicine

Speakers

Delma Avila, MBA, MS, Nutritionist, “Just Say Yes to Fruits and Vegetables” program, Food Bank For New York City
Jonathan Cetnarski, CEO, Natural Gourmet Institute
Nancy Easton, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Wellness in the Schools
Jonathan Forgash, Director of Services, Seek Servana
Galen Foulois, Founder, Restore Food
Erika Freund, Mobile Pantry Startup Manager, West Side Campaign Against Hunger
Francesca Gany, M.D., MS, Chief of The Immigrant Health and Cancer Disparities Service, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center
Ashita Gupta, M.D., Endocrinologist, Mt. Sinai
Diane Hatz, Executive Director, Change Food
Samantha Heller, MS, RDN, CDN, Exercise Physiologist and Senior Clinical Nutritionist, NYU Langone Medical Center, writer, radio host, adjunct professor
Tony Hillery, Founder and Executive Director of Harlem Grown
Madi Holtzman, Director, Toast Ale U.S. branch
Richard Lamarita, Chef Instructor, Natural Gourmet Institute
Paul Lightfoot, JD, Chief Executive Officer, BrightFarms
Lynn Loflin, Teaching Kitchen Chef, Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
Bernadette Martin, Director of Ligreenmarket Inc.
Michelle Miller, MSACN, Clinical Nutritionist, PhysioLogic NYC
Martha McKittrick, RD, CDN, CDE, CHWC, Registered Dietitian, Private Practice
Peggy Neu, President, The Monday Campaigns
Michel Nischan, CEO, Wholesome Wave
Patrick O’Neill, CEO, Amp Your Good
Robert Ostfeld, M.D., MSc., FACC, Director of Preventive Cardiology at Montefiore
Loraine Pavich, cancer survivor
Karen Pearl, President and CEO, God’s Love We Deliver
Joy Pierson, nutritionist and co-founder, Candle Cafe
Henry Rinehart, Owner, HENRY’s
Stephen Ritz, CEO, Green Bronx Machine
Stefanie Sacks, MS, CNS, CDN, Culinary Nutritionist
Greg Silverman, Executive Director, West Side Campaign Against Hunger
Kayleen St. John, MS,RD, Executive Director, Nutrition and Strategic Development, Euphebe
Rachel Stahl, MS, RD, CDN, Senior Clinical Dietitian, NY-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell
Steven Trasino, MSc, PhD, Associate Professor, Nutrition, Hunter College
Amie Valpone, HHC, ADP, best-selling author and founder of The Healthy Apple
Wen-Jay Ying, Founder and Program Director, Local Roots NYC

Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:30am, Summit begins at 9am
Register today!

What Are You Really Eating? Food Transparency Exposed
2018-02-13 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)
What Are You Really Eating? Food Transparency Exposed

A presentation and conversation with Urvashi Rangan, PhD, Chief Science Advisor, GRACE Communications Foundation.

This seminar will discuss the dizzying array of food labels and consumer demand for increased transparency.

Moderator: Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, executive director of the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center
Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:30am, Talk at 9am
Register HERE

Legislating Better Health Through Food Policy
2018-03-20 08:30 - 10:15 | Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College, 47-49 E 65th St, New York, NY, 10065
Food Policy For Breakfast Series
Discussion + Networking + Healthy Breakfast Served
(This is a FREE Event)
Legislating Better Health Through Food Policy
Why is it so difficult to get seemingly positive food legislation passed in a progressive NYC? And what does food have to do with human rights?
Panelists:

Alex Beauchamp, Northeast Region Director, Food & Water Watch
Margaret Brown, JD, staff attorney, New York Program, Natural Resources Defense Council NY Program
Smita Narula, JD, MA, distinguished lecturer and interim director, Human Rights Program, Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College
Margot Pollans, JD, assistant professor of law, Pace Law School; Faculty Director of the Pace-NRDC Food Law Initiative

Moderator: Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, executive director of the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center
Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:30am, Talk at 9am
Hosted by the
Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center and
Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College

Food and Health Media
2018-04-19 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)
Food and Health Media
This panel discussion will explore the role of the media in covering food and matters related to health, safety, sustainability, hunger and waste, and will also take a look at how that coverage influences our relationship with food.
Panelists:

Dan Charles, correspondent, NPR News
Joe Fassler, features editor, New Food Economy
Samuel Fromartz, co-founder and editor-in-chief, Food and Environment Reporting Network
Ariel Lauren Wilson, editor, Edible Manhattan and Edible Brooklyn

