Missed this session? View recording here. The mission of the Office of the Director of Food Policy is to advance the City’s efforts to increase food security, promote access to and awareness of healthy foods, and support economic justice and...
We invite you to join us for a discussion about impact investing in the food space. What is impact investing, and how can philanthropic organizations participate?
As part of a city-wide Building Healthy Communities Initiative rolling out of the Mayor’s Office, NYCHA and Green City Force are teaming up to expand upon their extremely successful urban farming pilot at the Red Hook Houses initiated in June 2013...
In November, the Mayor’s Jobs for New Yorkers Task Force released a report that identified food-service as one of six priority sectors for workforce development - a surprise given the traditional perception of food service as being limited in career...
The modern food system has been shaped by the privatization of public goods and the deregulation of corporate capital— leading to the highest levels of global inequality in economic history.
There is more interest in food these days than ever, yet there is very little interest in the hands that pick it. Farmworkers, the foundation of our fresh food industry, are routinely abused and robbed of wages. "Food Chains" reveals the human cost...
As more and more people become interested in issues around food, a burgeoning food “movement” has emerged. But what is the movement towards? And how will we know when we get there?