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Rachel Atcheson

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Executive Director of Food Policy Pathways. Previously with @nycmayor, @nycfood. Tweets are my own. 🌱

New York, NY
Joined April 2010
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@Lewis_Bollard
Lewis Bollard
3 months
My TED talk just dropped! It's a call to our common humanity to tackle factory farming, the great hidden moral crisis of our time. Future generations will judge our treatment of animals harshly. But we can act now to end the worst abuses. Full video đź”˝
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@nycfood
NYC Mayor's Office of Food Policy
3 months
In the two years since we launched the Food Education Roadmap, we’ve made a lot of progress to ensure that students can both eat healthy food in @NYCSchools and build knowledge and habits about healthy eating and wellness. Check out our progress report: https://t.co/UPKezFIEEE
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@LizSpecht
Liz Specht
3 months
***Come work with me!!!*** And/or share this, please! Horizon Institute for Public Service (@HorizonIPS)'s fellowship program places fully-funded fellows with expertise in biotech and other emerging technologies in policy roles in Washington, DC, for up to two years. They’re
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The Horizon Fellowship helps emerging technology experts launch their careers in public service. The application deadline was September 2, 2025.
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@nycHealthy
nychealthy
3 months
Today, we released updates to the NYC Food Standards to further strengthen the nutrition of meals and snacks served to NYers through City agencies. The new Standards will restrict low- and no-calorie sweeteners and artificial colors. Learn more: https://t.co/wIBVJ2bi4l @NYCFood
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@r_atcheson
Rachel Atcheson
3 months
Congrats @nycHealthy, @nycfood: "The updated food standards... include an expanded restriction on sweeteners and new bans on processed meats, artificial colors and certain flour additives and preservatives. The city will also require more servings of plant proteins." @mayakauf
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@JustinBrannan
Justin Brannan
3 months
Our world emits 51 billion tons of greenhouse gas every year. Approximately 20% of it comes from animal agriculture. But now we can make space butter without the farmland needed to feed cows? No fertilizers or methane emissions? Karma free? Pass the baked potatoes! @TaraMolinaTV
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Rachel Atcheson
4 months
Thanks @RepMcGovern for your voice on this issue!
@RepMcGovern
Rep. Jim McGovern
4 months
Thousands of family farms support basic humane standards for farm animals, just as two-thirds of all Americans do. But @HouseAgGOP silenced their voices at today’s hearing. Not on my watch. That’s why, when Republicans invited Big Ag lobbyists to argue for putting animals back
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@r_atcheson
Rachel Atcheson
5 months
Excited for @MikeGrunwald book tour for "We Are Eating The Earth." NYC at @nypl on 6/30 and DC at @PoliticsProse on 7/11!
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@r_atcheson
Rachel Atcheson
6 months
Just did the legal ceremony. The looks on the train ride back from City Hall in my dress, I laugh. 👰‍♀️🤵‍♂️
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@AspenFood
Food & Society at the Aspen Institute
6 months
Food & Society at the @AspenInstitute welcomes its fourth cohort of 18 emerging leaders to the Food Leaders Fellowship community! Among them are fellows combating nutritional insecurity, spearheading regenerative agriculture strategies, and more. More: https://t.co/x5xkKe0e84
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@MikeGrunwald
Michael Grunwald
6 months
Hey NYC folks: The launch for WE ARE EATING THE EARTH will be June 30 at the NY Public Library! I'll be chatting about the book with the great @dwallacewells. I'll attach the link in the next tweet, so Elon can't suppress the information and poison the refreshments.
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@jeffrsebo
Jeff Sebo
7 months
NYU Animal Studies produced a short documentary about animal activist Henry Spira, in celebration of our new Henry Spira Scholarship. Featuring a variety of leaders in the space, ranging from @PeterSinger to Nancy Perry to my dog Smoky. Check it out! https://t.co/pHeRghVKbE
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@DeanOrnishMD
Dean Ornish, MD
7 months
Appreciate having been selected by @TIME magazine as one of the "TIME 100 Most Influential Health Leaders," as this provides greater awareness of the transformative healing power of lifestyle medicine. https://t.co/E4OKcnsVKU
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@nycfood
NYC Mayor's Office of Food Policy
7 months
In partnership with @GreenerDefault, signatories are connecting their organization's mission to the Challenge with ambitious strategies to re-engineer their menus. Thank you to @rockefellerfdn, @MorrisonHC, and Great Performances for sharing your #plantpowered stories!
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@Liv_Boeree
Liv Boeree
7 months
How do we fix factory farming? Most people hate it -- it sucks for our health, our animals, our environment, and it's putting small farmers out of business. So why is it still happening? I sat down with food policy researcher @Lewis_Bollard to understand how to fix the worst
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@CanaryMediaInc
Canary Media
7 months
New York City is cutting emissions and saving money by making vegetarian meals the default in public hospitals. It’s successful because most people go with the flow. @MikeGrunwald has the story:
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New York City is cutting emissions and saving money by making vegetarian meals the default in public hospitals. It's successful because most people go…
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@r_atcheson
Rachel Atcheson
7 months
Another bday, another book. I’m the luckiest lady!
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Rachel Atcheson
7 months
Really love @NickCooney2 latest book, What We Don’t Do - pick it up here: https://t.co/SkdOh0cegb
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@GreenerDefault
Greener by Default
8 months
🚨 HUGE NEWS! We're thrilled to announce the expansion of our partnership with @SodexoGroup—extending their plant-based patient meals program to 400 U.S. hospitals by 2026, with 200 of those set to transition this year! 🌱 Read the full release:
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Greener by Default announces today the expansion of its partnership with Sodexo, extending the plant-based patient meals program to all U.S. hospitals under Sodexo’s management. This collaboration...
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