[SPN-Discussion] The Tisch 'Dish: Winter 2016 Newsletter from the Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy

Fri Feb 5 08:37:24 PST 2016

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cultivates research about connections between a just, sustainable food
system and healthy eating and translates it into recommendations and
resources for educators, policy makers, and community advocates. The Center
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 Welcome!

2016 promises to be an exciting year, if the first few weeks are any
indication. We are happy to announce the publication of our newest resource
- the *In Defense of Food* curriculum to accompany a PBS documentary based
on Michael Pollan's book. There's been lots of action on the policy front
too, from a bipartisan Senate effort on Child Nutrition Reauthorization to
the newest Dietary Guidelines for Americans. You can read more about all of
these developments below.

What else is exciting this year? Beans! The United Nations has declared
2016 the International Year of Pulses
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One
delicious way to take a small step toward a more sustainable diet is
pledging
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eating
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pulses once a week for 10 weeks
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Who's going to join me in this global food movement?

Sincerely,

Pam Koch
Executive Director
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Research Spotlight
A new report by the Tisch Food Center's Renata Peralta highlights principal
support for New York City's universal free lunch program for middle
schoolers. This report comes at a time when advocates are pressing the
Mayor and City Council to expand this program to elementary and high
schools. Read more here
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Policy Corner

*CNR update*

The Senate Agriculture Committee recently passed a bipartisan Child
Nutrition Reauthorization bill. The bill lays the groundwork for
strengthening nutrition education and incorporates some Tisch Food Center
recommendations, including: mandating a study on the state of nutrition
education in federal programs, extending WIC eligibility to children up to
age six, and doubling funding for the Farm to School program. Read our full
statement here
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Now it's time for to call on the Senate to bring the bill to a floor vote. Send
a message
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to your Senators to take action, via NYC4CNR.

*ICYMI: Dietary Guidelines published*

The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans were released in January. Many of
the new recommendations, including more focus on healthy fats and whole
foods, as well as a strong stance on the reduction of refined sugars, are
promising. While the final guidelines do not mention sustainability, we are
encouraged by how passionate the public response was to the DGA committee's
report linking personal and planetary health. Check out the New York
Times' recap of the guidelines here
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Featured Resource
*In Defense of Food curriculum  *

TFC has just released the *In Defense Of Food* curriculum
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a companion to the PBS documentary
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on Michael Pollan's book, which uses activities and film clips to give
young people new tools to think critically about food.

Students prepare delicious recipes, create performance poetry and
participate in peer-to-peer learning to investigate the question, “What
should I eat to be healthy?” and discover what Pollan means by his
now-famous answer: Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants.

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*"...this curriculum is not only informative and effective, but also a
great deal of fun, with lots of imaginative, enjoyable exercises and
recipes for real food dishes for kids to make themselves. I am delighted to
see my work give rise to this exciting new project. I think it can really
make a difference in young people’s lives." -Michael Pollan *

Recent News

Faculty, staff, and students are busy evaluating programs that create
healthy school environments. We wrapped up baseline data collection for an
evaluation of Wellness in the Schools
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 (WITS) and this semester we are continuing to document school lunch
consumption, activity at recess, and classroom attention in control and
WITS schools. TFC researchers will be traveling around the country this
spring collecting data about students' lunchtime consumption of fruits and
vegetables in FoodCorps
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schools. This is also the fourth year of a longitudinal study with Edible
Schoolyard NYC
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TFC is also partnering with Hazon
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an organization working to create a healthier and more sustainable Jewish
community, to develop curricula and resources for its JOFFEE fellowship
training
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focused on food education.

On December 16, 2015, TFC hosted Australian author Indira Naidoo, who spoke
about her latest book, *The Edible City
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Read more about our conversation with her here.
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*  TFC Students and Staff with Author Indira Naidoo *

TFC executive director Pamela Koch was featured in an article on *Huffington
Post
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about her role speaking on a panel at an event hosted by the national
nonprofit, Common Threads.

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*Pamela Koch at the Common Threads Panel*

Upcoming Events

Pamela Koch will be interviewed on Bhavani Jaroff's weekly show
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on the
Progressive Radio Network on Thursday, February 11 at 10 am EST. To tune
in, head to PRN.fm
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and
click the “Listen Live” button on the left.

On March 3, TFC research associate Heewon Lee Gray will present a new
study, "Mediation Effect of the Psychosocial Factors on Sugar-Sweetened
Beverage Consumption in Youth," based on our Choice, Control & Change
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project
at Columbia's Appetite Behavior
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seminar.

*3 Upcoming Opportunities to Learn About School Gardens:*

Alumna Kate Gardner Burt, PhD, RD, along with Pamela Koch, will be
facilitating a workshop entitled *The GREEN Tool: Dig into school garden
integration!* at the three events below. Participants will learn to use the
GREEN (Garden Resources, Education, and Environment Nexus) Tool to
strengthen their school garden.

   - The City Growers' Education Conference
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   (CGEC) on February 27.
   - The 35th annual Making Brooklyn Bloom
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event
   at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on March 12.
   - The annual Just Food Conference
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    on March 13.

The annual Just Food Conference
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will be held on March 13 at Teachers College. Programming will include
urban agriculture skill-building, cooking and food preservation techniques,
opportunities to advocate for equitable food policy, and strategies for
mobilizing communities to create more equitable access to fresh, locally
grown food. Click here
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for tickets and registration.

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Student Spotlights
Doctoral student Rachel Paul, MS, RD was recently featured by Today's
Dietitian
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magazine
as an "RD of the day." The magazine featured Rachel’s recent article in The
Huffington Post
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on smarter snacks for healthy students.

Doctoral Student Matthew Graziose published a paper
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in
the American Society for Nutrition's Advanced Nutrition with Dr. Jessica
Fanzo on how to educate and train a nutrition workforce.

Master's student Alison Hard is an author of New York City's 2015 Food
Metrics Report
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which was published in December by the NYC Food Policy Office. She worked
on the report during her internship in the Food Policy Office from January
to August 2015.

Master's student and TFC social media assistant Gena Hamshaw is a 2016
blogger ambassador for the US Dried Pea & Lentil Council's Pulse Pledge
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initiative,
part of the 2016 International Year of Year of Pulses.

 Opportunities

*Intern With Us This Summer! *

We have two internship openings for summer (and possibly spring) 2016--a
food policy internship and healthy school environment internship. We are
looking for candidates to be in our office in NYC 30-40 hours per week for
8-10 weeks. These internships are unpaid. Learn more about these
opportunities here
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