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Food Crisis as a Tool for Social Change: Lessons from New York City's COVID-19 Response by Cohen, Nevin

“…The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted food availability and affordability and changed the daily food practices of New Yorkers in three critical ways: (1) closing…”
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Learning from Chinatown’s Produce Distribution System by Cohen, Nevin

“…Cohen reviews From Farm to Canal Street: Chinatown's Alternative Food Network in the Global Marketplace by Valerie Imbruce…”
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Resource needs for a socially just and sustainable urban agriculture system: Lessons from New York City by Cohen, Nevin, Reynolds, Kristin

“…Many urban agriculture programs, and the organizations that run them, require substantial resources to remain viable and provide the multifunctional benefits…”
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Differences in motivations and social impacts across urban agriculture types: Case studies in Europe and the US by Kirby, Caitlin K., Specht, Kathrin, Fox-Kämper, Runrid, Hawes, Jason K., Cohen, Nevin, Caputo, Silvio, Ilieva, Rositsa T., Lelièvre, Agnès, Poniży, Lidia, Schoen, Victoria, Blythe, Chris

“…•Quantitative analysis of the social impacts of urban agriculture.•Well-being benefits are stronger than nutritional impacts.•Motivations and benefits vary…”
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Patients with diabetes struggling to afford food and control their HbA1c in food-insecure areas in Bronx, NY by Chambers, Earle C, Levano, Samantha R, Cohen, Nevin, Maroko, Andrew R, Telzak, Andrew, Stephenson-Hunter, Cara, Fiori, Kevin P

“…To characterise the association between risk of poor glycaemic control and self-reported and area-level food insecurity among adult patients with type 2…”
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Planning Urban Foodscapes by Nevin Cohen

“…First paragraph: One of the most exciting new areas of planning and development involves innovative strategies to reintegrate food production and distribution…”
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“We Have Been Part of the Response”: The Effects of COVID-19 on Community and Allotment Gardens in the Global North by Schoen, Victoria, Blythe, Chris, Caputo, Silvio, Fox-Kämper, Runrid, Specht, Kathrin, Fargue-Lelièvre, Agnès, Cohen, Nevin, Poniży, Lidia, Fedeńczak, Konstancja

“…Throughout history, urban agriculture practitioners have adapted to various challenges by continuing to provide food and social benefits. Urban gardens and…”
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The Socio-Cultural Benefits of Urban Agriculture: A Review of the Literature by Ilieva, Rositsa T., Cohen, Nevin, Israel, Maggie, Specht, Kathrin, Fox-Kämper, Runrid, Fargue-Lelièvre, Agnès, Poniży, Lidia, Schoen, Victoria, Caputo, Silvio, Kirby, Caitlin K., Goldstein, Benjamin, Newell, Joshua P., Blythe, Chris

“…Despite extensive literature on the socio-cultural services of urban open spaces, the role of food-producing spaces has not received sufficient attention. This…”
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The Role of Metrics in Food Policy: Lessons from a Decade of Experience in New York City by Freudenberg, Nicholas, Willingham, Craig, Cohen, Nevin

“…In the last decade, New York City developed food policies designed to improve access to healthy food, reduce food insecurity, support community development,…”
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Corbin Hill Road Farm Share: A Hybrid Food Value Chain in Practice by Nevin Cohen, Dennis Derryk

“…Food value chains consist of food producers, processors, third-party certifiers, distributors, and retailers working together to maximize the social and…”
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Resilience strategies for centers and institutes focused on food systems transformation by Gwin, Lauren, Miller, Michelle, Lowe, Erin, Hoy, Casey, Nancy Creamer, Nancy, Cohen, Nevin, Pirog, Rich, Kelly, Tom, Tomich, Thomas

“…University-based centers and institutes can play an important role in facilitating community-based, inter- and transdisciplinary research, and providing the…”
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Moving Education Online During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Thinking Back and Looking Ahead by Costa, Sergio A., Kavouras, Ilias, Cohen, Nevin, Huang, Terry T. K.

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SNAP at the Community Scale: How Neighborhood Characteristics Affect Participation and Food Access by Cohen, Nevin

“…Cities are spatially diverse, with enclaves of particular demographic groups, clusters of businesses, and pockets of low-income individuals living amid…”
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Living Concrete/Carrot City: An Exhibition Platform as a Growing Medium by Nevin Cohen, Radhika Subramaniam

“…The authors of this paper co-curated Living Concrete/Carrot City, an exhibition at The New School during the Fall 2010 semester that explored the relationship…”
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Roles of Cities in Creating Healthful Food Systems by Cohen, Nevin

“…Over the past several decades, cities worldwide have attempted to reconfigure their food systems to improve public health, advance social justice, and promote…”
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The Good Food Jobs Nexus: A Strategy for Promoting Health, Employment, and Economic Development by Nicholas Freudenberg, Michele Silver, Lesley Hirsch, Nevin Cohen

“…In the aftermath of the Great Recession, cities have looked to the rapidly growing food sector as a promising source of new employment, and yet most of the…”
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Urban Agriculture Policy Making in New York’s “New Political Spaces”: Strategizing for a Participatory and Representative System by Cohen, Nevin, Reynolds, Kristin

“…U.S. cities have implemented policies to support urban agriculture (UA), often developed in “new political spaces” formed when conventional policy mechanisms…”
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Google-truthing to assess hot spots of food retail change: A repeat cross-sectional Street View of food environments in the Bronx, New York by Cohen, Nevin, Chrobok, Michael, Caruso, Olivia

“…Google Street View (GSV) images can be used to “ground-truth” current and historical food retail data from approximately 2007 - when GSV was launched in a few…”
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Transitioning the food system: A strategic practice management approach for cities by Cohen, Nevin, Ilieva, Rositsa T.

“…•Transitionings socio-technical systems involves changing constituent practices.•Cities can transition food systems through strategic practice management.•NYC…”
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Gentrification and Food Retail Instability: A Census Tract Analysis of the Bronx, New York, 2008 and 2017 by Caruso, Olivia, Chrobok, Michael, Cohen, Nevin

“…As food retailers open, close, and change ownership, the resulting instability in local food environments can affect food access and health. Gentrification,…”
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