Climate-Smart Agriculture Urgently Needed in Africa
Release Date:
09/05/2017
... will impact agriculture in Africa, threatening regional food systems, explains Grainger-Jones. . . Climate-Smart ...
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New York City Offers Free Lunch for All Public School Students
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... said on Wednesday in the basement cafeteria of a Hell’ s Kitchen elementary school. The new school year begins on ... communities matter.” This move has been long sought by food -policy advocates and many...
More Floods Are Coming And We're Making Them Worse
Release Date:
09/07/2017
... defence, transportation, flood control, drinking water and food . After the Spaniards conquered the city in 1521, they ... culture, complex history and diverse architecture. It’ s also a mess: water shortages,...
New Study Shows Organic Farming Traps Carbon in Soil to Combat Climate Change
Release Date:
09/12/2017
... locking more of that carbon into the soil that grows our food . The scientific community has been actively debating ...
'We're Trying to Go All In': Chocolate Giant Mars Pledges $1 Billion To Fight Climate Change
Release Date:
09/14/2017
... next few years fighting climate change. The $35 billion food giant behind brands like M&Ms, Skittles, and Twix on ... about overall progress on the big issues, whether that' s climate change or...
FDA's Approval Of A Cheaper Drug For Hepatitis C Will Likely Expand Treatment
Release Date:
10/04/2017
FDA' s Approval Of A Cheaper Drug For Hepatitis C Will Likely ... ago, but she doesn't qualify yet for the Medicaid program' s criteria for treatment with a new class of highly effective ... The...
Community Development Lenders Go Where Amazon Goes When It Needs Cash
Release Date:
10/06/2017
... Amazon Goes When It Needs Cash Nonprofit lenders in the U. S . with a mission to make capital meet the needs of poor ... Whole Foods, it borrowed it through the bond market. The U. S . Treasury’ s...
Shake Shack Founder on Changing The Way Restaurants Do Business
Release Date:
10/10/2017
... he opened his first restaurant in 1985, the innovations in food , service and hospitality he' s pioneered have been so widely copied they've changed the .....
New NYSHealth Video: "Building a Healthier Brownsville"
Release Date:
11/20/2017
NYSHealth grantees and partners are working together with residents and local organizations in Brownsville to increase access to healthy and affordable foods and empower residents through urban farms and gardens, farmers markets, and other nutrition...
New York Life Foundation Awards $1.4 Million to National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement
Release Date:
12/23/2013
... the National Center for School Crisis and Bereavement' s capacity to provide bereavement resources in schools, reports Philanthropy News Digest. The ... operations and build its capacity to provide...
Five Technology Trends Defining the Future of Corporate Sustainability
Release Date:
08/28/2017
... Companies currently spend a lot of time, effort and resources to prepare Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) ... value, this annual exercise becomes a drain on company resources . Emerging technologies can...
With Support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Dumbarton Oaks and JSTOR Launch the Plant Humanities Initiative
Release Date:
11/13/2018
... of local Cinchona plantations. In Jules Verne’ s 1874 fantasy novel The Mysterious Island, the sulfate of ...
Seth Pinsky Named New Chief Executive of the 92nd Street Y
Release Date:
09/29/2019
... Pinsky, who was the head of the Bloomberg administration’ s economic development arm, to serve as its chief executive. Mr. Pinsky’ s appointment comes as the cultural and community ... as for the arts, he...
Rockefeller Supports Training Workshops on Impact Investing in Ghana and South Africa
Release Date:
03/03/2017
... this is new terrain for evaluators, there are several resources on both impact investing and impact ...
United Hospital Fund Elects Five New Board Members with Medical, Consulting, and Public Health Expertise
Release Date:
07/16/2020
... of gastroenterology and hepatology at Mount Sinai St. Luke' s and Mount Sinai West Hospitals and Professor of Medicine at ... Interfaith Neighbors, and the Center for Constitutional Rights . He specializes...
Burke Foundation Executive Director Atiya Weiss Selected as a 2021 Aspen Institute Ascend Fellow
Release Date:
10/07/2021
... many still reeling from the pandemic and the nation’ s racial reckoning. Fellows are spearheading efforts, from ... (NJ) Melanie Bridgeforth – President and CEO, The Women ’ s Fund of Greater...
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2014
How Philanthropy Can Act to Stop the Ebola Crisis
Thursday, October 2, 2014 - 1:00pm
... What are New York City and State doing to prepare and address the implications of this crisis? Join us for a ...
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2016
Healthcare Crisis: Do We Have the Workforce Needed for Today and Tomorrow?
Tuesday, September 27, 2016 -
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... the role that philanthropy can play in ensuring America’ s healthcare workforce is prepared for the rising demand for ... our communities. We also are facing decreasing financial resources for training and...
Citi Foundation Announces Recipients of Community Progress Makers Initiative in the United States
Release Date:
12/13/2021
... approach and support is more important than ever as the U. S . continues to address the root causes and impacts of income and wealth ... philanthropy is game-changing. It gives us the freedom and ...
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Healthcare Reform Update: Are Your Populations Getting Covered?
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2:45pm to 5:00pm
... program? You can view the presentations here . New York’ s health exchange, New York State of Health, has been lauded ... name, title, organizational affiliation, business mailing address , and phone number...