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SUMMARY:Hunger\, Food and the Coronavirus in NYC
DESCRIPTION:Hunger\, Food and the Coronavirus in NYC \nCOVID-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. \nThis event will be conducted via a Zoom Webinar. \n\nJoel Berg\, CEO\, Hunger Free America\nCommissioner Grace Bonilla\, JD\, Administrator\, Human Resources Administration\nMichael Hurwitz\, Director\, Greenmarket\, GrowNYC\nKate MacKenzie\, Director\, Mayor’s Office of Food Policy (tentative)\nBryan Moran\, Director\, DevOps\, City Harvest\nKaren Washington\, Owner\, Rise and Root Farmer\n\nModerated by Charles Platkin\, PhD\, JD\, MPH and Alexina Cather\, MPH \nThis panel will be held as a zoom webinar. Register HERE
URL:https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/eventcalendar/coronavirusnyc/
LOCATION:NY\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200429T103000
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SUMMARY:Everything You Need to Know About Food Safety\, Takeout\, and Groceries During COVID-19
DESCRIPTION:Everything You Need to Know About Food Safety\, Takeout\, and Groceries During COVID-19 \nThis event will be conducted via a Zoom Webinar. \nA 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. \nDr. 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. \nDr. 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. \nModerated by Charles Platkin\, PhD\, JD\, MPH  \nThis panel will be held as a zoom webinar. Register HERE
URL:https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/eventcalendar/webinar-everything-you-need-to-know-about-grocery-shopping-food-safety-and-eating-well-during-covid-19/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200505T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200505T103000
DTSTAMP:20260624T172100
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SUMMARY:Hunger\, Food and COVID-19 in NYC: An Update
DESCRIPTION:Hunger\, Food and COVID-19 in NYC: An Update \nCOVID-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. \nThis event will be conducted via a Zoom Webinar. \n\nJoel Berg\, CEO\, Hunger Free America\nCommissioner Grace Bonilla\, JD\, Administrator\, Human Resources Administration\nRuth Finkelstein\, ScD\, MA\, Executive Director\, Brookdale Center on Aging\, Hunter College\, CUNY Professor\, Urban Public Health\, Hunter College\, CUNY\nTony Hillery\, Founder and Director\, Harlem Grown\nMichael Hurwitz\, JD\, MSW\, Director\, Food Access and Agriculture\, GrowNYC\nKate MacKenzie\, MS\, RD\, Director\, Mayor’s Office of Food Policy\n\nModerated by Charles Platkin\, PhD\, JD\, MPH and Alexina Cather\, MPH \nThis panel will be held as a zoom webinar. Register HERE \n  \n 
URL:https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/eventcalendar/an-update-hunger-food-and-the-coronavirus-in-nyc/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200617T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200617T103000
DTSTAMP:20260624T172100
CREATED:20200522T175151Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20200522T175151Z
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SUMMARY:Stephen Ritz UNFILTERED
DESCRIPTION: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. \nThis event will be conducted via a Zoom Webinar. \nThis panel will be held as a zoom webinar. Register HERE
URL:https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/eventcalendar/stephen-ritz-unfiltered/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200930T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200930T110000
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SUMMARY:NY Food 20/20: Visions\, Research\, and Recommendations for Food Systems During COVID-19 and Beyond
DESCRIPTION:NY Food 20/20: Visions\, Research\, and Recommendations for Food Systems During COVID-19 and Beyond \nJoin NYC’s Three Leading Food Policy Centers \nCUNY Urban Food Policy Institute\nHunter College New York City Food Policy Center\nLaurie M. Tisch Center for Food\, Education & Policy \nOn 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.” \nThe 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. \nIn 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. \nPanelists 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. \nThis panel will be held as a zoom webinar. Register HERE \nImage courtesy of Food Bank For NYC\n  \n  \n 
URL:https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/eventcalendar/ny-food-20-20-visions-research-and-recommendations-for-food-systems-during-covid-19-and-beyond/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Webinar\, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201117T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201117T110000
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SUMMARY:The Impact of COVID-19 on Restaurants
