Q&A
Measuring progress on Food Forward NYC Plan goals
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Council Member Amanda Farías asks about how progress is being measured on the Food Forward NYC Plan's goals related to fresh produce access. Rachel Atcheson provides an update on their reporting and transparency efforts.
- A progress report was published last summer, about a year and a half ago
- The next progress report is scheduled for release in the coming summer
- A dashboard with updated information is available on the nyc.gov/food website
- MOFP is striving for transparency in reporting their progress
Amanda Farías
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That'd be great.
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You can let them know.
0:34:28
I'll definitely be following up, because I'd like to keep talking about that.
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How are you measuring progress on the Food Forward NYC Plan's goals related to your fresh produce access?
Rachel Atcheson
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Yeah.
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So, we had a, so we put out the report, 3 years ago now, and, have copies available for anyone who wants one.
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We put out our progress report last summer, so almost a year and a half ago.
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We are working on, our next progress report, which will be out, this coming summer.
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Again, some of that, the dashboard work, is on our website at nyc.gov/food.
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Others is is integrated and and linked through our website.
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So we are we are trying to be as transparent as possible as we know that this is an important need.
Amanda Farías
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And what specific barriers have you identified, if any, in expanding fresh food access in underserved communities?