Moderator: Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, executive director of the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center
Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:30am, Talk at 9am

Film Screening & Discussion: James Beard - America's First Foodie
2018-04-24 17:00 - 19:00 | Online Zoom Webinar, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, New York, NY, United States
Film Screening & Discussion
James Beard – America’s First Foodie

Introduction by Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH

Discussion with Elizabeth Federici (producer and director), Kathleen Squires (producer), Alison Tozzi Liu (James Beard Foundation) and Clark Wolf (restaurant/food business consultant and forbes.com columnist) following the film

(Doors open @ 5:00pm, screening 5:30pm- 6:30pm, discussion 6:30-7:00 pm)
Refreshments served prior to the film

Hosted by the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center

Registration Required: The event is free

How Can Technology Help the Food System?
2018-05-08 08:30 - 10:15 | Online Zoom Webinar, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, New York, NY, United States
Discussion + Networking + Healthy Breakfast Served
(This is a FREE Event)
How Can Technology Help the Food System?
“Food technology” traditionally referred to the science behind food processing and preservation through much of the 20th century; today food tech is working to find innovative solutions to improve access to healthy food, reduce food waste and mitigate agriculture’s impact on climate change. This panel will feature leaders in the food tech industry who are finding creative solutions to food-related issues in New York City and beyond.
Panelists:

Jonathan Chin, CEO, Share Meals
Jennifer Goggin, Director of Retail at Crave Food Systems
Robert Lee, CEO, Rescuing Leftover Cuisine
Bryan Moran, Client Adoption Lead, Plentiful
Marc Oshima, Co-founder and CMO, AeroFarms

Moderator: Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, executive director of the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center
(Doors open @ 8:30am, Event 9am-10:15am)
Healthy breakfast will be served prior to 9am event

Registration Required: This is a Free Event

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Growing Food Right Here in NYC
2018-09-25 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)
Growing Food Right Here in NYC
Where Are We — And What Needs to Happen for Urban Ag to Increase, Improve and Have a Significant Impact

Crystal Eksi, Urban Designer, NYC Department of City Planning
Council Member Rafael Espinal
Henry Gordon-Smith, Founder and Managing Director, Agritecture
Gerard Lordahl, Gardens & The Governor’s Island Teaching Garden Director, GrowNYC
Danielle Spiegel-Feld, Executive Director, Guarini Center Environmental, Energy and Land Use Law, NYU School of Law

This seminar will discuss the current state of urban agriculture and examine challenges and opportunities in NYC.

Moderator: Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, executive director of the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center
Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:45am, Talk at 9am
Register HERE

Nutrition and Aging in New York City
2018-10-23 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)
Nutrition and Aging in New York City

Jessica Balboni, CPC, Director, the Center at Lenox Hill Neighborhood House
Ruth Finkelstein, MA, ScD, Executive Director, Brookdale Center for Healthy Aging
David Nocenti, JD, Executive Director, Union Settlement Association
Caryn Resnick, MSW, Deputy Commissioner, DFTA
Shulamit Warren, Director of Policy and Special Projects, Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer’s Office

Like the rest of the United States, the average age in NYC is getting older as more and more from the Baby Boomer generation retire, and advances in medicine increase the average life expectancy.
From 2005 to 2015, the number of New Yorkers over 65 grew by 19.2 percent—more than double the rate of the total population (7.47 percent), and more than triple the rate of the population under 65 (5.9 percent).
More than 1.1 million seniors or about 13 percent of the city’s population call NYC home. This number is expected to increase to more than 1.4 million by 2040. What steps is New York City taking to ensure this population has access to age-appropriate, nutritious food?

Moderator: Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, executive director of the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center
Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:30am, Talk at 9am
Register HERE

Children as Change Agents for Healthy Eating
2018-11-06 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)
Children as Messengers

La Tonya Assanah, Greenhouse Manager, Harlem Grown
Nancy Easton, Executive Director and Co-founder, Wellness in the Schools
Rosa Marruffo, MA, Program Manager, Edible Schoolyard NYC
Andrea Rothenberg, MS, LCSW, Director, Department of Health Education, Mount Sinai Hospital
Christina Zarcadoolas, PhD, Sociolinguist, Public Understanding of Health & Science, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, Healthliteracylab.com

This panel will explore using children as messengers to influence healthy eating habits at home, at school and in their communities.

