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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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Creating Integrated Strategies for Increasing Access to Healthy Affordable Food in Urban Communities: A Case Study from Central Brooklyn
Bedford Stuvesant Restoration Corporation, Afia Bediako, Tracey Capers, Nicholas Freudenberg, Aysu Kirac, Kellogg Foundation, New York City Food and Fitness Partnership, Farm to early care, Food hub, Brooklyn Urban Food Policy Comment
Bedford Stuvesant Restoration Corporation, Afia Bediako, Tracey Capers, Nicholas Freudenberg, Aysu Kirac, Kellogg Foundation, New York City Food and Fitness Partnership, Farm to early care, Food hub, Brooklyn Urban Food Policy Comment
Creating Integrated Strategies for Increasing Access to Healthy Affordable Food in Urban Communities: A Case Study from Central Brooklyn
Bedford Stuvesant Restoration Corporation, Afia Bediako, Tracey Capers, Nicholas Freudenberg, Aysu Kirac, Kellogg Foundation, New York City Food and Fitness Partnership, Farm to early care, Food hub, Brooklyn Urban Food Policy Comment
Bedford Stuvesant Restoration Corporation, Afia Bediako, Tracey Capers, Nicholas Freudenberg, Aysu Kirac, Kellogg Foundation, New York City Food and Fitness Partnership, Farm to early care, Food hub, Brooklyn Urban Food Policy Comment

In a new case study published in the Journal of Urban Health, Afia Bediako, Tracey Capers, and Aysu Kirac from Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation (Restoration) and Michele Silver and Nicholas Freudenberg from the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute analyzed the role Restoration has played in changing food environments in Central Brooklyn. 

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Bedford Stuvesant Restoration Corporation, Afia Bediako, Tracey Capers, Nicholas Freudenberg, Aysu Kirac, Kellogg Foundation, New York City Food and Fitness Partnership, Farm to early care, Food hub, Brooklyn Urban Food Policy Comment
Bedford Stuvesant Restoration Corporation, Afia Bediako, Tracey Capers, Nicholas Freudenberg, Aysu Kirac, Kellogg Foundation, New York City Food and Fitness Partnership, Farm to early care, Food hub, Brooklyn Urban Food Policy Comment
Institute Holds First Countermaketing Staff Training Program Session
countermarketing, Charita Johnson, NYC Youth Countermarketing Network, Levitt Foundation Urban Food Policy Comment
countermarketing, Charita Johnson, NYC Youth Countermarketing Network, Levitt Foundation Urban Food Policy Comment
Institute Holds First Countermaketing Staff Training Program Session
countermarketing, Charita Johnson, NYC Youth Countermarketing Network, Levitt Foundation Urban Food Policy Comment
countermarketing, Charita Johnson, NYC Youth Countermarketing Network, Levitt Foundation Urban Food Policy Comment

On, July 24, 2017, the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute held the first training session of its Countermarketing Staff Training Program (CSTP). The CSTP was developed to train staff at youth-serving organizations on launching food countermarketing initiatives that engage youth.

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countermarketing, Charita Johnson, NYC Youth Countermarketing Network, Levitt Foundation Urban Food Policy Comment
countermarketing, Charita Johnson, NYC Youth Countermarketing Network, Levitt Foundation Urban Food Policy Comment

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Urban Food Policy Forum: Litigation as a Strategy for Defending and Advancing Food Policy
Sep 14
Urban Food Policy Forum National Resources Defense Council, Earth Justice, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Calorie labeling, Food advertising, Litigation, Food Policy Urban Food Policy Comment CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
Urban Food Policy Forum National Resources Defense Council, Earth Justice, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Calorie labeling, Food advertising, Litigation, Food Policy Urban Food Policy Comment CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
Urban Food Policy Forum: Litigation as a Strategy for Defending and Advancing Food Policy
Urban Food Policy Forum National Resources Defense Council, Earth Justice, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Calorie labeling, Food advertising, Litigation, Food Policy Urban Food Policy Comment CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
Urban Food Policy Forum National Resources Defense Council, Earth Justice, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Calorie labeling, Food advertising, Litigation, Food Policy Urban Food Policy Comment CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
Urban Food Policy Forum National Resources Defense Council, Earth Justice, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Calorie labeling, Food advertising, Litigation, Food Policy Urban Food Policy Comment CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy
Urban Food Policy Forum National Resources Defense Council, Earth Justice, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, Calorie labeling, Food advertising, Litigation, Food Policy Urban Food Policy Comment CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy