QUESTION
How many NYC centers offer scratch-made, culturally appropriate food beyond Lenox Hill?
1:20:47
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Associate Commissioner Anya Herasme acknowledges that there are a few centers providing scratch-made, culturally appropriate food, but Council Member Gale Brewer insists it is only Lenox Hill.
- Anya Herasme is unsure of the exact number of centers offering such food.
- Gale Brewer asserts only Lenox Hill provides scratch-made, culturally appropriate food.
- Lenox Hill is highlighted as an exemplary center, conducting training for other programs on scratch cooking.
- Efforts to expand scratch-made, culturally appropriate food offerings are ongoing, with partnerships and initiatives featuring the mayor's office of food policy.
Gale Brewer
1:20:47
And in terms of food, culturally appropriate, how many of your centers other than Lenox Hill do scratch food, form scraps, that's what scrap through the call, that would be appropriate for this community.
Anya Herasme
1:21:00
That's a great question.
1:21:01
I'm not sure how many do from scratch?
1:21:03
I know there there's a handful.
Gale Brewer
1:21:04
It's 0 except for Lenox Hill.
Anya Herasme
1:21:06
I believe there might be others.
1:21:07
Lenox Hill
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1:21:08
are really
Anya Herasme
1:21:08
an exception.
1:21:09
They're they do wonderful they do a wonderful job.
1:21:12
And Lenox Hill actually does training for that's open to all of our programs, which is really wonderful.
1:21:16
We've partnered with them on that for them to teach other programs how to do similar type of scratch cooking.
1:21:21
And we're always looking into opportunities to also and working with the mayor's office of food policy to enhance the the food.
1:21:28
So that you
Gale Brewer
1:21:28
can have more culturally appropriate food.
1:21:30
If it's scratch, it would be more culturally appropriate.
1:21:32
Yes.