Moderator: Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, executive director of the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center
Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:30am, Talk at 9am
Register HERE

Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat
2018-12-04 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)
Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat
A presentation and conversation with Marion Nestle, PhD, MPH about her latest book. This seminar will discuss how the food industry manipulates nutrition science and recommendations about what we can do about it.
Moderator: Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, executive director of the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center
Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:30am, Talk at 9am
Register HERE

Everything but the Food: Real Ideas to Fix Real Problems
2019-02-26 09:00 - 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)
Everything but the Food

Shanna Castillo, Director, Resident Economic Empowerment & Sustainability, NYCHA
Ray Figueroa-Reyes, President, NYC Community Garden Coalition
Tony Hillery, Executive Director and Founder, Harlem Grown
Karen Pearl, President and CEO, God’s Love We Deliver

This panel will explore what impacts food security and how we are fighting the issues that create food injustice.

Moderator: Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, executive director of the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center
Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:30am, Talk at 9am
Register HERE

GMOs-Science, Ethics, Risks, Regulations and Food Security
2019-03-12 09:00 - 10:30 | Hunter College Silberman Building, 2180 3rd Ave at 119th St, 2nd Floor Terrace, NY
Food Policy For Breakfast Series
Discussion + Networking + Healthy Breakfast Served
(This is a FREE Event)
GMOs-Science, Ethics, Risks, Regulations and Food Security

Arthur Caplan, PhD, Drs. William F and Virginia Connolly Mitty Professor and founding head of the Division of Medical Ethics, NYU School of Medicine
Fred Gould, PhD – Distinguished professor of Evolutionary Biology in the Department of Plant Pathology at North Carolina State University
Michael Hansen, PhD, Senior Staff Scientist, Consumers Union
Greg Jaffe, JD, Director, Project on Biotechnology for Center for Science in the Public Interest
Jonathan Latham, PhD, Co-founder and Executive Director, Bioscience Resource Project
Matthew Willmann, Director, Plant Transformation Facility, Cornell University

This panel will explore the latest research concerning GMOs and their impact on human and environmental health.

Moderator: Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, executive director of the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center
Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:30am, Talk at 9am
Register HERE

The Borough Presidents on NYC Food Policy
2019-04-09 08:30 - 10:30 | 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)
The Borough Presidents on NYC Food Policy

Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.
Manhattan Borough President Gale Brewer
Staten Island Borough President James S. Oddo

Moderator: Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, executive director of the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center
Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:30am, Talk at 9am
Watch Livestream of the event HERE

Women in Food
2019-09-17 08:45 - 10:15 | Hunter College Silberman Building, 2180 3rd Ave at 119th St, 2nd Floor Terrace, NY
Food Policy For Breakfast Series
Discussion + Networking + Healthy Breakfast Served
(This is a FREE Event)
Women in Food
Restaurant and Food Culture: Gender, Equal Pay, Sexual Harassment, Sustainability, Career Advancement and More
Panelists:

Camille Becerra, Chef, Food Stylist and Recipe Developer

Katy Sparks, Founder, Katy Sparks Culinary Consulting

Naama Tamir, Owner, Lighthouse Restaurant

Diana Tandia, Chef-owner, Berber Street Food

Moderated by Liz Neumark, CEO, Great Performances
Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:30am, Talk at 9am
Register for the event here.
Can’t make the event in person? Watch the livestream here.

Big Apple Crunch in East Harlem
2019-10-16 10:00 - 14:00 | Hunter College Silberman Building, 2180 3rd Ave at 119th St, 2nd Floor Terrace, NY
On Wednesday, October 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m, Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center, along with East Harlem service providers and small businesses, will host the BIG APPLE CRUNCH at Hunter’s Silberman School of Social Work on 119th Street in East Harlem!

The Big Apple Crunch at Hunter College in East Harlem will bring together hundreds of East Harlem children for a morning of fun and educational activities. Local elected officials (subject to availability and scheduling) will lead the crowd in big apple crunches throughout the day – attendees will bite into their apples to celebrate nutritious food and healthy eating in East Harlem. The community partners engaged in this work have come together to celebrate Food Day with community children in a fun, healthy and educational way.
Big Apple Crunch is a way for New York City residents to celebrate healthy eating. The goal of each annual Big Apple Crunch is to get as many New Yorkers as possible to bite into an apple on Food Day. In the past few years there have been more than 800,000 participants in the Big Apple Crunch nationally.
Event Details and Location:
Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. E.T.
Hunter College Silberman Building, 2180 3rd Ave at 119th St, 2nd Floor Terrace
Throughout the morning: Big Apple Crunches and activities for children, officiated by local elected officials (Great photo op!)

