| Farm to School Program |
New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets |
 |
Farm to School Coordinating Committee
The New York Farm to School Coordinating Committee is a statewide coalition of school food service directors, farmers, health professionals, researchers, educators, government program representatives and others working together to increase the use of local foods in schools, colleges, and other educational institutions. The Department of Agriculture & Markets provides administrative staff and operational resources for the New York Farm to School Coordinating Committee.
Since first coming together in 1998, these partners have surveyed school food service directors about their use of local products; facilitated links between farmers, schools, distributors, and processors; identified challenges to these links; helped develop and support the passage of New York’s Farm to School legislation; and steadfastly promoted Farm to You Fest! (New York Harvest for New York Kids Week).
The committee meets 2-3 times a year to share ideas and help guide the priorities of the NY Farm to School Program.
March 23, 2010 FTS CC Meeting Minutes
April 12, 2011 NYS FTS CC Comments to USDA regarding Proposed Rule to Revise the Meal Patterns and Nutrition Requirements for the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program
Farm to School Coordinating Committee members (as of July 2009):
Betsey BacelliCo-Chair, Owego-Appalachian School District and Whitney Point CSD
Ray Denniston, Co-Chair, BOCES Food Service Broome-Tioga
Richard Ball, Schoharie Valley Farms
Carol Beebe, NY School Nutrition Assoc
Ariel Bleth, Cornell Univ Division of Nutritional Sciences
Sharon McMillin, Canandaigua City School District
Mark Bordeau, BOCES Broome-Tioga
Marty Broccoli, Cornell Cooperative Extension
Cecil Corbin-Mark, WEACT
William Doherty, NYC Schools
John Evers, Food Bank Association of NY
Martha Goodsell, NYFarms!
Patricia Jordan, NYS DOH, Division of Nutrition, Bureau of Nutrition, Risk Reduction, Nutrition Policy Unit
Karen Karp, Karp Enterprise
Amy Koren-Roth, NYS DOH Division of Nutrition, Bureau of Nutrition, Risk Reduction, Childhood Obesity Prevention Unit
Jeff & Lindy Kubecka, Kubecka Farms
Margaret Lamb, Saratoga School District
Kristen Mancinelli, City Harvest
David McClurg, NY Apple Association
Glenda Neff, Development Services
Frances O'Donnell, State Education Department Child Nutrition Program
Tom Osterhout, Office of General Services
Sandie Prokop, NY Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture Education
Debbie Richardson, Hannibal CSD
Jack Salo, Rural Health Network
Sandy Sheedy, State Education Department Child Nutrition Program
Bob Stern, NYS Assembly Task Force on Food, Farm and Nutrition
James Subudi, WEACT
Karen Wadsworth, Food System Education Consultant
Linda Whalen
Melanie Wickham, Empire State Potato Growers
Jennifer Wilkins, Cornell University Division of Nutritional Sciences
|
