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We are happy to announce the publication of our newest resource - the In Defense of Food curriculum to accompany a PBS documentary based on Michael Pollan's book. There's been lots of action on the policy front too, from a bipartisan Senate effort on Child Nutrition Reauthorization to the newest Dietary Guidelines for Americans. You can read more about all of these developments below. What else is exciting this year? Beans! The United Nations has declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses<http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=94c2a3756f&e=813b514291>. One delicious way to take a small step toward a more sustainable diet is pledging <http://columbia.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=88547e65e8&e=813b514291> to <http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=b5d0bfa513&e=813b514291> eating<http://columbia.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=fbec73a87e&e=813b514291> pulses once a week for 10 weeks<http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=fa880762fa&e=813b514291>. Who's going to join me in this global food movement? Sincerely, Pam Koch Executive Director [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d/images/5ea74da2-1eaf-482e-a373-fa97e1ecaf3d.jpeg]<http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=17b5bddaf6&e=813b514291> Research Spotlight A new report by the Tisch Food Center's Renata Peralta highlights principal support for New York City's universal free lunch program for middle schoolers. This report comes at a time when advocates are pressing the Mayor and City Council to expand this program to elementary and high schools. Read more here<http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=7abd4a2fee&e=813b514291>. Policy Corner CNR update The Senate Agriculture Committee recently passed a bipartisan Child Nutrition Reauthorization bill. The bill lays the groundwork for strengthening nutrition education and incorporates some Tisch Food Center recommendations, including: mandating a study on the state of nutrition education in federal programs, extending WIC eligibility to children up to age six, and doubling funding for the Farm to School program. Read our full statement here<http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=b3b666e983&e=813b514291>. Now it's time for to call on the Senate to bring the bill to a floor vote. Send a message<http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=33f0896e48&e=813b514291> to your Senators to take action, via NYC4CNR. ICYMI: Dietary Guidelines published The new Dietary Guidelines for Americans were released in January. Many of the new recommendations, including more focus on healthy fats and whole foods, as well as a strong stance on the reduction of refined sugars, are promising. While the final guidelines do not mention sustainability, we are encouraged by how passionate the public response was to the DGA committee's report linking personal and planetary health. Check out the New York Times' recap of the guidelines here<http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=f1f403fc6c&e=813b514291>. Featured Resource In Defense of Food curriculum TFC has just released the In Defense Of Food curriculum<http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=9c43ea0f48&e=813b514291>, a companion to the PBS documentary <http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=13b798b138&e=813b514291> based on Michael Pollan's book, which uses activities and film clips to give young people new tools to think critically about food. Students prepare delicious recipes, create performance poetry and participate in peer-to-peer learning to investigate the question, “What should I eat to be healthy?” and discover what Pollan means by his now-famous answer: Eat Food. Not Too Much. Mostly Plants. [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d/images/d4a71c7a-2d17-4676-a7f4-14b68d20d957.png]<http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=03f5fb639c&e=813b514291> "...this curriculum is not only informative and effective, but also a great deal of fun, with lots of imaginative, enjoyable exercises and recipes for real food dishes for kids to make themselves. I am delighted to see my work give rise to this exciting new project. I think it can really make a difference in young people’s lives." -Michael Pollan Recent News Faculty, staff, and students are busy evaluating programs that create healthy school environments. We wrapped up baseline data collection for an evaluation of Wellness in the Schools<http://columbia.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=8c74edc00e&e=813b514291> (WITS) and this semester we are continuing to document school lunch consumption, activity at recess, and classroom attention in control and WITS schools. TFC researchers will be traveling around the country this spring collecting data about students' lunchtime consumption of fruits and vegetables in FoodCorps<http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=49250aa2a1&e=813b514291> schools. This is also the fourth year of a longitudinal study with Edible Schoolyard NYC<http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=8ad8a56b6f&e=813b514291>. TFC is also partnering with Hazon<http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=d8fdb21d12&e=813b514291>, an organization working to create a healthier and more sustainable Jewish community, to develop curricula and resources for its JOFFEE fellowship training<http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=179ac6bca4&e=813b514291> focused on food education. On December 16, 2015, TFC hosted Australian author Indira Naidoo, who spoke about her latest book, The Edible City<http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=20e6135164&e=813b514291>. Read more about our conversation with her here.