The NYC Mayor’s Office of Food Policy works to increase food security; promote access to and consumption of healthy foods; … Read more
Sarah King
Sarah King holds a Bachelor of Arts in Social Work from the University of Washington and a Master of Public Health in Global Health from Boston University with an emphasis on managing disasters and complex emergencies. Her Master’s thesis examined unconditional cash transfers as a substitute for standard emergency feeding … Read more
Grace Heymsfield
Grace Heymsfield graduated from the University of Michigan in 2017 with a Masters of Public Health in Nutritional Sciences. For her public health practicum, Grace went to Malawi to study care groups promoting nutrition in the first 1,000 days of life. Following graduation, Grace completed her Registered Dietitian’s training through … Read more
Lower Food Security in Upper Manhattan?: A Survey of Residents of Washington Heights and Inwood
Lower Food Security in Upper Manhattan?: A Survey of Residents of Washington Heights and Inwood presents the findings from 290+ resident surveys conducted in Washington Heights and Inwood about food security. City Harvest is using this community input to guide its … Read more
Thomas Furstenberg-Carroll
Originally from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Tom graduated from Northeastern University in 2009 with a degree in economics. He then worked as an AmeriCorps VISTA providing free income tax preparation services for low income Philadelphians through a volunteer income tax (VITA) organization. He later served as a New York State AmeriCorps member … Read more
Kate Callahan
Originally from Willimantic, Connecticut, Kate graduated in 2010 from Syracuse University where she studied nutrition and policy studies. She volunteered as a nutrition educator for the Food Bank of Central New York and a scholarship program while coordinating service opportunities for her fellow students in Syracuse. She also interned at … Read more
City Harvest
City Harvest (CH) helped start the food rescue movement in 1982 when a group of New Yorkers saw that New … Read more
Sharing a Common Goal: A Qualitative Study on the Challenges Face by New York City’s Human Resources Administration (HRA) and the Possible Role of Advocacy Organizations in Helping to Overcome Them
Sharing a Common Goal: A Qualitative Study on the Challenges Face by New York City’s Human Resources Administration (HRA) and the Possible Role of Advocacy Organizations in Helping to Overcome Them offers suggestions for dispelling misperceptions and and miscommunication between … Read more
Quick! Delicious! Healthy Recipes on a Budget!
Quick! Delicious! Healthy Recipes on a Budget! is a recipe booklet with nutritious, inexpensive, and easy to prepare dishes that promotes the benefits of buying locally grown produce and provides information applying for food stamps and accessing free health and … Read more
Mariestella Fisher-Vélez
Mariestella is a 2001 psychology graduate of Fordham University and earned a Master’s degree in urban education from Temple University in 2004. As a VISTA Volunteer in a Philadelphia inner city high school, she worked with the Urban Nutrition Initiative educating low-income communities about healthy eating while supporting locally-grown produce … Read more
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