Council Speaker Christine C. Quinn announced FoodWorks New York, a new effort by the City Council to produce the first ever comprehensive plan to use New York Citys food system to create jobs, improve public health and protect the environment. The announcement came at a celebration of the citys FRESH supermarket initiative, hosted by The New School; New York City Coalition Against Hunger; UFCW Local 1500; We Act for Environmental Justice; New York Faith and Justice; Families United for Racial and Economic Equality; Building Blocks; and Jobs with Justice. The event also featured Dan Barber, owner of Blue Hill Restaurant and farm to table pioneer.
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