<http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=c7a523d531&e=813b514291> [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d/images/d88dd045-68d3-4bdc-9db3-9ecc34898211.jpg]<http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=b18c35c9f5&e=813b514291> TFC Students and Staff with Author Indira Naidoo TFC executive director Pamela Koch was featured in an article on Huffington Post<http://columbia.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=17b5b348ec&e=813b514291> about her role speaking on a panel at an event hosted by the national nonprofit, Common Threads. 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On March 3, TFC research associate Heewon Lee Gray will present a new study, "Mediation Effect of the Psychosocial Factors on Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption in Youth," based on our Choice, Control & Change<http://columbia.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=95b201c266&e=813b514291> project at Columbia's Appetite Behavior<http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=76a78af3f6&e=813b514291> seminar. 3 Upcoming Opportunities to Learn About School Gardens: Alumna Kate Gardner Burt, PhD, RD, along with Pamela Koch, will be facilitating a workshop entitled The GREEN Tool: Dig into school garden integration! at the three events below. Participants will learn to use the GREEN (Garden Resources, Education, and Environment Nexus) Tool to strengthen their school garden. * The City Growers' Education Conference<http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=1b6e970f71&e=813b514291> (CGEC) on February 27. * The 35th annual Making Brooklyn Bloom<http://columbia.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=5284166c39&e=813b514291> event at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden on March 12. * The annual Just Food Conference<http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=eac344b5f5&e=813b514291> on March 13. The annual Just Food Conference<http://columbia.us8.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=a552e7d007&e=813b514291> will be held on March 13 at Teachers College. Programming will include urban agriculture skill-building, cooking and food preservation techniques, opportunities to advocate for equitable food policy, and strategies for mobilizing communities to create more equitable access to fresh, locally grown food. Click here<http://columbia.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=82359b1b6d&e=813b514291> for tickets and registration. [https://gallery.mailchimp.com/ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d/images/6e47867c-6e6a-48c1-91d2-14fdce6aa99e.jpg]<http://columbia.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=280c518e5f&e=813b514291> Student Spotlights Doctoral student Rachel Paul, MS, RD was recently featured by Today's Dietitian<http://columbia.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=484c11480b&e=813b514291> magazine as an "RD of the day." The magazine featured Rachel’s recent article in The Huffington Post<http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=095273a2c3&e=813b514291> on smarter snacks for healthy students. Doctoral Student Matthew Graziose published a paper<http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=a5b00c7b8f&e=813b514291> in the American Society for Nutrition's Advanced Nutrition with Dr. Jessica Fanzo on how to educate and train a nutrition workforce. Master's student Alison Hard is an author of New York City's 2015 Food Metrics Report<http://columbia.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=c8c5dc724c&e=813b514291>, which was published in December by the NYC Food Policy Office. She worked on the report during her internship in the Food Policy Office from January to August 2015. Master's student and TFC social media assistant Gena Hamshaw is a 2016 blogger ambassador for the US Dried Pea & Lentil Council's Pulse Pledge<http://columbia.us8.list-manage2.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=63c676a70d&e=813b514291> initiative, part of the 2016 International Year of Year of Pulses. Opportunities Intern With Us This Summer! We have two internship openings for summer (and possibly spring) 2016--a food policy internship and healthy school environment internship. We are looking for candidates to be in our office in NYC 30-40 hours per week for 8-10 weeks. These internships are unpaid. Learn more about these opportunities here<http://columbia.us8.list-manage.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=dede93e68e&e=813b514291>! Subscribe to The Tisch 'Dish<http://columbia.us8.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=ebbdc27a6417de82e9320e64d&id=d1b53d72fd&e=813b514291> Copyright © 2014 The Laurie M. 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