The New York Coalition for Healthy School Foods is a non-profit organization that works to promote nutrition education and help kids make healthier food choices at school. It's work of vital importance to today's kids and provides busy parents with a helping hand to keep their children healthy. There are plenty of resources at their site to help you get a program started at your child's school.

The group's motto is "Healthy Foods + Exercise = Better Health, Better Grades, Better Behavior." According to the organization's web site:

New York Coalition for Healthy School Foods works to promote optional plant-based entrees, healthy snack foods, farm to school programs, and nutrition education to encourage healthier choices. Plant-based entrees contain no cholesterol, are low in saturated and total fat, and contain fiber. This helps schools to better meet their requirement for meals to meet the US Dietary Guidelines. We encourage schools to apply nutrition standards to meals, snack foods, vending machine items, school stores, snack bars at school events, fund-raisers, and not to use unhealthy food as rewards nor exercise for punishment.

The organization promotes a plant-based diet and cites research indicating "... that with proper education, children will select healthy options at a much higher rate than those who do not have such education."

To visit the organization's web site & get more information go to: New York Coalition for Healthy School Foods.