Mission

NYCNEN is dedicated to educating and supporting a network of members who seek to improve the food and nutrition environment for a healthier New York City.

 

Values

Create a dynamic organizational environment that encourages members to actively participate, exchange ideas, contribute and network with one another
Promote food systems that support improved nutrition and public health
Enhance nutrition education practices that embrace cultural competency, empowerment critical thinking and a full range of literacy levels
Provide a forum for professional development
Foster sound public policy that supports nutrition and health
Affirm the relationship between research and nutrition practice
 

Timeline

1998 NYCNEN started with a grant from USDA. Founding members were Toni Liquori (Community Food Resource Center, now known as FoodChange) and Lynn Perton ( NYS Department of Health)
CRFC/Food Change hosted NYCNEN until 2006
   
2001 NYCNEN launched a listserv as a Yahoo! group
Logo developed
   
2004 Developed proposals leading to the development of Food Systems Network NYC
   
2006 Columbia University Teachers College, Nutrition Program becomes host agency
   
2007 Formal membership started. Membership dues established
   
2008 Website launched
 
 

Past Meetings

2010-2011 Meetings @The New School
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November 19, 2010 -  From the White House to the Big Apple: National and Local Movements to Fight Childhood Obesity

January 20, 2011 - Why Aren't You Listening? Promoting Behavior Change in Individuals, Groups and Organizatons

March 16, 2011 - GIS Mapping to Support Community Nutrition Programs

April 5, 2011 - Food Stamped Film Screening

May 25, 2011 - Changing Our Environment: A Look At How Nutrition Policies Can Affect Our Environment and Behavior


2009-2010 Meetings @ Children's Health Fund


 
November 11, 2009 - Healthy Children, Healthy Communities
 

- Healthy Schools, Healthy Families - Melissa Phlugh

- CHALK - Stephanie Pitsirilos-Boquin

- Hip4Kids - Christopher Daly

- Project Health - Chinwe Onyekere

 
January 26, 2010 - Urban Food Production
 

- New York State Agriculture and Markets - Chris Grace

- Added Value Farm - Kristen Schafenacker

- Bed Stuy Campaign Against Hunger - Reverand Melony Samuels

 
March 18, 2010 - SchoolFood and How You Can Influence It
 

- SchoolFood - Stephen O'Brien

- Food Bank for New York City - Roxanne Henry

- Hunter College - Jan Poppendieck

- Community Food Advocates - Kathy Goldman

 
May 19, 2010 - Senior Nutrition - What's Happening in New York City
 

- Urban Health Plan - Elisa Munroe

- The Council of Senior Centers and Services - Bobbie Sackman

- City Harvest - Maggie Meehan

 

2008-2009 Meetings @ Gay Men's Health Crisis


 
November 19,2008 - Food Justice and the Rising Cost of Food
 

- New York Children’s Health Project - Laura Kaiser, Nutritionist

- Neighbors Together - Ed Fowler, Director

- World Hunger Year - Christina Schiavoni, International Coordinator

 
January 22, 2009 - Child Nutrition Authorization and the New WIC Package
 

- The FGE Food and Nutrition Team - Fern Gale Estrow, Nutritionist

- Public Health Solutions - Leigh Miller, Director

 
March 18, 2009 - Local Produce for Your Community: Local, Safe, Sustainable and Available
 

- Cornell Univesity Cooperative Extension NYC - Erica Ichinose Pijai, Coordinator of Farmers' Market Nutrition Program

- NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene, Brooklyn District Public Health Office - Kim Bylander, Coordinator of Fitness and Nutrition Initatives

- Just Food - Paula Lukats, CSA in NYC Program Manager

 
May 19, 2009 - Multicultural and Proactive Nutrition Education in DM Prevention and Care
 

- Hispanic/Latino Educator/Specialist - Lorena Drago, Nutritionist and Author

- Institute for Family Health - Christina Persaud, Diabetes Educator and Nutritionist

- NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene, Diabetes Prevention and Control Program - Rosa Rosen, Assistant Director

 

 

2007-2008 Meetings @ City Harvest


 
October 11, 2007 - Success in Nutrition Education: What does it mean?
 

- Teachers College, Columbia University - Isobel Contento, Mary Rose Swartz Professor of Nutrition and Education

- NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene, Physical Activity and Nutrition Program - Sabrina Baronberg, Deputy Director

- City Harvest - Elizabeth Vukovic Gartlan, Senior Manager of Nutrition Education

- FoodChange - Jeannie Cullen Fournier, CHES, Senior Program Officer, CookShop®

 
December 11, 2007 - Media Literacy
 

- Columbia Missouri Tribune - Melinda Hemmelgarn, Nutritionist and Columnist of “Food Sleuth”

- Teachers College, Columbia University - Pamela Koch, Executive Director, Center for Food and the Environment

 
February 14, 2008 - Food Access, Policy, Advocacy and Nutrition Education
 

- Community Food Security Coalition - Thomas Forster, Policy Advisor

- Senate - Liz Krueger, Senator

- Just Food - Molly Norton, Food Justice Coordinator

- Cornell University Cooperative Extension of NYC - Carol Parker-Duncanson,

- Hunter College - Nicholas Freudenberg, Professor of Urban Public Health

- Teachers College, Columbia University - Kathleen Porter, Doctoral Student, Linking Food and the Environment

 
April 9, 2008 - Early Childhood Nutrition/Head Start
 

- Administration for Children’s Services (ACS)/ Head Start - Risa Jaslow, Nutrition Coordinator

- New York State Department of Health Child and Adult Care Food Program - Cynthia Lewis, Public Health Nutritionist

- NYC Dept. of Health and Mental Hygiene - Liz Solomon, Nutrition Program Manager

- Educational Alliance - Peter Metralexis, Health and Partnership Coordinator

- Child Center of New York - Kathleen Green, Head Chef for Head Start Program

- Sunset Park Family Daycare - Joan Reid, Program Director

- NYC Food and Fitness Partnership - Monica Chierici

- New York University - Beth Dixon, Associate Professor in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health

- New York University - Tope Erinosho, Doctoral Candidate in the Department of Nutrition, Food Studies and Public Health

 
 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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