Policy

Poverty is the central, underlying cause of food inequality.

 
 

Over 1.7 million New Yorkers lack access to healthy food options. This isn’t just a food issue, it is a complex economic and social problem that reflects issues of structural racism and inequality. Research shows that accessing and affording nutritious food is especially challenging for those living in lower-income neighborhoods and communities of color. These disparities in physical and financial access to healthy food are systemic problems caused and exacerbated by public policy. To solve these problems, we need policy solutions.

 

Priorities

Our policy and advocacy priorities are to:

1) Advance policies that improve healthy food access for New Yorkers, especially in low income communities of color

2) Make the food policy making process more inclusive and equitable

3) Advocate for funding and support for programs led by communities of color that advance food equity, justice, and sovereignty

4) Defend and expand resources for key federal safety net programs to ensure fair access to healthy food for all

5) Support economic policies proven to lift families out of poverty, create living wage jobs, create food business ownership opportunities and build wealth of BIPOC individuals and communities