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In the News
Press Releases
- NYC Health+Hospitals Launches Free, Monthly Produce Boxes for Patients of Lifestyle Medicine Program, August 8, 2024
- Mayor Adams Breaks Ground on $18 Million Marlboro Agricultural Education Center in Brooklyn, June 1, 2024
- NYCEDC Opens Kensington Met Fresh Supermarket with Support from City's FRESH Tax Benefits, May 31, 2024
- Mayor Adams Completes Rollout of Composting in all New York City Public Schools, May 7, 2024
- New York City Awarded $100,000 Grant to Provide Plant-Based Culinary Training to Workers at Rikers and Juvenile Justice Centers, April 22, 2024
- Mayor Adams Announces Cross-Sector Partnership to Reduce Food-Related Carbon Emissions Across NYC, April 18, 2024
- Mayor Adams Completes Citywide Expansion of Lifestyle Medicine Program, new Site Launches Today in South Bronx, March 21, 2024
- NYC Health + Hospitals Celebrates 1.2 Million Plant-Based Meals Served, March 14, 2024
- Mayor Adams, Chancellor Banks, No Kid Hungry NY Honor this Year's "NYC Hunger Heroes" and City's Food Education Champions, March 7, 2024
- Mayor Adams Unveils Ambitious Plan to Make New York City Leader in 'Green-Collar' Jobs, February 28, 2024
- The Biden-Harris Adminstration Announces Nearly $1.7 Billion in New Commitments Cultivated Through the White House Challenge to End Hunger and Build Healthy Communities, February 27, 2024
- Mayor Adams Takes Major Steps To Advance 'Dining Out NYC,' Nation's Largest Outdoor Dining Program, February 2, 2024
- NYC Health + Hospitals Releases New Episode of The Remedy, a Podcast from the Largest Safety Net Health System in the United States, January 23, 2024
- Mayor Adams, Health Commissioner Dr. Vasan Launch Ambitious Whole-of-Government Campaign to Extend Lifespan of All New Yorkers, November 1, 2023
- Mayor Adams Announces Record-Breaking $6 Billion in Spending with NYC's M/WBE Firms in First Fiscal Year of Adminstration, October 2, 2023
- Mayor Adams Unveils Food Education Roadmap to Promote Healthier School Communities Across New York City, June 6, 2023
- Mayor Adams Commits to Reducing City’s Food-Based Emissions by 33 Percent by 2030, April 17, 2023
- Mayor Adams, Chancellor Banks, No Kid Hungry NY Honor This Year’s “NYC Hunger Heroes,” March 14, 2023
- Mayor Adams and Chancellor Banks Announce Expansion of Cafeteria Enhancement Experience, December 20, 2022
- Mayor Adams Reappoints Kate MacKenzie Executive Director of Mayor's Office of Food Policy, October 7, 2022
- Mayor Adams and Chancellor Banks Announce Launch of Inaugural Chefs Council, September 27, 2022
- Mayor Adams, Chancellor Banks, No Kid Hungry Recognize This Year's "NYC Hunger Heroes," March 10, 2022
- Mayor Adams Takes Executive Action to Promote Healthy Food in New York City, February 10, 2022
- Food Forward NYC: City Releases 10-Year Food Policy Plan, February 22, 2021
- Slowing Change: Embracing Plant-Powered Meals in NYC (Food Tank), May 16, 2024
- City Food Procurement is an Investment in Our Planet (City Talk), April 26, 2024
- Sustainable Plates, Sustainable Cities: Urban Leaders are Taking Climate Action with Transformative Food Policies (Food Tank), January 17, 2024
- Eat Healthier and Save the Earth (NY Daily News) October 16, 2023
- Here’s How We Can Improve Food Education in NYC Schools (amNewYork), July 9, 2023
- An Apple A Day Might Actually Keep the Doctor Away (Washington Post), January 30, 2023
- Eric Adams: I Reversed my Diabetes. Now I Want to Help America Get Healthy (CNN), September 28, 2022
- New York City Is Making Strides in Tackling Food Insecurity for Children (amNewYork), December 22, 2022
- NYC Has Distributed 200 Million Pandemic Meals–But There's More to do to Fight Hunger (City Limits), February 13, 2021
Podcasts
- Planted! How Local Governments are Increasing the Availability of Plant-Based Proteins to Reduce Emissions from Food (Environmental Law Institute)
- #ISpyClimateChallenge: NYC's Plant Powered Carbon Challenge (Climate Influence)
