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PUBLISHED: 02/26/2021
This month, HRN’s 40+ series explored some of the most pressing issues facing the food industry and the world at large. The Farm Report projects progress for creating sustainable food and farm practices and policy, while Eating Matters looks beyond food banks, soup kitchens and SNAP benefits to understand what it will really take to end domestic hunger. As the pandemic and the isolating winter months continue to take a toll on us all, The Big Food Question dives deep into psychological well-being in the restaurant industry and Processing addresses a listener letter about grief and mourning.
Levity can also be found in our lineup through compelling human interest stories, inspiring career journeys and celebrations of Black History Month and African American cuisine. Hear from the soul food school scholar, Adrian Miller in conversation with Chef Todd Richards, enjoy learning more about Why Food? host Vallery Lomas in an interview on All in the Industry, and
NEW YORK - State lawmakers and community activists are calling on New York to help eliminate hunger by raising taxes on corporations and the state s wealthiest residents. Because of the COVID pandemic, the state faces a $15 billion budget gap this year, and 4.5 million New Yorkers are struggling with food insecurity. At the same time, American billionaires have seen their wealth grow by $1.3 trillion just in the past year. .
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New Yorkers working and volunteering at nonprofits that help meet the huge pandemic-driven demand for food became eligible Monday for the COVID-19 vaccine but mutual aid group members apparently don’t count.
The Cuomo administration move followed weeks of lobbying by leaders of nonprofits who argued that those providing meals to food-insecure people across the five boroughs need the shots to protect themselves and the growing legions they serve.
“We’re on the front lines,” said Stephen Grimaldi, executive director of New York Common Pantry.
The news that the workers and volunteers would be added to Phase 1b of the inoculation rollout arrived in an email sent to advocates Monday by Kerri Neifeld, the state’s assistant secretary for Human Services & Mental Hygiene.