The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a voluntary salt (sodium chloride) reduction recommendation for commercially processed, prepared, and packaged food on October 13th, 2021 [1]. The guidance is intended to be voluntary and short-term (~2.5 years) in duration. The guidelines are important because most salt consumption comes from processed food and packaged food [...]
My new publication, SNAP, Campus Food Insecurity, and the Politics of Deservingness, digs into the history of SNAP restrictions and the consequences of these policies for CUNY students today. SNAP student restrictions for full time college students were put in place in the early 1980’s. These rules bar full time college students from receiving SNAP [...]
The UIC School of Public Health is pleased to host Distinguished Lecturer Dr. Nicholas Freudenberg, Distinguished Professor of Public Health at City University of New York School of Public Health and Director of the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute. Dr. Freudenberg will be speaking about the effects of corporate practices on health (aka commercial determinants [...]
The COVID-19 pandemic has created an opportunity to re-envision a food sector in New York City and beyond where workers all along the food chain have access to high-quality employment and are valued for their labor. The next New York City Mayor and City Council – and the new New York State Governor – have [...]
Good morning, commissioners. My name is Nevin Cohen, and I am the Research Director of the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute at CUNY’s Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy. The Institute conducts community-based research and provides evidence and insights to support healthy and just urban food systems. A substantial area of our work [...]
VCN: Tell us a little about yourself. What is your favorite food and why? AC: My name is Alec Chi. I’m from Houston, Texas, and my family is from Taiwan and Japan. I like cooking, farming, swimming, and skateboarding. My favorite food is stinky tofu which is fermented tofu that can be cooked in a [...]
The Institute’s Nicholas Freudenberg, Katherine Tomaino Fraser & Yvette Ng provide recommendations for the next New York City Mayor. In less than six months, a new Mayor and dozens of City Council members will join their returning colleagues to chart a course for governing the city in the coming years. Even sooner, a new New [...]
Growing up, I always wanted to help people. As a child, I watched my mom host food giveaways in the neighborhood, advocate against police brutality, connect people with resources, and serve as a go-to person for people in need around us. It would be easy to think we had a lot, but we did not. [...]
The CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute is pleased to announce that our second cohort of CUNY Food Justice Leadership Fellows have completed the 12-month training portion of the program and been placed into 6-month internships with organizations that are committed to food justice and creating opportunities for young food justice leaders: Alec Chi- East New [...]
VCN: Tell us a little about yourself. What is your favorite food and why? CM: I’m a Public Health major at Hunter College, and I’m a Food Justice Leadership Fellow with the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute, so I advocate for food justice in New York City. I also work in an ophthalmology clinic where [...]
