Investing in Healthy Lifestyles
By Lonnie Portis & Sara Siegel Governor Cuomo created ten regions in the State of New York and asked each region to come up with innovate, strategic plans that will boost job creation and encourage...
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Community Transformation Grants
Originally published in The DASH-NY Newsletter January 2013 By Shara Siegel, with contributions from Jennifer Richey, Communications Director at the Partnership for a Healthier New York, Shaquana P....
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Community Benefit
Originally published in The DASH-NY Newsletter January 2013 by Shara Siegel The Affordable Care Act promotes broad-based community prevention initiatives through changes to the nonprofit hospital...
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Incentives for Food Retailers Deliver Fresh Food and Create Jobs
Originally published in The DASH-NY Newsletter September 2012 By Perrin Braun Inspired by Pennsylvania’s Fresh Food Financing Initiative (FFFI), New York has been taking some bold moves in order to...
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Healthy Food Can Boost NY’s Health and Economy
Originally published in The DASH-NY Newsletter December 2011 by Leonardo Blair When the only supermarket in Highland Falls, a town in New York’s Mid-Hudson region, closed last year, the community lost...
View ArticleGovernor Cuomo Puts $285,000 Toward Freshconnect Farmer’s Market Program
“Ensuring all New Yorkers have access to nutritious foods is an essential component of the state’s health agenda. Governor Cuomo’s leadership and support for the FreshConnect program makes it possible...
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Planning for Food Day 2013
by Lonnie Portis From Buffalo to New York City it is probably not a surprise that New Yorkers love food. Food is a cultural staple that reflects New York’s progressive, diverse and vibrant nature. How...
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Bringing Complete Street to Rural Communities
As the concept of complete streets starts gaining speed, the interest in rural communities has grown. Rural roads have been shown to be more deadly than urban roads with greater than twice the...
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NYC Food Policy Report calls for 10,000 New Good Food Jobs in NYC by 2020!
In this report, the New York City Food Policy Center at Hunter College and the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Public Health explores the potential for creating “Good Food jobs”-...
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Healthy Snacks at School
On days when children attend school, an estimated 35-50% of children’s total calories are consumed at school.[i] Although policy changes have created healthier meals and snacks served through the...
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