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PRESS ADVISORY
For release March 14, 2022
Contacts:
Nevin Cohen at nevin.cohen@sph.cuny.edu
Charles Platkin at info@nycfoodpolicy.org
Sara Abiola at sa3049@tc.columbia.edu
On Wednesday, March 16, 9:30 to 11:00 am, researchers from the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy (CUNY SPH), Hunter College, and the Columbia University Teachers College will release seven policy briefs titled “NY Food 2025: Policy Recommendations for a Stronger, Healthier, More Just and Sustainable Food System in NYC.”
The event, moderated by Lisa Held, a Senior Staff Reporter at Civil Eats and known for her work writing about the food system, agriculture, and the environment, will be streamed online at 9:30am on March 16.
The policy briefs were crafted by a team from the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute at CUNY SPH, the Hunter College New York City Food Policy Center, and the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy at Teachers College, Columbia University. Their collaborative work builds on two years of research examining the effects of the pandemic on New York City’s food policies and programs and proposes specific policy measures the NYC Mayor and City Council should consider and implement to build a stronger, healthier, more just, and sustainable food system in New York City.
NY Food 2025 presents 28 concrete recommendations to reduce food insecurity; improve healthy food access; reduce promotion and availability of unhealthy food; support a robust, sustainable, and equitable food infrastructure; protect and empower food workers; advance food planning; and increase citizen control and ownership of the food system.
This work was supported by several funders organized by Community Food Funders, a philanthropic organizing project that supports healthier food systems in the New York metropolitan region.
