Changes and Opportunities!
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NY Organizational Sign Off for Free School Meals!
Hunger Solutions New York, in partnership with other children’s advocacy groups, is circulating a sign-on letter in support of free...
Free and Fun Fitness and Wellness Activities for the Whole Family
As we hit a year of this global pandemic, the light at the end of the tunnel is finally looking more like the sun and not an oncoming...
Free Thanksgiving Dinners from DOE Available!
The holidays are approaching and many New Yorkers continue to struggle with unemployment, food insecurity, and the impact of COVID. We...
Vote for Food Equity, Food Justice and School Food this Election
Election season is here, and the stakes are high. Your elected officials make decisions that affect students’ well-being—in and out of...
Don't Miss "Generation Growth," the new documentary from Green Bronx Machine
One of the most dynamic, inspiring and wonderful humans working in the school garden space is Stephen Ritz, founder of the Green Bronx...
School Food Menus are Here
The Office of Food and Nutrition Services has been working around the clock to ensure all kids and families have been fed since the...
School Meals and Pandemic EBT Update
Welcome to fall. Whether you are keeping your kids fully remote, doing hybrid learning, here are your school food and P-EBT updates. Grab...
The Question of Juice in Schools
As you know, I have been advocating for the DOE to remove sugary beverages including chocolate milk and juice from its menus. I published...
Advocate Against Sugary Beverages in Schools
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...
No More Juice.
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...
The Murder of George Floyd
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...
How SNAP Must Change to Save a Nation Drowning in Hunger
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...
DOE Considers $10 Million Dollar Contract to Perdue; Comment Now.
On May 20th, several DOE the contracts will be discussed at the Panel for Educational Policy (PEP) meeting. The PEP Council be reviewing...
School Meals Can Save Us
In October 2018, I formed a grass-roots advocacy group called The NYC Healthy School Food Alliance. I was working hard to convince New...
Educated. The Importance of Food Ed in the age of COVID.
Before COVID-19—before social distancing, before toilet paper panics, before communal mask making, restaurants closing, and our loved...
It's a whole new world.
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...
How to Help in an Age of COVID-19
Hi everyone. I hope you and yours are staying well and socially distant. I have been homeschooling my kids (ha!) while reporting on the...
An Update on the Scratch Cooking Implementation Bill, Intro 1676
Good morning team! I have an exciting update on the Scratch Cooking Implementation Bill (Intro 1676) which I advocated for last year and...
NYCHSFA Gains Endorsement from Community Board 2
I am excited to share that Brooklyn's Community Board 2 has sent two letters to DOE, Comptroller Stringer and the Chancellor. The first...