school meal program participation rates in NYC indicate that there are barriers to participation that should
be addressed. The City Harvest Healthy Schools program aims to fill this gap by placing dedicated
Fieldwork students in low-resource NYC schools to provide manpower, strategies, and resources to
improve school meal participation and the food environment within the school community which in turn
can increase food security and access to healthy food in NYC’s high-need communities.
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