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While we mostly discuss the quality of food being served to our children in this space, in my life as a journalist I tend to write about food policy, nutriti...

On May 20th, several DOE the contracts will be discussed at the Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) meeting. The PEP Council be reviewing the contracts during...

In October 2018, I formed a grass-roots advocacy group called The NYC Healthy School Food Alliance. I was working hard to convince New York City’s Office of ...

Before COVID-19—before social distancing, before toilet paper panics, before communal mask making, restaurants closing, and our loved ones dying—I was advoca...

Hi everyone, I hope that you are all safe (and sane) and that this disease has not made its mark on you or your loved ones. It is almost unfathomable to imag...

Hi everyone. I hope you and yours are staying well and socially distant. I have been homeschooling my kids (ha!) while reporting on the COVID-19 crisis for F...

Good morning team! I have an exciting update on the Scratch Cooking Implementation Bill (Intro 1676) which I advocated for last year and was introduced by CM...

I am excited to share that Brooklyn's Community Board 2 has sent two letters to DOE, Comptroller Stringer and the Chancellor. The first endorses the NYC Heal...

We had a great day at City Council on Thursday February 27th and were able to meet with Council Members Ampry-Samuel, Inez Barron, Justin Brannan, Mark Treyg...

From our partners at the Tisch Food Center's #FoodEd Coalition: Support Healthy School Meals The Trump administration is threatening to open cafeteria doors ...

In anticipation of the annual City Council budget and legislative positions, we have set up several meetings with City Council Members for February 27th and ...

Please join fellow parents, nutritionists, advocates, and friends for our first Lobby Day at City Council on Thursday February 27th from 9am-5pm. We will be ...

Hi team, Sonny Perdue has just proposed serious roll backs to Michelle Obama's Healthy Hunger Free Kids Act. Please send comment to oppose these roll backs. ...

The USDA has proposed new rules which undermine healthy food for 30 million children who participate in the National School Lunch Program. This means less fr...

As a writer by profession, reading has such a big part of my life. I read rather voraciously (just finished Olive, Again and Normal People). Since having kid...

Hi team, Just a short update. Sunflower Butter First, want to ensure everyone knows that Office of Food and Nutrition Services (OFNS) is now offering Sunflow...

Happy New Year everyone, and hope you are all well. At the NYCHSFA, we are off to a great start for 2020. Our Scratch-Cooking Bill is going to be voted on in...

Join me at the Brooklyn Public Library (central branch) on Thursday December 12th, from 9:30am-11am, for a panel discussion on the Future of School Gardens w...

Hi all, Today I had a terrific meeting with City Council Member and Education Committee Chair Mark Treyger and his staff about the importance of lengthening ...

I am very excited to share news that the long-awaited by researchers at the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy, in the Program in Nutrition,...