Tisch Food Center in the News
Faculty and students weigh in on the importance of nutrition ed in schools and on conscientious meat consumption.
Education Sets the Table for Healthy Eating in Schools
Tisch Food Center Executive Director Pam Koch and doctoral student Renata Peralta call for increased support for nutrition education, particularly in light of the upcoming Child Nutrition Act Reauthorization. We have witnessed great advances in policies relating to what children eat in schools. Instead of rolling back these gains, we should be strengthening these policies with additional requirements for nutrition education, increased funding for the programs that provide it, and more support for schools that want to offer it. (Huffington Post 10/22/14)The benefits of Meatless Monday
For personal health and that of the planet, eat less meat and when you do eat it, make sure it's sustainable, says Pam Koch. (Men's Health 2/1/15)Published Wednesday, Jan. 7, 2015