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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- Nicholas Freudenberg
- Nevin Cohen
- Food Policy
- Jan Poppendieck
- SNAP
- Donald Trump
- countermarketing
- New York City Council
- Universal Free School Meals
- Lunch for Learning
- 2016 Election
- Food Access
- Craig Willingham
- School Food
- Food Retail
- Urban Food Policy Forum
- Gentrification
- Urban Agriculture
- Countermarketing
- YOFE
- Regional food
- NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- Public Health
- Youth Food Educators
- OneNYC
- Bedford Stuvesant Restoration Corporation
- East Harlem
- Center for Science in the Public Interest
- Healthy Food
- Charita Johnson
- Food Metrics
- Nick Freudenberg
- Tracey Capers
- Five Borough Food Flow
- Uptown Grand Central
- Advocacy
- Food Bank for New York City
- New York City Housing Authority
- City Harvest
- Community Food Advocates
- Benefits
- NYC Youth Countermarketing Network
- Chris Palmedo
- NYCHA
- Kristin Reynolds
- Food Insecurity
- Schoolfood
- Beyond the Kale
- Ashley Rafalow
- Immigrants
By Morgan Ames, Tracey Capers, Craig Willingham, Sarah Wolf, and Nick Freudenberg
Across New York City and the nation, low-income and working families with young children endeavor to raise strong, healthy children; maintain their family’s health; find and keep decent jobs and affordable housing; create safe communities; and claim a voice in shaping their neighborhoods. At the same time, within these communities, resilient families and children, skilled and experienced leaders, and many established civic organizations with a history of organizing to improve their neighborhoods have shown the power of local action to promote health, equity and community development.