Activities will include:

Apple Face Painting (Hunter College Nutrition Club)
Apple Stamping (Hunter College Nutrition Club)
Apple Sandwiches (WSCAH)
Apple Drizzles (Wellness In The Schools)
Apple Goodie Bags (Harvest Home Markets)
Apple Trivia (Hunter College Nutrition Club)

. . . and many more!
Some notable participants (subject to scheduling conflicts):

Council Member Diana Ayala

Council Member Kallos

Participating schools:

P.S. 7
The Association to Benefit Children
And more…

Big Apple Crunch 2019
2019-10-16 10:00 - 14:00 | Hunter College Silberman Building, 2180 3rd Ave at 119th St, 2nd Floor Terrace, NY
On Wednesday, October 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m, the Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center, along with East Harlem service providers and small businesses, will host the BIG APPLE CRUNCH at Hunter’s Silberman School of Social Work on 119th Street in East Harlem!

The Big Apple Crunch at Hunter College in East Harlem will bring together hundreds of East Harlem children for a morning of fun and educational activities. Local elected officials (subject to availability and scheduling) will lead the crowd in big apple crunches throughout the day – attendees will bite into their apples to celebrate nutritious food and healthy eating in East Harlem. The community partners engaged in this work have come together to celebrate Food Day with community children in a fun, healthy and educational way.
Big Apple Crunch is a way for New York City residents to celebrate healthy eating. The goal of each annual Big Apple Crunch is to get as many New Yorkers as possible to bite into an apple on Food Day. In the past few years there have been more than 800,000 participants in the Big Apple Crunch nationally.

Event Details and Location:
Wednesday, October 16, 2019, 10 a.m. – 2 p.m. E.T.
Hunter College Silberman Building, 2180 3rd Ave at 119th St, 2nd Floor Terrace
Throughout the morning: Big Apple Crunches and activities for children, officiated by local elected officials. (Great photo op!)
Activities will include: Apple Face Painting; Apple Stamping; Apple Sandwiches; Apple Drizzles; Apple Goodie Bags; Apple Trivia; Apple Parachute…and many more!
Some notable participants are (subject to scheduling conflicts) Council Member Ben Kallos and Deputy Manhattan Borough President Washington.
Participating schools include: P.S. 7; The Association to Benefit Children; East Harlem Bilingual Head Start; Addie Mae Collins Head Start; Harlem Children’s Zone

Food Policy 2019 Pitch Event
2019-11-12 08:45 - 10:15 | Hunter College Silberman Building, 2180 3rd Ave at 119th St, 2nd Floor Terrace, NY
If You Could Create ONE Food Policy or Food Initiative That Would Change/Fix the Food System in NYC – What Would It Be?

Come watch the finalists from our Food Policy 2019 Pitch Contest present their innovative ideas

One thousand dollar prize awarded to the winner.

Judges Include:

Eric L. Adams, Brooklyn Borough President
Michael Hurwitz, GrowNYC Greenmarket Director
Kim Kessler, Assistant Commissioner, NYC DOHMH
Karen Pearl, President, God’s Love We Deliver
Stephen Ritz, CEO, Green Bronx Machine

If you are interested in submitting a pitch please email info@nycfoodpolicy.org
Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:30am, Presentations begin at 9am

Kid Food: The Challenge of Feeding Children in a Highly Processed World
2019-11-14 18:30 - 20:30 | Hunter College Silberman Building, 2180 3rd Ave at 119th St, 2nd Floor Terrace, NY
Kid Food: The Challenge of Feeding Children in a Highly Processed World
A Conversation With:

Bettina Elias Siegel, Author, Kid Food: The Challenge of Feeding Children in a Highly Processed World, and blogger at The Lunch Tray
Pam Koch, PhD, Executive Director of the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy, Program in Nutrition, Teachers College, Columbia University
Marion Nestle, PhD, Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, New York University
Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, executive director of the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center

The panel will discuss the challenge of raising healthy eaters in today’s food environment.
Light Fare Will Be Served @ 6:30pm, Talk at 7pm with a book signing until 8:30pm

The Impact of Food on Academic Behavior, Attendance, Performance and Attrition
2020-03-10 09:00 - 10:15 | Online Zoom Webinar, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, New York, NY, United States
The Impact of Food on Academic Behavior, Attendance, Performance and Attrition
Panelists:

