Today's Testimony at City Council in Support of Scratch Cooking
Hi team Today was an amazing day at City Council where I testified in support of Speaker Corey Johnson's suite of 16 Growing Food Equity...
More calls to action.
There's an upstate congressman who is lobbying NYC on behalf of dairy businesses to keep chocolate milk in our schools. I believe in...
Write to the DOE and get Chocolate Milk (and juice) out of Schools!
Hi team, There is a lot of dialogue happening now around chocolate milk because of the story I wrote and others focused on whether...
The Dark Side of Chocolate Milk.
Obesity is on the Rise. Children have diabetes. The Department of Health wants chocolate milk out of schools. Even the Department of...
How to Implement (and maintain) the Alternative Menu
Thank you to all who could be on our Alternative Menu Best Practices call today! Thanks to Stacey B Ornstein for taking notes and to...
Best Practices for Implementing and Maintaining the Alternative Menu Conference Call
Would you like to bring the Alternative Menu to your school? Do you have the Alternative Menu and not know how to keep kids interested?...
Save the Date —Wednesday September 18th!
SAVE THE DATE AND KIDS NEEDED! The hearing on the Scratch Cooking Bill (Int. 1676 Scratch Cooking Law) is set for Wednesday September...
It's Committee Time!
Hello team! We are almost at our one year anniversary (wow!) and have a lot to be proud of. We held our first March for Healthy School...
Scratch Cooking Law Introduced at City Council!
I am thrilled to announce that on August 14th, thanks in part to our advocacy, Council Members Helen Rosenthal and Ben Kallos introduced...
5 Free and Easy Ways to Improve the Health of Your School
Back to school is coming! Wondering what you can do to easily improve the health of your school? Here are some easy tips that cost...
School Food Panel at Museum of Food & Drink
On Tuesday August 22nd, the Museum of Food and Drink is hosting a terrific panel discussing school food policy with BP Eric Adams,...
Talking School Food with Brian Lehrer
I was thrilled to be invited to speak with Brian Lehrer on WNYC about school food and food equity in New York City. We chatted about the...
Press Release in Support of Corey Johnson's Growing Food Equity Policy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NYC Council Speaker Announces Commitment to Scratch Cooking, Nutrition Education and Gardens for ALL Public School...
Corey Johnson's Growing Food Equity Platform is a HUGE Win for Kids (and us)
I am thrilled to announce that THREE of our advocacy points were addressed by Speaker Corey Johnson's Growing Food Equity Food Policy...
Meetings with Mayor's Office of Food Policy and Department of Health
Today I met with the Mayor's Office of Food Policy's acting director Eric McDonald and Anna Besendorf. They were very gracious and very...
Choose your Committee!
Hi team Here is a spread sheet with 4 tabs, one for each of our upcoming events -- Walk Out, Day of Advocacy, Eat In, and Fall Wellness...
Minutes from "NYCHSFA Next Steps" Conference Call
Hi team! Thank you to the following participants who made the call! Jennifer Lutz, Director, True Health Initiative Kasia Kaim-Goncalves,...
June 25th NYCHSFA Conference Call
We have a lot of momentum this week and I am very excited about how much we have accomplished since October when I first formed this...
WRITE! CALL! MAKE YOUR VOICES HEARD!
Good evening Team! On Monday I sent a letter to the Chancellor and the Mayor, sharing the success of our March and asking them to...


















