"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."
"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."
"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."
“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..."
"Plans for March 20? Mark your calendars: Grub Street is collaborating with the MP Shift and Edible Schoolyard NYC to host the first-ever 'Makers & Bakers' brunch."
Garden Teacher Cecilia Galarraga discusses the impact school gardens can have on students in Brooklyn.
"Edible Schoolyard NYC launched its signature experiential food education program at P.S./M.S. 7 in 2013, and Bryan and his classmates welcomed it with enthusiasm."
“...produce and dairy farmers visited the school to share stories of food’s journey from the farm to lunch trays at P.S. 7, one of ESYNYC’s two demonstration schools.”
Watch Edible Schoolyard NYC teachers and staff talk about how growing healthy eating habits in kids is the recipe for long-term success.
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