DESCRIPTION:The Impact of COVID-19 on Restaurants in partnership with Food Tank\n\nThe 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”?\n\n\n\n\nIn three 30 minute panels we will discuss how COVID-19 has impacted the restaurant industry and what can be done to save restaurants.\n\n\n\n\nPanel 1: What Is the Role of Restaurants in the Food System? \n\nCamilla Marcus\, Founding Member\, Independent Restaurant Coalition and Co-founder of the Relief Opportunities for All Restaurants\nNaama Tamir\, Co-owner of Lighthouse and Lighthouse Outpost\n\nPanel 2: The Pivot. Working Through COVID-19. \n\nJJ Johnson\, Owner\, FIELDTRIP\nTom Colicchio\, Founder\, Crafted Hospitality\n\nPanel 3: What’s Next for Restaurants Post-COVID? \n\nAndrew Rigie\, Executive Director\, NYC Hospitality Alliance\nSalil Metah\, Chef and Owner\, Laut Singapura Restaurant\n\nModerated by: \n\nDanielle Nierenberg\, MS\, President and Co-Founder\, Food Tank\nCharles Platkin\, PhD\, JD\, MPH\, Executive Director\, Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center\n\nThis event will be conducted via Streamyard live and streamed all Food Tank and Food Policy Center channels (Twitter\, Facebook\, LinkedIn and YouTube). \n\nHOW TO WATCH \nTune in Live On ANY of these channels:  \nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/NYCFoodPolicy/ \nYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uywLh5oSKfs \nTwitter: https://twitter.com/NYCFoodPolicy
URL:https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/eventcalendar/the-impact-of-covid-19-on-restaurants/
LOCATION:Online
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201209T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201209T104500
DTSTAMP:20260624T172100
CREATED:20201022T194710Z
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SUMMARY:Food\, Food Insecurity\, and Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:Food\, Food Insecurity\, and Mental Health \nThis 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. \nThis event will be conducted via a Zoom Webinar. \n\nMichael Burke\, PhD\, Social Science Research Analyst\, USDA\, Food and Nutrition Service\nKara Dean-Assael\, DSW\, Director of Clinical Innovation and Practice\, NYU McSilver Institute for Poverty Policy and Research\nCraig Gundersen\, PhD\, ACES Distinguished Professor\, Managing Editor\, Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy\, Director of Undergraduate Studies\, University of Illinois\nKhary Lazarre-White\, JD\, Executive Director and Co-Founder\, Brotherhood/Sister Sol\n\nModerated by Charles Platkin\, PhD\, JD\, MPH  \nThis panel will be held as a zoom webinar. Register HERE \n  \n 
URL:https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/eventcalendar/food-food-insecurity-and-mental-health/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Webinar\, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210420T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210420T110000
DTSTAMP:20260624T172100
CREATED:20210310T171915Z
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SUMMARY:A Conversation With Michael Moss
DESCRIPTION:A Conversation With Michael Moss \nThis event will be conducted via a Zoom Webinar. \nMichael Moss\, Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter formerly with the NY Times and the author of the #1 New York Times bestseller SALT SUGAR FAT: How the Food Giants Hooked Us\, will join the Center’s Executive Director\, Dr. Charles Platkin to discuss his latest book\, HOOKED: Food and Free Will. \nThis panel will be held as a zoom webinar. Register HERE>>> \n  \n 
URL:https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/eventcalendar/a-conversation-with-michael-moss/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Webinar\, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20210520T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20210520T110000
DTSTAMP:20260624T172100
CREATED:20210427T153137Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210511T173425Z
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SUMMARY:Making Progress on Added Sugar: Nutrition Policy After The Pandemic
DESCRIPTION:Making Progress on Added Sugar: Nutrition Policy After The Pandemic\n\n\n\n\nIn partnership with the Center for Science in the Public Interest\n\n\nIn three 30 minute panels we will discuss what progress has been made on added sugar and what still needs to be done. We will also explore how the pandemic has influenced nutrition policy and what to expect going forward.\n\n\n\n\nPanel I: Sugar and Institutions: What’s Been Done\, and What Needs to Be Done  \n  \nTo increase access to and promote consumption of healthier foods and beverages for employees\, program participants\, people in public custody\, students\, and citizens\, state and local governments are increasingly adopting guidelines for the foods and beverages they purchase\, serve\, and sell on public property and through their programs—from the prison commissary to meals served to patients at a public hospital. These policies can play a role in reducing consumption of added sugars. This session will explore the experience of implementing sugar reduction through the NYC food standards\, the NYC Health and Hospitals Healthy Beverage Initiative\, and opportunities