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The CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute is an academic research and action center at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy located in Harlem, NYC. We provide evidence to inform municipal policies that promote equitable access to healthy, affordable food.

We apply an  intersectoral perspective that links nutrition and health to sustainable community and workforce development, and we engage partners from  city government, community organizations, and the university in food policy research and action.

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Q and A on the Use of Food Policy Litigation to Advance More Equitable Food Systems
Commentary Food Policy, Litigation, Law, Food labeling, Food workers, Benefits, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, Nicholas Freudenberg, Center for Science in the Public Interest, FRAC Urban Food Policy Comment
Commentary Food Policy, Litigation, Law, Food labeling, Food workers, Benefits, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, Nicholas Freudenberg, Center for Science in the Public Interest, FRAC Urban Food Policy Comment
Q and A on the Use of Food Policy Litigation to Advance More Equitable Food Systems
Commentary Food Policy, Litigation, Law, Food labeling, Food workers, Benefits, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, Nicholas Freudenberg, Center for Science in the Public Interest, FRAC Urban Food Policy Comment
Commentary Food Policy, Litigation, Law, Food labeling, Food workers, Benefits, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, Nicholas Freudenberg, Center for Science in the Public Interest, FRAC Urban Food Policy Comment

By Nicholas Freudenberg, Director CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute

This commentary seeks to encourage food policy advocates and the food justice movement to consider an appropriate role for litigation in reforming food systems in this era. The following Q and As summarize some of what we need to know to engage in that discussion. 

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Commentary Food Policy, Litigation, Law, Food labeling, Food workers, Benefits, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, Nicholas Freudenberg, Center for Science in the Public Interest, FRAC Urban Food Policy Comment
Commentary Food Policy, Litigation, Law, Food labeling, Food workers, Benefits, Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, Nicholas Freudenberg, Center for Science in the Public Interest, FRAC Urban Food Policy Comment
Free Lunch for All in New York City
Universal Free School Meals, Lunch for Learning, Schoolfood Urban Food Policy 1 Comment
Universal Free School Meals, Lunch for Learning, Schoolfood Urban Food Policy 1 Comment
Free Lunch for All in New York City
Universal Free School Meals, Lunch for Learning, Schoolfood Urban Food Policy 1 Comment
Universal Free School Meals, Lunch for Learning, Schoolfood Urban Food Policy 1 Comment

By Jan Poppendieck, Senior Faculty Fellow, CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute

On September 6, Carmen Fariña, the New York City School Chancellor announced that lunch at New York City public schools will be available free of charge to all 1.1 million students beginning this school year.

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Universal Free School Meals, Lunch for Learning, Schoolfood Urban Food Policy 1 Comment
Universal Free School Meals, Lunch for Learning, Schoolfood Urban Food Policy 1 Comment

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