1 in 4 New Yorkers Experience Food Insecurity New York NOW One in four adults in New York are experiencing food insecurity. With the threat of federal funding cuts to food assistance programs, the governor and state legislature are both hoping to tackle the issue and provide hunger relief to New [...]
Major Strides Toward Passage of Good Food NY Bill Made This Session Ribka Getachew Taylor Pate Jess Gilbert-Overland Susanne Donovan New York State Good Food Purchasing Coalition We know what the Good Food NY Bill means to communities across New York State. We know the stakes and the potential this [...]
Mayor Adams Takes Executive Action to Promote Healthy Food in New York City NYC: Office of the Mayor Mayor Signs Two Executive Orders to Formalize City’s Commitment to Good Food Purchasing and Promote Healthy Food Advertising on City Property NEW YORK – New York City Mayor Eric Adams today signed two executive [...]
Senator Michelle Hinchey and Coalition Announce Legislation to Revolutionize the Way Municipalities Buy Food Press Release Office of Senator Michelle Hinchey Hinchey Bill Would Make NY the First State to Implement Values-Based Food Procurement that Directs Commerce Towards BIPOC Businesses & Local Farms, Prioritizes Pro-Environment, Worker, & Animal Welfare Applicants [...]
Effort to Build More Humane Food Systems in New York ASPCA Late last year, we shared exciting news: the Good Food NY Bill (S.7534/A.8580) had been introduced in New York to enable public institutions to buy food that meets certain values-based criteria, including improved farm animal welfare. This afternoon, Senator Michelle Hinchey [...]
Kate Mackenzie, MS, RD: COVID-19 Food Hero NYC Food Policy Editor Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center Why She’s a Food Hero: Kate Mackenzie leads the Mayor’s Office of Food Policy. As Director of the Office of Food Policy, she played a critical role in the development and management of [...]
How New York City Is Revolutionizing Good Food Policy Errol Schweizer Forbes New York City has released a comprehensive and groundbreaking food policy document. Food Forward NYC: A 10 Year Policy Plan is a sweeping overview of goals, strategies and operational considerations to ensure that the city is building an [...]
Food Forward NYC: City Releases 10-Year Food Policy Plan The City of New York NEW YORK—Mayor Bill de Blasio and the Mayor's Office of Food Policy (MOFP) announced today the release of the City's first ever 10-Year Food Policy Plan, "Food Forward NYC," a comprehensive framework for a more racially and economically equitable, [...]
What Happens When Nation's Largest School System Goes Meatless One Day a Week? JoAnna Klein The Hill More than one million New York school kids are now going meatless on Mondays. What good will it do? The current population of the United States: 327.2 million. The number of students attending [...]
New York City Council Speaker Announces City’s Commitment to Good Food Purchasing Program FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contacts: Ribka Getachew, Director of the NYC Good Food Purchasing Campaign, Community Food Advocates, [email protected] Suzanne Adely, Regional Organizer: Mid Atlantic & New England, Food Chain Workers Alliance, [email protected] Craig Willingham, Deputy Director, CUNY Urban Food [...]