to make further progress at the city and state level. \n\nNichola Davis\, MD\, MS\, Vice President\, Chief Population Health Officer at NYC Health + Hospitals \nElizabeth Solomon\, MS\, RD\, Director\, Nutrition Policy & Programs\, NYC DOHMH  \nPam Koch\, EdD\, RD\, Executive Director\, Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food\, Education & Policy\, Program in Nutrition\n\nPanel 2: Pouring Rights Contracts at Public Universities  \nOne way that beverage companies advertise their products is through exclusive marketing agreements with venues and institutions\, known as “pouring rights” contracts (PRCs). Many U.S. universities (including the CUNY system and several SUNY campuses) maintain PRCs with Coca-Cola or Pepsi. Through these multi-year\, multi-million dollar contracts\, universities sell exclusive access to their own students\, allowing beverage companies to push sugar-sweetened beverages on students and promote those products with on-campus advertising in exchange for funds. Such contracts allow the beverage companies to benefit from public resources\, and effectively make universities corporate partners in the sale of unhealthy drinks. Student activists and public health faculty have begun engaging their universities to reconsider their relationships with Big Soda. This panel will discuss considerations and strategies for engaging university leadership around university pouring rights \n\nJen Falbe\, PhD\, Assistant Professor of Nutrition and Human Development\, UC Davis\nRichard Black\, PhD\, Principal\, Quadrant D and former Vice President of Global Nutrition Sciences\, PepsiCo\nKelly Garvey\, Research Assistant at University of California Santa Barbara \n\nPanel 3: (Added) Sugar Warnings at Restaurants  \nReturning to normal after the pandemic also means returning to food environments that normalize extreme consumption of sodium (salt) and added sugars. Too often\, meals sold at chain restaurants approach or exceed the daily limit of sodium or added sugars in a single serving. A bill now pending in NYC Council for a sugar icon modeled on the sodium icon already in use on NYC menu boards\, can help transform food environments by promoting consumer choice and reformulation. How can warnings be designed in a way that centers the needs of New York communities? These communities are disproportionately impacted by diet-related disease\, and have the right access to key information about the unhealthy foods served in the food environments they utilize the most. \nCommunities want successful\, effective warnings that will achieve real gains when it comes to public health. Learn how warning icons can help your community recover to a healthier food system and empower individuals to attain our own goals when it comes to restoring our health. \n\n\n\n\nAviva Musicus\, ScD\, Postdoctoral Research Fellow\, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health\nSarah Sorscher\, JD\, MPH\, Deputy Director of Regulatory Affairs at Center for Science in the Public Interest\nJulio Salcedo\, Teens for Food Justice Intern\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nModerated by: \n\nMarion Nestle\, PhD\, MPH\, Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition\, Food Studies and Public Health\, Emerita\, at New York University\n\nThis event will be conducted via Zoom. Register HERE.
URL:https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/eventcalendar/making-progress-on-added-sugar-nutrition-policy-after-the-pandemic/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Webinar\, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20211026T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20211026T103000
DTSTAMP:20260624T172100
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SUMMARY:Measuring Food Insecurity
DESCRIPTION:Measuring food insecurity is critical for developing food assistance programs; evaluating nutrition\, health\, and development initiatives; and informing food policy across sectors. This panel will discuss how food insecurity is measured. We will speak with experts to explore how food insecurity has been measured and if new tools are needed to accurately assess food insecurity following the COVID-19 pandemic. \nParticipants include: \n\n\n\n\n\nChris Barrett\, PhD\, Stephen B. & Janice G. Ashley Professor of Applied Economics and Management International Professor of Agriculture at Cornell University’s Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management and Co-Editor-in-Chief of Food Policy\nJoel Berg\, CEO\, Hunger Free America\nCarlo Cafiero\, PhD\, Project Manager of “Voices of the Hungry\,” Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations\nAlisha Coleman-Jensen\, PhD\, Social Science Analyst\, Economic Research Service\, USDA\nTrenor Williams\, MD\, Founder & CEO\, Socially Determined\n\n\n\n\n\nModerated by Charles Platkin\, PhD\, JD\, MPH\, Executive Director\, Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center and Distinguished Lecturer at Hunter College\, City University of New York. Watch the panel HERE.
