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11/05/2026

In a new op-ed, Qiana Mickie, Executive Director of the NYC Mayor's Office of Urban Agriculture, writes about how she came to food justice work, starting with her grandfather and growing up in the Bronx.

She also writes about what her office has been doing to support the growers who feed the city, including mapping more than 2,500 food-producing sites across the five boroughs and helping small farms sell directly to schools. She lays out the barriers growers still face, from high land costs to city contracts designed for large suppliers, and makes the case for treating urban agriculture as essential infrastructure for the city. Read the full piece at the link in our bio.

10/30/2026

In honor of World Food Day, we joined Hunter College’s Human Rights Program and the Sorensen Center at Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute at Hunter College for a conversation on the right to food in New York City and beyond.

Thank you to our incredible panelists, Professor Smita Narula, Dr. Jenny Schrum (New Jersey Office of the Food Security Advocate (OFSA)), and Council Member Gale A. Brewer, for sharing their insights, and to our Executive Director Dr. Mark Chatarpal for moderating.

We talked about what the right to food means under international law, how New Jersey is measuring food security beyond affordability alone, and what dignity and choice look like in programs serving New Yorkers, all at a moment when federal cuts are pushing more families toward hunger.

Thank you also to Hunter College Purple Apron Pantry for sharing the resources available to Hunter students, and to everyone who joined us! 💜

10/28/2026

Yesterday at FOOD FUNDED East 2026, our Executive Director, Dr. Mark Chatarpal, moderated a panel on affordable grocery distribution with Jenna Rice of Corbin Hill Food Project, Kim Calichio of Connected Chef, and Steph Wiley of Brooklyn Packers. They discussed what community-led work looks like at each step of the food supply chain and how to build a stronger regional food economy. That means buying from local and BIPOC farmers, including for the city’s new grocery stores, and funders investing in the middle of the supply chain, like shared infrastructure, cold storage, and transportation.

The day also included an insightful keynote from Errol Schweizer and a discussion on integrated capital for resilient food systems with Christa Barfield of FarmerJawn Agriculture, Mark Watson of Potlikker Capital, and Olivia Watkins of Black Farmer Fund.

And a huge congrats to the entrepreneurs who pitched in the live showcase: Boheme Retreats, Boots Bread, Down To Earth Farmers Markets, Hot Oven Cookies, NouBon, Zero Waste Grocery 🌿 Brooklyn, The Infinite Table, The Purple Drop, and Webatuck Valley Farm Collab.

Thanks to the FOOD FUNDED team for having us!

10/19/2026

Last Thursday, we welcomed local school children to Hunter College for the annual Big Apple Crunch! 🍎 The morning was packed with apple tastings, fresh c***r, arts and crafts, cooking demos, reading, and face painting, all celebrating healthy eating and locally grown produce.

A huge thank you to all the organizations who joined us and made the morning so fun for the kids: Healthy School Food, Mission Nutrition Club, East Side S.O.U.L. Family Enrichment Center / Union Settlement, Uptown Grand Central, Dept. of Agriculture & Markets, Food Bank For New York City | NYC Nonprofit, Sticky Fingers Cooking | New York 🗽, Wellness in the Schools, Chilis on Wheels, and the Hunter College Nutrition and Public Health Department Club.

We’re also grateful to Rethink Food for their continued support and to Fishkill Farms for so generously donating all the delicious apples!

10/13/2026

We spent the day at the 3rd annual Garden State Conference on Food Security, learning from our neighbors at the NJ Office of the Food Security Advocate!

Huge thanks to Executive Director Mark Dinglasan, Director of Research and Evaluation Dr. Jenny Schrum, and the whole New Jersey Office of the Food Security Advocate (OFSA) team for having us. Their strategic plan, and the work it guides, is visionary, collaborative, community-informed, and focused on measuring progress and delivering for communities across New Jersey. They’re an incredible example to learn from.

We were also excited to hear Speaker Craig J. Coughlin announce he’s introducing universal free school breakfast legislation on Thursday, a significant step toward making sure no student starts the day hungry.

Check out our Q&A with Dr. Schrum and our piece on New Jersey’s six dimensions of food security model to learn more about OFSA’s work. Links in bio!

10/08/2026

New spotlight: Connected Chef has been running a sliding-scale grocery box program in Woodside, Queens since 2020, and a retail market since last fall. It buys most of its produce from farms in the region, more than half from farmers of color, pays a living wage, and uses the money from customers who can pay more to cover free groceries for those who can’t. It isn’t a public grocery store. It’s a community-controlled food business, and as the city plans its own stores, it’s a model worth understanding. Link in bio.

10/06/2026

In a new op-ed, Nora B**r draws on years of food pantry work, from her childhood in church food ministries to volunteering in Vermont while researching food insecurity. She argues that we’ve come to rely on volunteers and donated surplus to do the work of public policy. As SNAP cuts push more families into pantry lines, she makes the case for measuring success by how rarely charity is needed, not by how well we distribute it. Read more at the link in our bio.

📸by Aaron Doucett on Unsplash

09/25/2026

Ever try to visit a restaurant you found on a delivery app and end up at a warehouse? That might be a “ghost kitchen.”

These businesses started in the early 2010s, rapidly expanded during the pandemic, and are continuing to grow. But in 2026, New York City still has no clear rules defining what ghost kitchens are. Learn more about ghost kitchens, why they’re so widespread, how they’re regulated, and what we still don’t know about them at the link in our bio.

📸 Mark Male via Wikimedia Commons (CC)

09/23/2026

What a start to Climate Week NYC! 🌳🌱🫛

We’ve learned from so many inspiring speakers, including Sean Sherman, who spoke about the role of Indigenous foodways and knowledge in health, climate resilience, and more sustainable food systems, and shared the RING framework (Regional Indigenous Nutritional Guide). Qiana Mickie, Executive Director of NYC Mayor's Office of Urban Agriculture, shared how food forests can advance climate and economic justice. Dr. Steven Chen, Chief Medical Officer at Alameda County Public Health Department, spoke about Recipe4Health, a food as medicine program that sources regenerative and organic food from historically underserved farmers. Michelle A.T. Hughes spoke to the need to support young farmers, and Jonathan Lundgren to the transformative potential of regenerative agriculture. Siddhartha Sanchez, the new Executive Director of NYC Mayor's Office of Food Policy, shared his vision for the office. We also got to hear from Deputy Mayor Helen Arteaga, students from Francis Lewis Culinary High School, Lisa Elaine Held, and so many other incredible growers, chefs, writers, educators, advocates, policymakers, and leaders from NYC and beyond.

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