Towards a NYC COVID-19 Food Response in 2021

Tuesday May 4, 2021

9:30 – 11:00am

Online webinar for funders only

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During the early stages of the pandemic in Spring 2020, CFF held weekly funder calls to help coordinate and share information about the philanthropic response across New York State. It quickly became clear that with so much attention being paid to the immediate crisis, no entity had the bandwidth or mandate to collect data and analyze both the impact of Covid-19 on hunger and food systems, and the effectiveness of the relief being rolled out by the government and nonprofit sectors. In response, a number of foundations pooled their resources to collectively fund three of New York’s leading food policy research centers to conduct this study.

The NY Food 20/20 Project is a collaboration of food policy researchers from the Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center; the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education, and Policy; and the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute. Their goal is to provide evidence to help New York City and State policy makers, health professionals, activists, community organizations, food businesses, and residents rebuild a more resilient and equitable local food system following the COVID-19 pandemic. The Phase 1 report was published last fall, and they are currently engaged in a Phase 2 study.

Join CFF to learn how this project came together and the initial findings. The researchers will also review their goals for 2021, including

  • Understanding individual barriers through analyzing perceived barriers and facility to health food access in NYC communities and exploring how essential food workers are faring during the COVID-19 crisis
  • Understanding institutional barriers through conducting an in-depth investigation of school food’s role in feeding New Yorkers during COVID-19
  • Developing new municipal models to reducing food insecurity and promote dietary health through proposing a practical, feasible, affordable system that assesses the changing prevalence and distribution of food security to inform service delivery, organizational practice, and monitor the quality of food served in NYC emergency and institutional food programs.
  • Providing data and recommendations to inform the new NYC 10-year food policy plan

Speakers will be:

  • Nicholas Freudenberg and Craig Willingham, CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute 
  • Pamela Koch and Jen Cadenhead, Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy
  • Charles Platkin and May May Lueng, Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center 

Co-sponsored by New York State Health Foundation and Philanthropy New York

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