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NYC Food Policy Watch Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of March 29, 2017  Food Policy Center Original Content What You Need to Know BEFORE You Eat at the next farm-to-table restaurant: A NYC Food Policy Investigation (nycfoodpolicy.org) Two Birds, One Stone: NYC Food Based Community Organization Spotlight (nycfoodpolicy.org) Public Health Product Tax in Hungary: Urban Food Policy Snapshot (nycfoodpolicy.org) Food Policy Center Original Report   NYC Foodscapes by Neighborhood (nycfoodpolicy.org) These 34 NYC Foodscape reports provide a community-level snapshot of that environment, including data on healthy and unhealthy food consumption, food access, and nutrition-related diseases. Additionally, the reports detail a sampling of the many resources available to residents within their neighborhoods to support them in eating healthier. Get all 34 Reports Here>>>   Food Policy & Practice News  WITS Program Teaches Healthy Cooking in Schools (NY Times) Trump's Budget Would Set Food System Progress Back Generations (Civil Eats) A Huge Food Industry Strike Is Coming (Eater) Keep watch for these three new labels on packaged foods (The Washington Post) U.N.'s Famine Appeal Is Billions Shy of Goal (NY Times) Food Is Just One Serving Of What Meals On Wheels Gives Seniors (NPR Salt) Brexit: How will it affect farming and food? (BBC News) School Lunch Share Tables Fight Food Waste and Hunger (Civil Eats) Proposed Mexican Bill Takes on U.S. Corn Interests (Food Tank) Kids Who Suffer Hunger In First Years Lag Behind Their Peers In School (NPR Salt) The food industry isn't going to ditch pesticides any time soon, but you can in your own garden (The Washington Post) Our prospective USDA Secretary, Sonny Perdue (Food Politics) The U.S. Can't Really Know If Farmers Are Cutting Back On Antibiotics, GAO Says (NPR Salt) Meat Processing in a Box (Civil Eats) Food Policy & Practice Journal Research On food security and the economic valuation of food (Food Policy) Cookbooks give readers (mostly) bad advice on food safety (British Food Journal) Cooking family meals, skipping TV during those meals linked to lower odds of obesity (Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics) An experiment on cash and in-kind transfers with application to food assistance programs (Food Policy) Implementation of a School Nurse-led Intervention for Children With Severe Obesity in New York City Schools (Journal of Pediatric Nursing)   NYC Food Policy Center Events The Impact of New York City's School Gardens. Thursday, April 27th, 2017. 8:30 AM-10:15 AM. Location: Hunter College, Silberman Building, Second floor auditorium, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street  RSVP Here >>>>   How NYC SchoolFoods Works from the Inside. Tuesday, May 16th, 2017. 8:30 AM-10:15 AM. Location: Hunter College, Silberman Building, Second floor auditorium, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street RSVP Here >>>>  Saving the Farms of NY State (Hudson Valley): Why Every New Yorker Should Care About Farmers' Markets. Thursday, June 6th, 2017. 8:30 AM-10:15 AM. (Part 2 (Part 1 Info to come soon)  Location: Hunter College, Silberman Building, Second floor auditorium, 2180 Third Avenue at 119th Street  RSVP Here >>>>    NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College  2180 Third Avenue, New York, NY 10035 [log in to unmask] Forward this email STAY CONNECTED

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