Posts tagged: #cuny school

February 21: CUNY Urban Food Policy Forum

Food Policy in New York City Since 2008 Part 2: Lessons for the Next Decade – hosts the second of a two-part series looking at the progress the city has made on food policy and what else needs to be … Read More

Local FARMS Act Helps Kickstart Farm Bill 2018; NY Free Lunch Talk; The Big Bad Biotech Industry;

National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition Praises Bipartisan Effort Two weeks ago, a bipartisan bill was introduced “to catalyze the 2018 Farm Bill’s investment in programs and policies that spur economic development in rural and food producing communities nationwide.” The bill is called … Read More

October 17: CUNY Food Policy Forum on Global Food Systems

CUNY Urban Food Policy Forum: Food System Issues and Challenges in the US and China in the Trump and Xi Jinping Era Each country is witnessing challenges to their dominant (and evolving) food systems. How those challenges are able to … Read More

May 18: Andy Fisher’s Book Presentation- Big Hunger: The Unholy Alliance Between Corporate America and Anti-Hunger Groups

Andy Fisher, Adjunct Instructor, Portland State University School of Public Health, will give a talk on his new book, Big Hunger: The Unholy Alliance between Corporate America and Anti-Hunger Groups (MIT Press). When: May 18, 2017 4:00pm-5:30pm Where: CUNY Graduate … Read More

May 11: CUNY Urban Food Policy Forum: Building a Food Movement in NY in the Age of Trump

A new president and congress have threatened to repeal or weaken many of the accomplishments of the food justice movement won in the last two decades. In the next few years, how can the food movement here in New York … Read More

November 17: Urban Food Policy Forum: Immigrants and Food Access

Urban Food Policy Forum: Immigrants and Food Access @ CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute Join the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute and the Jaime Lucero Mexican Studies Institute at Lehman College to continue the dialogue around immigrant inclusion as we aim to … Read More

Your Guide to GMOs 2.0; Sweets or No Sweets; Beyond the Kale: Urban Ag and Social Justice Book Published

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Your Guide to GMOs 2.0 Last week, we signed a petition sent to the National Organic Standards Board (you can still sign here!) urging them to explicitly remove ‘genetically engineering and gene editing techniques’ from the standards for ‘Organic’ because certain highly processed foods still … Read More