New Yorkers are rebuilding local food systems in communities across the state. 
At the School Food Summit—held this month at the Roundout Valley High School—parents, farmers, foodservice staff and students prepared a meal from locally sourced food, held a Local Food Fair and talked with the Renegade Lunch Lady Chef Ann Cooper and a panel of school foodservice directors. American Farmland Trust staff joined in, chopping butternut squash and sharing information about our upcoming No Farms No Food® Rally where one of our policy priorities is to improve farm viability by encouraging state-run agencies to purchase more food grown in New York.
