06/01/2026
Food education goes beyond knowing nutrition information. Food education builds the confidence and skills every student needs in order to establish lifelong healthy habits that help them achieve their academic, social physical, and emotional potential.
The Food Education Roadmap began in the 2022-23 school year as a collaboration between the Mayor’s Office of Food Policy and .ofns to embed food education into public schools, to make them healthier learning environments for New York City students. Today, at the 2026 Food Education Summit, we celebrated the release of Food Education Standards that help all educators and staff across the five boroughs speak the same language when we talk about food. MOFP was proud to join representatives from nearly 400 schools and 60 partner organizations who shared lessons about making food and nutrition fun while helping to reduce rates of diet-related disease.
Here’s to all the educators supporting the health of our children, from the classroom, to the cafeteria, to the community!
