MUNCHIES Presents: Edible Schoolyard NYC
Watch Edible Schoolyard NYC students, teachers, and staff talk with Frank Pinello about gardening, cooking, eating, and community in East Harlem.
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Read what people are saying about Edible Schoolyard NYC programs and events.
Food Education in NYC Schools: Eating in the Classroom Is Encouraged!
"The New York City Food Policy Center at Hunter College has compiled a list of organizations working on sending trained staff into schools to provide hands-on food education during the school day. In these programs, kids have the opportunity to touch, taste, smell, and experience food through fun, engaging, educational activities."
Talking School Gardens, Empowering Kids with Edible Schoolyard NYC’s Andrew Barrett
Program Director, Andrew Barrett discusses the power of edible education, and what inspires him most at Edible Schoolyard NYC.
40 Under 40: The Rising Stars in New York City Food Policy (Class of 2016)
Edible Schoolyard NYC's Assistant Garden Manager, Brendan Parker was named one of NYC Food Policy's 40 Under 40 Rising Stars in 2016 for his dedication to transforming our food system!
The Moment of Ruth
"Ruth Rogers, chef and owner of London's iconic River Café, crossed the pond this week for the Edible Schoolyard Spring Benefit. It was her second time cooking among peers, friends and former employees for the organization, which she not only supports but wishes could be replicated in her home city."
Hedge Funders Eat Well While Whitney Museum Raises $5 Million
"The fourth annual benefit of Edible Schoolyard NYC meant [guests] had the city’s coolest chefs preparing their meals under a giant Van Wyck & Van Wyck-designed chandelier made of carrots -- not just for bragging rights but to help low-income kids discover healthful and delicious eating."
Seth Meyers, David Chang, and More Celebrate Edible Schoolyard NYC’s Benefit
"By empowering students to grow and cook healthy food, Edible Schoolyard combats the root of the obesity epidemic. And so it was with great enthusiasm that more than 25 chefs...fired up cooking stations and crafted their own unique four-course meals for the diners at their tables."
Dirty Work: Basque-ing in the Garden with Alex Raij
"Raij’s visit to the MUNCHIES garden also happens to come only a week before she plans to cook at the Edible Schoolyard NYC Spring Benefit with more than a dozen of the city’s best chefs, which will help fund the program’s gardening and kitchen classes in New York City public schools."
A Spring Asparagus Dish From London’s Beloved River Café
“We’re very seasonal at The River Café,” Rogers says of the springtime dish, which kicks off the four-course banquet she will prepare at next week’s Edible Schoolyard NYC’s spring benefit..."
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