Cara Cuite, PhD, Assistant Extension Specialist, Department of Human Ecology, Rutgers University
Andrea Deierlein, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor of Public Health Nutrition, School of Global Public Health, NYU
Kevin Froner, PhD, Principal, Manhattan Hunter Science High School
Amy Schwartz, PhD, Professor, Economics and Public Administration and International Affairs, Syracuse University

Moderated by Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH
Healthy Breakfast Will Be Served @ 8:30am, Talk at 9am

Hunger, Food and the Coronavirus in NYC
2020-03-31 09:30 - 10:30 | NY, United States
Hunger, Food and the Coronavirus in NYC
COVID-19 is rapidly changing life in New York City and across the world. This panel conversation will discuss what needs to happen in NYC to protect our food system, farmers and local food-related business owners and to ensure that our most vulnerable populations have access to nutritious food during this challenging time.
This event will be conducted via a Zoom Webinar.

Joel Berg, CEO, Hunger Free America
Commissioner Grace Bonilla, JD, Administrator, Human Resources Administration
Michael Hurwitz, Director, Greenmarket, GrowNYC
Kate MacKenzie, Director, Mayor’s Office of Food Policy (tentative)
Bryan Moran, Director, DevOps, City Harvest
Karen Washington, Owner, Rise and Root Farmer

Moderated by Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH and Alexina Cather, MPH
This panel will be held as a zoom webinar. Register HERE

Everything You Need to Know About Food Safety, Takeout, and Groceries During COVID-19
2020-04-29 10:30 - 11:30
Everything You Need to Know About Food Safety, Takeout, and Groceries During COVID-19
This event will be conducted via a Zoom Webinar.
A conversation with Urvashi Rangan, PhD, Chief Science Advisor at Grace Communications Foundation and Donald W. Schaffer, PhD, Extension Specialist in Food Science and Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University.
Dr. Rangan is an environmental health scientist, toxicologist and investigator with more than 25 years of experience deciphering food systems to educate consumers, companies, government agencies and philanthropic investors on the best systems to support. She is a national spokesperson and advocate on a wide range of food safety risks – pathogens, pesticides, antibiotic resistance, arsenic and other carcinogens – as well as sustainable solutions, product choices and meaningful labels.
Dr. Schaffner is Extension Specialist in Food Science and Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University. His research interests include handwashing, cross-contamination and quantitative microbial risk assessment. He has authored more than 180 peer-reviewed publicationsand educated thousands of food industry professionals around the world. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Food Technologists, the American Academy of Microbiology and International Association for Food Protection (IAFP). He has served as an Editor for Applied and Environmental Microbiology since 2005. Dr. Schaffner was the president of IAFP in 2013-2014. In his spare time, he co-hosts the Food Safety Talk and Risky or Not podcasts.
Moderated by Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH
This panel will be held as a zoom webinar. Register HERE

Hunger, Food and COVID-19 in NYC: An Update
2020-05-05 09:30 - 10:30
Hunger, Food and COVID-19 in NYC: An Update
COVID-19 has had significant impacts to our local food system and food around the world. This panel conversation will discuss what is happening in NYC to protect our food system, farmers and local food-related business owners and to ensure that our most vulnerable populations have access to nutritious food during this challenging time.
This event will be conducted via a Zoom Webinar.

Joel Berg, CEO, Hunger Free America
Commissioner Grace Bonilla, JD, Administrator, Human Resources Administration
Ruth Finkelstein, ScD, MA, Executive Director, Brookdale Center on Aging, Hunter College, CUNY Professor, Urban Public Health, Hunter College, CUNY
Tony Hillery, Founder and Director, Harlem Grown
Michael Hurwitz, JD, MSW, Director, Food Access and Agriculture, GrowNYC
Kate MacKenzie, MS, RD, Director, Mayor’s Office of Food Policy

Moderated by Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH and Alexina Cather, MPH
This panel will be held as a zoom webinar. Register HERE

Stephen Ritz UNFILTERED
2020-06-17 09:30 - 10:30
Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center Executive Director Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH will be joined by Stephen Ritz is the Founder of Green Bronx Machine and self-proclaimed CEO – Chief Eternal Optimist – of Bronx County to discuss COVID-19, food insecurity and food policy in New York City.
This event will be conducted via a Zoom Webinar.
This panel will be held as a zoom webinar. Register HERE

