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Overview of Food Forward NYC plan
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Kate MacKenzie presents an overview of Food Forward NYC, the city's ten-year food policy plan aimed at creating a more equitable, sustainable, and healthy food system by 2031.
- Emphasizes equity, choice, and access to nutritious, culturally relevant, and affordable foods
- Highlights support for food workers and businesses
- Focuses on developing infrastructure for sustainable and equitable food production and distribution
- Aims to strengthen regional partnerships and create a more resilient food system
Kate MacKenzie
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Our work is guided by Food Forward New York City, the city's ten year food policy plan, which lays out a comprehensive goal framework to reach a more equitable, sustainable, and healthy food system by 2031.
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Food Forward New York City emphasizes importance of equity and choice, enabling a food system where everyone is able to access nutritious, high quality foods that are culturally relevant and affordable.
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The plan also highlights the ways in which the city is committed to supporting both our food workers and our food businesses, strengthening the sustainability and resiliency of our food system, rethinking our food infrastructure, and deepening our connections with the region.
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A key focus of food Forward is the need to develop infrastructure that supports sustainable and equitable food production and distribution.
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This includes reinforcing the city's own food infrastructure while also strengthening regional partnerships to create a more resilient and interconnected food system.
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Another way of saying this is that through advancing the plan, we are improving food system infrastructure across urban and regional levels, including infrastructure for managing the flows of food through primary and secondary processors processors and distributors serving wholesale and retail markets, the emergency food system, and city institutional food service.
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By taking this type of integrated approach, we achieve economic efficiency and build appropriate food supply redundancy as well as resilience.