Archives: Food Governance

Putting Food on the Green New Deal Menu: A 7-Point Plan

A Green New Deal offers an opportunity to elevate the role of food production, land access, public procurement, and anti-hunger and nutrition policies and regulations as levers to fix our wasteful and inequitable agri-food system. Earlier this year, the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute convened a group of academics, practitioners, and activists to imagine how [...]

Putting Food on the Green New Deal Menu: A 7-Point Plan2022-07-22T15:04:46-04:00

New York City Council Holds Hearing on a New Package of Food Bills

On August 14 the New York City Council introduced more than a dozen legislative measures connected to many of the food system goals outlined in the Growing Food Equity in New York City Agenda announced by City Council Speaker Corey Johnson this summer. On September 18, 2019 City Council held a joint public hearing of [...]

New York City Council Holds Hearing on a New Package of Food Bills2022-07-22T15:10:04-04:00

New City Council Plan for Growing Food Equity in New York City

On August 1st, New York City Council Speaker Corey Johnson presented his plan to address food inequities in New York City, defined as unequal access to healthy food and socioeconomic, racial/ethnic and other disparities in the impact of the food system on well-being. The report outlines the food-related problems the city faces including high levels [...]

New City Council Plan for Growing Food Equity in New York City2022-09-15T14:27:36-04:00
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