NY Food 20/20: Visions, Research, and Recommendations for Food Systems During COVID-19 and Beyond
2020-09-30 09:30 - 11:00 | Online Zoom Webinar, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, New York, NY, United States
NY Food 20/20: Visions, Research, and Recommendations for Food Systems During COVID-19 and Beyond
Join NYC’s Three Leading Food Policy Centers
CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute
Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center
Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy
On September 30th, join the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center in collaboration with the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute and the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy at Columbia University, for a jointly-organized online public forum “NY Food 20/20: Visions, Research and Recommendations for Food Systems During COVID-19 and Beyond.”
The three academic institutions, which are leading food policy research centers in New York City, have joined forces to monitor and assess New York City’s food system response to COVID-19 over the next 18 months and produce the first independent assessment of the effects of COVID-19 on our food system and an assessment of the many public and private responses.
In this first panel discussion of NY Food 20/20, the Centers will begin to examine the effects of the first six months of the COVID-19 pandemic and its economic consequences on New York’s food system and the health and wellbeing of New Yorkers. The Centers will also discuss the creation and early implementation of some of the City’s responses to COVID-19 related food system changes.
Panelists will discuss the concrete actions that public officials and agencies, civil society groups and others can take with a focus on how to minimize the harms and maximize the opportunities to address the underlying problems the pandemic has exacerbated. They will identify possible steps New York City can take to minimize the inequitable distribution of burdens of the pandemic by socioeconomic status and race/ethnicity. Finally, speakers will suggest strategies to enable New York City’s food system to respond to a possible resurgence of the epidemic in the coming months or to new opportunities to open and rebuild the City.
This panel will be held as a zoom webinar. Register HERE
Image courtesy of Food Bank For NYC

The Impact of COVID-19 on Restaurants
2020-11-17 09:30 - 11:00 | Online
The Impact of COVID-19 on Restaurants in partnership with Food Tank

The restaurant industry employs 15.6 million people in the United States. Before COVID-19 restaurants were often overlooked as an integral part of the food system. When COVID-19 hit the United States hundreds of thousands of restaurants were forced to close their doors leaving restaurant workers and owners without incomes. Some restaurants closed their doors permanently but others pivoted and came up with innovative solutions to continue to serve food through COVID. The restaurant industry has been decimated. It’s estimated that around 100,000 or 1 in 6 restaurants have closed permanently or long-term. But with talk of a vaccine on the forefront many are reimagining a world post-COVID. What will restaurants look like when we return to “normal”?

In three 30 minute panels we will discuss how COVID-19 has impacted the restaurant industry and what can be done to save restaurants.

Panel 1: What Is the Role of Restaurants in the Food System?

Camilla Marcus, Founding Member, Independent Restaurant Coalition and Co-founder of the Relief Opportunities for All Restaurants
Naama Tamir, Co-owner of Lighthouse and Lighthouse Outpost

Panel 2: The Pivot. Working Through COVID-19.

JJ Johnson, Owner, FIELDTRIP
Tom Colicchio, Founder, Crafted Hospitality

Panel 3: What’s Next for Restaurants Post-COVID?

Andrew Rigie, Executive Director, NYC Hospitality Alliance
Salil Metah, Chef and Owner, Laut Singapura Restaurant

Moderated by:

Danielle Nierenberg, MS, President and Co-Founder, Food Tank
Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH, Executive Director, Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center

This event will be conducted via Streamyard live and streamed all Food Tank and Food Policy Center channels (Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube).

HOW TO WATCH
Tune in Live On ANY of these channels:
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NYCFoodPolicy/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uywLh5oSKfs
Twitter: https://twitter.com/NYCFoodPolicy

Food, Food Insecurity, and Mental Health
2020-12-09 09:30 - 10:45 | Online Zoom Webinar, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street, New York, NY, United States
Food, Food Insecurity, and Mental Health
This panel will discuss the impact of food and food insecurity on mental health. We will speak with experts to explore the negative outcomes that short-term and long-term food insecurity can have on mental health.
This event will be conducted via a Zoom Webinar.

Michael Burke, PhD, Social Science Research Analyst, USDA, Food and Nutrition Service
Kara Dean-Assael, DSW, Director of Clinical Innovation and Practice, NYU McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research
Craig Gundersen, PhD, ACES Distinguished Professor, Managing Editor, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, Director of Undergraduate Studies, University of Illinois
Khary Lazarre-White, JD, Executive Director and Co-Founder, Brotherhood/Sister Sol

Moderated by Charles Platkin, PhD, JD, MPH
This panel will be held as a zoom webinar. Register HERE
