Food Policy Watch (Hunter College) (August 29, 2018)

Food Policy Watch

Original Center stories, news, research studies and events for the week of August 29, 2018

Food Policy Center Original Content

This Organization is Working to End College Hunger (nycfoodpolicy.org)

New Column: Food Flash--August 2018 (A Round Up of Food Policy Topics) (nycfoodpolicy.org)

Food Policy & Practice News

Food Deserts Don't Cause Obesity. But That Doesn't Mean They Don't Matter. (The Washington Post)

Pesticide Studies Won E.P.A.'s Trust, Until Trump's Team Scorned 'Secret Science' (NY Times)

Why This New York City Doctor Went to Culinary School (Edible Manhattan)

ICE Detainees Are Supposed to Get Three Square Meals a Day-But They Don't (The New Food Economy)

Independent Grocery Growth Reflects Demand for Specialty and Organic Fare (Food Dive)

Childhood Poverty is Increasing, Alas (Food Politics)

How Will New American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines Impact CPG Sales? (Food Dive)

Natural Grocers Shrug Off Amazon-Whole Foods Threat (Wall Street Journal)

Here's the Ugly Truth About the Ugly Produce Movement (The New Food Economy)

When The U.S. Government Tried To Replace Migrant Farmworkers With High Schoolers (NPR Salt)

Thousands of Amazon Workers Receive Food Stamps. Now Bernie Sanders Wants the Company to Pay Up. (The Washington Post)

Paris Bees at Work From Notre-Dame to the Luxembourg Gardens (NY Times)

You Could Be Seeing More 'Imperfect' Produce on Your Plate (Edible Manhattan)

USDA's Latest Ideas for GMO Labels (Food Politics)

We Already Know Climate Change Will Make Our Crops Less Nutritious. Now We Know How That Will Impact Our Health (The New Food Economy)

General Mills Sued over Glyphosate in Cheerios Days After Monsanto Verdict (Food Dive)

20 Organizations Planting the Seeds for Food Justice in Prisons (Food Tank)

Once on the Sidelines of Farming, Women Landowners Find Their Voices (Civil Eats)

The $12 Billion Trade Mitigation Promised to Farmers: Who Gets How Much?

11 Foods with a Bad Reputation That You Can Feel Good About Eating - Including Coffee, Butter, and Cheese (Business Insider)

40% of Americans Struggle to Pay for One Basic Need like Food, Housing or Health Care (MarketWatch)

Don't Bug Out! The Smithsonian Channel Is Going To Show You How To Cook Insects (NPR Salt)

Airport Meals That Are, Yes, Healthy (NY Times)

When Medical Innovation Meets Politics (Wall Street Journal)

How the War on Climate Change Slams the World's Poor (New York Post)

Trump's Trade War with China: The Retaliation Lists (Food Politics)

NYC Food Policy Center Events

The Current State of Agriculture in New York City. Tuesday, September 25th, 8:30-10:15 AM at Hunter College Silberman Building. RSVP HERE>>>

Nutrition and Aging in New York City. Tuesday, October 23rd, 8:30-10:15 AM at Hunter College Silberman Building. RSVP HERE>>>

Children as Change Agents for Healthy Eating. Tuesday, November 6th, 8:30-10:15 AM at Hunter College Silberman Building. RSVP HERE>>>

Unsavory Truth: How Food Companies Skew the Science of What We Eat. A Conversation with Marion Nestle. Tuesday, December 4th, 8:30-10:15 AM at Hunter College Silberman Building. RSVP HERE>>>

Food Policy & Practice Journal Research

17.6 Million Americans Have No Easy Access to Healthy Food in Their Communities (Reinvestment Fund)

Child Poverty Heavily Concentrated in Rural Mississippi, Even More So Than Before the Great Recession (USDA)

Food Insecurity Leads to Higher Mortality Risk, a New Study Finds (PLOS ONE)

Interactive Effects of Parenting Behavior and Regulatory Skills in Toddlerhood on Child Weight Outcomes (International Journal of Obesity)

Wasted Food: A Qualitative Study of U.S. Young Adults' Perceptions, Beliefs and Behaviors (Appetite)

Update of the Healthy Eating Index: HEI-2015 (Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)

In Defense of Sugar: A Critique of Diet-Centrism (Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases)

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