Schools chancellor announces new initiative to make lunches ‘local’
Talk about lunching local.
Schools Chancellor Carmen Fariña announced on Thursday, December 17 the launch of New York Thursdays, a new approach to school lunches that brings locally grown or produced foods directly to students’ plates once a week.
As part of a nationwide initiative spearheaded by the Urban School Food Alliance, New York Thursdays is expected to boost student health and education while also strengthening the local agricultural economy and cutting carbon emissions.