{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Episode 2: "What Gets Measured Gets Managed": Hidden Food Metrics as Tools for Democracy","description":"In this episode of Handpicked: Stories from the Field, we sit down with Dr. Nevin Cohen, an Associate Professor at the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Public Health and the Research Director of the CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute in New York City, to explore how to measure food system change. Because of the complexity of our food systems, there are hundreds of metrics that can be used to measure sustainability and food system health. Dr. Cohen explains how food system researchers are rethinking the kinds of metrics they use in order to make important food policy decisions. Dr. Cohen highlights how hidden food metrics, or \u201cFood Metrics 3.0,\u201d can provide us with more nuanced understandings of what is happening in our food systems so that we can work together to make those systems more sustainable.     Contributors  Co-Producers & Hosts: Amanda DiBattista & Laine Young  Research Assistant: Jake Bernstein    Guests   Click the links to learn more about their work  Dr. Nevin Cohen    Support & Funding  Wilfrid Laurier University  The Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems  Balsillie School for International Affairs     Music Credits  Keenan Reimer-Watts   Lee Rosevere    Resources  Moving Beyond Acknowledgments- LSPIRG  Laurier Centre for Sustainable Food Systems  Food: Locally Embedded, Globally Engaged (FLEdGE)  Food Metrics Panel Discussion with Nevin Cohen  CUNY Food Policy Institute Home Page  SNAP Benefits Website  Canada\u2019s Food Policy    References  Cohen, Nevin, et al. \u201c\u2018B-side\u2019 Food Metrics.\u201d CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute, 2019.   Household food insecurity is a serious public health problem that affects 1 in 8 Canadian households. (n.d.). Retrieved from https:\/\/proof.utoronto.ca\/  CANADIANS VISITED FOOD BANKS 1.1 MILLION TIMES IN MARCH 2018. (n.d.). Retrieved from https:\/\/hungercount.foodbankscanada.ca\/overallfindings\/    Connect with Us:  Email: Handpickedpodcast@WLU.ca  Twitter: @Handpickedpodc  Facebook: Handpicked Podcast  ","author_name":"Handpicked: Stories from the Field","author_url":"https:\/\/researchcentres.wlu.ca\/centre-for-sustainable-food-systems\/broadcasting-change\/handpicked-podcast.html","html":"