URL:https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/eventcalendar/measuring-food-insecurity/
LOCATION:Online Zoom Webinar\, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street\, New York\, NY\, United States
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20220316T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20220316T110000
DTSTAMP:20260624T172100
CREATED:20221213T152632Z
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SUMMARY:NY Food 2025: Policies for a Stronger\, Healthier\, More Just\, and Sustainable Food System in NYC
DESCRIPTION:n March 16th\, NY Food 2025\, a collaboration of the Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center\, the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute\, and the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food\, Education & Policy\, Teachers College\, Columbia University\, held an online public forum titled “NY Food 2025: Policy Recommendations for a Stronger\, Healthier\, More Just\, and Sustainable Food System in NYC.” Building on the first report detailing COVID-19’s impact on the NYC food system during the first six months of the crisis\, this forum educated and inspired stakeholders to support food policies and programs that will ensure NYC emerges from the COVID-19 pandemic with a stronger\, healthier\, more just\, and sustainable food system. \nModerator: Lisa Elaine Held\, Senior Staff Reporter\, Civil Eats \nWatch the panel discussion HERE.
URL:https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/eventcalendar/ny-food-2025-policies-for-a-stronger-healthier-more-just-and-sustainable-food-system-in-nyc/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20221013T103000
DTSTAMP:20260624T172100
CREATED:20221213T152927Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221213T152927Z
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SUMMARY:Interview with Food Policy Expert Dr. Marion Nestle
DESCRIPTION:On October 13th\, author and food policy expert Dr. Marion Nestle joined Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center Executive Director Dr. Charles Platkin to discuss Dr. Nestle’s latest book\, “Slow Cooked: An Unexpected Life in Food Politics.” \nWatch the interview HERE.
URL:https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/eventcalendar/interview-with-food-policy-expert-dr-marion-nestle/
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20230302T203000
DTSTAMP:20260624T172100
CREATED:20230411T141211Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230411T141239Z
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SUMMARY:Transforming the Nation’s Food System: Lessons from the New Deal and Strategies for Today
DESCRIPTION:The Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center\, Roosevelt House and Living New Deal’s NYC Chapter aco-hosted an expert roundtable to explore how federal policy initiatives can spur revitalization of regional agriculture\, better conditions for farm and food-processing workers\, more equitable food distribution\, and improved nutrition for all Americans — measures that recall successful New Deal programs. \nThe trauma of the pandemic alone has not changed the underlying forces that have shaped the nation’s food supply chain over many decades\, narrowly concentrating sources of food production\, processing\, and distribution. The emergency infusion of funding for SNAP benefits\, food pantries\, and charitable hunger-relief programs is abating\, though food insecurity persists widely. \nThis year’s anticipated re-authorization of the federal farm bill is an opportunity to transform the nation’s food system. First enacted during the Great Depression\, this omnibus statute encompasses a host of agricultural programs as well as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) — the largest source of federal food assistance for low-income Americans. Recent federal actions address food supply-chain insecurity\, support for small farmers\, and SNAP program management. \nMany of these measures resonate with successful initiatives of the New Deal era. These included hunger relief programs in rural and urban areas\, including schools; construction of farm-to-market roads; rural electrification\, facilities for farmer education and agricultural research; and housing for farmer resettlement. New Deal programs funded construction of urban farm market structures\, some of which survive today in New York State and elsewhere. \nThe experts gathered for this roundtable explore current challenges and opportunities and reflect on the legacies of the New Deal for today’s policymakers. Welcoming remarks by Roosevelt House Director Harold Holzer. \nModerator: Jeff Gold is a New York City-based urbanist and editor\, chair of the Metro NY Health Care for All Campaign\, and director of the Institute for Rational Urban Mobility. Gold serves on the NYC Working Group of the Living New Deal. He has coordinated community needs planning sessions with local residents of distressed smaller cities to find solutions to ‘food deserts’ and other serious food supply problems. \nPanelists: \n\nKate MacKenzie is Executive Director of the Mayor’s Office of Food Policy (MOFP) and advises the Mayor on all issues related to food policy and the City’s food system. She leads the City’s Good Food Purchasing commitments\, focused on increasing access to healthy\, sustainable foods for the over 238 million meals and snacks served daily by City agencies\, from public schools to senior centers.