New York Coalition For Healthy School Lunches Inc

Resource development food unearthed: uncovering the truth about food curriculumwe continued an extensive process to re-write our food unearthed curriculum and continued working specifically on the lessons for prek. This involved a curriculum writer, a teacher, and the coalition for healthy school food executive director and special projects manager and included work on the lessons, the extensive materials needed for the lessons, the take home handouts for the parents/caregivers, and getting feedback from our teachers.

Coalitions and conferencesin march of 2024, we presented to the new york state dry bean farmers about our work in schools. There were approximately 40 farmers and those who worked with farmers there. We present to them every year about our work getting beans on school menus and they provide us with a grant to do this work. We participate as part of a national coalition of non-profits that work on school food issues. We participate in monthly meetings with the goal of educating the public and creating policy change. Specifically, we are trying to elevate the importance of eating high fiber foods, and providing alternatives to cow's milk due to equity issues. We participate in the food ed coalition run by the tisch center at teacher's college, a coalition of non-profit organizations in new york city that provide nutrition education in schools. We meet with them monthly to network and this provides support and ideas for our programming.