CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College

2180 Third Ave. (at 119th St.)

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In conjunction with Center for Science in the Public Interest’s National Food Day, City University of New York School of Public Health at Hunter College and the Public Health Association of New York City invite you to a community forum on food prices and health.  Community leaders and experts will discuss how to shrink the gap between prices of healthy and unhealthy food, the political and economic factors affecting food prices, the connections between food prices and health, and available strategies for making healthy food more affordable, especially for the growing numbers of poor and hungry people in New York City.  All are welcome to come and participate in this free public discussion.

Speakers and Moderators include:

Olivier De Schutter,  United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food                                                                                                                                        

Peggy Sheppard, Executive Director, WEACT for Environmental Justice

Mike Hernandez, Healthy Monday Campaign, New York City Coordinator, Food Day 2024                

Nicholas Freudenberg, Distinguished Professor of Public Health, CUNY School of Public Health at Hunter College

and others to be announced, including a farmer, an economist and community food activists

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