On March 24th, CFF partnered with Philanthropy New York to host Barbara Turk for a briefing titled NYC’s Food Policy Director on Health, Hunger, and Equity. You can find a video recording of the briefing below. Her office also has a new website that just recently launched.
The conversation covered a wide range of topics including the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact and NYC’s role in its development, the inclusion of food in the OneNYC Plan [PDF], and the 2015 NYC Food Metrics Report. There was also a robust hour-long Q&A with the audience.
The video starts with introductions of everyone in the room and an overview of CFF. The following is a loose guide to different topics during the conversation, but is not inclusive of all that was discussed. To jump to different topics use the following time markers:
Opening
- 3:20 – Barbara Turk’s intro and presentation
- 6:30 – The history and description of the Food Policy Director
- 11:45 – OneNYC
- 20:30 – Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (and 43:45)
- 27:00 – Emergency food distribution (food banks, soup kitchens, etc)
- 36:30 – Food Metrics Report
Q&A
- 43:45 – More on Milan Urban Food Policy Pact
- 47:20 – NYC political region
- 55:25 – Milan Sustainability Goals, poverty, and ending hunger
- 1:05:25 – School meals
- 1:14:45 – Food industry influence
- 1:16:45 – NYC Food Systems Resilience Report update
- 1:19:30 – Wasted food
- 1:25:30 – Urban agriculture
- 1:28:15 – Urban development and food access/retail
- 1:34:00 – Neighborhood food resources and vending permits
- 1:41:30 – Transportation and distribution
- 1:44:55 – Food cost