\nAnnette Nielsen is the Acting Director of the Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center. Until recently\, she led the New York City office for the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets. Representing the Department\, she provided a touchpoint for the agricultural and food industries in the greater metropolitan area\, while supporting statewide efforts to build resilient food systems. She is a member of the Policy Committee for the Food Ed Coalition at the Tisch Center for Food\, Education & Policy at Teachers College\, Columbia University\, and the New York Women’s Culinary Alliance.\nJan Poppendieck is a Professor Emerita of Sociology at Hunter College\, a co-founder of the New York City Food Policy Center at Hunter\, and a senior fellow at the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute at the CUNY School of Public Health and Health Policy. She is the author of Breadlines Knee-Deep in Wheat: Food Assistance in the Great Depression\, Sweet Charity? Emergency Food and the End of Entitlement\, and Free For All: Fixing School Food in America. She serves on the Board of Directors of Community Food Advocates\, and the Advisory Committees of Wellness in the Schools and the Hunter College Welfare Rights Initiative\, and she is a member of the Global Alliance for Food\, Health\, and Social Justice.\nMyron Thurston is the Food Supply Chain Marketing Specialist for Cornell Cooperative Extension of Oneida County and is a Senior Resource Educator in the Cornell System. His most recent position was in Agriculture Economic Development at Cornell Cooperative Extension of Madison County\, and he worked with farmers there to help them prepare for expansion\, diversification\, and financial protection for their agribusinesses. He also served as the head of marketing for two nonprofits in Central New York. Myron grew up on a 100-year-old family dairy farm that milked some 350 cows and farmed on 2\,000 acres in Oneida County\, NY.\n\nWatch the panel discussion HERE.
URL:https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/eventcalendar/transforming-the-nations-food-system-lessons-from-the-new-deal-and-strategies-for-today/
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SUMMARY:Food as Medicine Summit
DESCRIPTION:This virtual event will be hosted by the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center and the Center for Food as Medicine on Wednesday November 15th\, 2023.  \n  \nPlease click on THIS link to attend the event OR cut and paste this into your browser: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJ0GSC9gqsw Thank you\, and enjoy the summit! \n  \nThis is a free event\, but registration is required to attend. To register\, follow this link. \nQuestions? Reach out to Annette Nielsen at annettenielsen@mac.com
URL:https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/eventcalendar/food-as-medicine-summit/
LOCATION:Online
CATEGORIES:Events calendar
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SUMMARY:Food Policy For Breakfast Series: Strategies for Sustained Nutrition and Culinary Education Programs
DESCRIPTION:Strategies for Sustained Nutrition and Culinary Education \nREGISTER HERE \nCome join us on May 16\, 2024\, at 9:00AM to delve into strategies for sustained nutrition and culinary education programs! \nPanel 1: Practice and Practitioners\nModerator: Pam Koch\, Ed.D.\, Professor and Faculty Director of the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food\, Education & Policy at\nTeachers College\, Columbia University;\nLynn Fredericks\, Founder\, Family Cook Productions;\nYadira Garcia\, Director of Programs and Innovations\, Corbin Hill Food Project; and\nMarion Williams\, National Program Director\, Wellness in the Schools \nPanel 2: Policy\nModerator: Annette Nielsen\, Executive Director\, Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center;\nPam Koch\, Ed.D.\, Professor and Faculty Director of the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food\, Education & Policy at Teachers College\, Columbia University; and\nJeremy Walter\, Deputy Executive Director\, NYC Public Schools \n 
URL:https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/eventcalendar/food-policy-for-breakfast-series-urban-agriculture-strategies-for-sustained-nutrition-and-culinary-education-programs/
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SUMMARY:SNAP-Shot Panel Discussion
DESCRIPTION:The NYC Food Policy Center\, Hunter School of Health Professions\, Hunter Department of Nutrition and Public Health\, the Silberman School of Social Work\, and community partner East Side Soul present “SNAP-shot\,” a conversation on how SNAP\, food insecurity\, and the government shutdown are affecting East Harlem and the Hunter College community. Enjoy lunch from Amor Cubano\, a fresh produce distro\, and an engaging discussion on November 10th\, 2025\, from 11:30 AM to 1:15 PM. Join us in person or on Zoom!