- Interview with Neeti Jain, Strategic Partnerships Advisor at the NYC Mayor’s Office of Food Policy (Going Zero)
- Introducing Patients to Plant-Based Meals (Perspectives Podcast, GNYHA)
- Healthier Cities: Chatting with the New York City Mayor's Office of Food Policy (Powering Human Care)
- Food is Medicine (The Remedy)
- Food for Thought: How We’re Transforming the Way New Yorkers Eat (Get Stuff Done)
- How NYC Hospitals Shifted to More Plant-Based Meals (Alternative Food Network)
- Plant-Powered City Action Featuring New York (Resilient Cities Network)
- Food Talk with Dani Nierenberg: 385. Milagros de Hoz on NYC's 10-Year Food Policy Plan (Food Tank)
- Kate MacKenzie, Part 1: Executive Director of NYC’s Mayor’s Office of Food Policy (This Sustainable Life)
News Articles
- NYC takes a bite out of climate change (NY Daily News), September 29, 2024
- Upcoming report confirms NYC Public Schools reduced overall emissions by over 40% through plant-powered meals (The Humane Society), September 24, 2024
- A Summer Youth Jobs Program Placing Students in School Kitchens Offers a Taste of Culinary Careers (Chalkbeat), August 6, 2024
- NYC Awarded $100K Grant to Boost Plant-Based Culinary Skills in Correctional Facilities (Corrections1), April 23, 2024
- New York City Mayor Eric Adams Teams Up with Foodservice Providers to Reduce Food-Related Carbon Emissions (Foodservice Director), April 19, 2024
- Caring for Our Common Home: Fordham Sustainability Spring Update (Fordham University), April 10, 2024
- The Monthy Special: Battle of the Dining Halls 2024 (Columbia University), March 28, 2024
- City's Lifestyle Medicine Program Now Availble Across the Five Boroughs (News 12), March 21, 2024
- Bronx Borough President Talks About New Lifestyle Medicine Site (Spectrum News -- NY1), March 21, 2024
- NYC Health and Hospitals Mark 2-Years of Serving Patients Plant-Based Foods (News 12), March 15, 2024
- NYC Health + Hospitals serves 1.2 Million Blant-Based Meals (Becker's Hospital Review), March 15, 2024
- How New York's Schoolchildren Got Their French Toast Sticks Back (New York Times), March 8, 2024
- City to Restore Many School Food Items Cut from Menus (Spectrum News -- NY1), March 6, 2024
- How New York City is Getting Plant-based Meals into Schools, Hospitals, and Jails (Fast Company), January 16, 2024
- The Program that has NYC Patients "Knocking Down the Doors" (Becker's Hospital Reivew), December 19, 2023
- Lifestyle Medicine Program Expands to Kings County (BK Reader), December 3, 2023
- Celebrity Chefs Help Serve Healthy Meals to NYC’s School Children (ABCNY), Oct 26, 2023
- New Menu Options on Offer at the City’s School Food Test Kitchen (Spectrum News – NY1), October 26, 2023
- How New York’s Public Hospitals Cut Carbon Emissions: More Vegetables (New York Times), August 31, 2023
- Upcycling Against Food Waste (Bloomberg), April 18, 2023
- Kate Mackenzie, MS, RD: COVID-19 Food Hero (Hunter College NYC Food Policy Center), June 20, 2021
- How New York City Is Revolutionizing Good Food Policy (Center for Good Food Purchasing), April 5, 2021
- How New York City Is Revolutionizing Good Food Policy (Forbes), March 23, 2021
- Ending Hunger by Supporting Food Pantries and Making Sure They Aren’t the Only Option (Gotham Gazette), November 23, 2020
Videos
Testimony
- On 12-12-23, we testified at a joint City Council oversight hearing convened by the Committees on Contracts, Economic Development, and Small Business services to share about M/WBE involvement in emergency food procurement. You can read our testimony here.
- On 9-11-23, we testified at the United States Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) 2025 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee. We presented to the Dietary Patterns Subcommittee about New York City’s work to lower the risk of chronic disease. You can read our testimony here.
Letters
On 12-28-23, we sent a letter to Governor Hochul urging New York State to opt-in for a Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program for Children (Summer EBT) in 2024. You can read our letter here.