School Lunches
New York City provides 850,000 meals a day to children through the school lunch program. Currently, most of the fruit served in New York City schools has been local. A project to bring New York State apples to New York City school cafeterias has also increased fruit consumption among school children, and much policy work currently focuses on the task of bringing more local food to school lunches to give children healthier, fresher meals while strengthening regional agricultural economy.
Read more about this topic: Food And Water In New York City
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