URL:https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/eventcalendar/snap-shot-panel-discussion/
LOCATION:The Silberman Building\, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street\, New York
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SUMMARY:Upcycled Plant Pots Workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join the NYC Food Policy Center at the Silberman School of Social Work on Jan 9th\, from 4-6 p.m. for a workshop honoring agricultural science pioneer George Washington Carver. Led by homesteader Crystal-Renna of Chicas Urban Farm\, participants will learn to transform everyday items like yogurt containers into windowsill pots\, plant seeds to take home\, and discuss Black foodways\, farmers\, and agriculture over snacks.  
URL:https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/eventcalendar/upcycled-plant-pots-workshop/
LOCATION:The Silberman Building\, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street\, New York
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SUMMARY:Upcycling Workshop: Self-Watering Plant Pots
DESCRIPTION:Join us for another discussion about the importance of upcycling in agriculture\, and how it can up your urban gardening game! \n\nWe will be talking with farmer Crystal-Renna from Chica’s Urban Farm in Newburgh\, NY who will also be leading us through a workshop on how to create our very own self-watering plant pots out of recycled plastic bottles. Whether you’re a house plant lover or interested in growing food producing plants\, this workshop will provide you with all the materials you need to bring a little more green into your space! \n\n\n\n\nRead more
URL:https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/eventcalendar/upcycling-workshop-self-watering-plant-pots/
LOCATION:Silberman School of Social Work Campus\, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street\, New York\, New York\, United States
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SUMMARY:Indigenous Food Policy Summit
DESCRIPTION:Join the FPC as Hunter College hosts our first-ever Indigenous Food Policy Summit\, welcoming leaders\, elders\, and community members from all around the world. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe evening will kick off with Lenape Center Director of Agriculture Curtis Zunigha and keynote speaker Oglala-Lakota Sioux Chef Sean Sherman\, who will set the tone for the night: Indigenous peoples on Turtle Island are facing mounting challenges to their food sovereignty\, including the impacts of climate change—yet those challenges extend to all of those on the continent. \nThroughout the Silberman Building\, we’ll host discussions\, short-film screenings\, and cooking demonstrations. Our speakers will present on topics ranging from regenerative urban agriculture and education\, to reimagining the legal boundaries of buffalo on tribal land\, and even nixtamalization (the processing of corn with alkaline solution) as a form of political resistance and resilience—just to name a few. \nGuests will also be able to sample Tetelas\, atole\, huazontle tacos\, Pastel Azteca\, bápa and wasna\, venison soup\, and more.
URL:https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/eventcalendar/indigenous-food-policy-summit/
LOCATION:Silberman School of Social Work Campus\, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street\, New York\, New York\, United States
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SUMMARY:Soil to Shelves: Detroit Lessons on Getting Local Supply into Retail Models
DESCRIPTION:Join Detroit and NYC food and agriculture leaders in a “garden side chat”! \n\n\n\n\nThe city of Detroit is known for having a rich\, deep history of urban agriculture\, hyperlocal food access\, and community organizing. With over 2\,200 gardens and farms\, Detroit has been a national leader in leveraging municipal policies to support land stewardship for residents to grow\, foster economic activity\, and build a resilient food/ag system. With the recent launch of the Detroit People’s Food Co-op\, a Black-led community owned grocery store\, there is now yet another critical connection for local gardeners and small businesses to provide healthy\, fresh food into the community while generating revenue. \nIn this chat\, we will dig into a conversation with Detroit city and community food/agriculture leaders on the importance of urban agriculture\, land tenure\, and community power in the city’s food and sustainability plans. We will also hear about current lessons learned in starting and sustaining a community-driven food co-op as well as the opportunities and challenges getting local food supply from urban gardens and onto shelves of the store and what growers and the city leaders should factor in planning for NYC models. We will also include time for Q/A with the speakers as well as breakouts for the audience to discuss their ideas and feedback which will be shared in MOUA’s “Purchasing with Purpose” recommendations to the city.
URL:https://www.nycfoodpolicy.org/eventcalendar/soil-to-shelves-detroit-lessons-on-getting-local-supply-into-retail-models/
LOCATION:Virtual
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