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Hi team. I hope you are all staying well and sane! I am writing with an important advocacy opportunity! The DOE is poised to spend $3 mil...

Obesity is on the Rise. Children have diabetes. COVID is tied to diet-related disease. So why is the DOE spending $3 million dollars a ye...

Hello everyone. This message is one written as a mother, a white mother, who does not have to worry abut her white son the way I know bla...

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 ...

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

In October 2018, I formed a grass-roots advocacy group called The NYC Healthy School Food Alliance. I was working hard to convince New Yo...

Before COVID-19—before social distancing, before toilet paper panics, before communal mask making, restaurants closing, and our loved one...

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 ...

Hi everyone. I hope you and yours are staying well and socially distant. I have been homeschooling my kids (ha!) while reporting on the C...

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

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

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...

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

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

Please join fellow parents, nutritionists, advocates, and friends for our first Lobby Day at City Council on Thursday February 27th from ...

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

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

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

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

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 goi...