
Action Alert: Stop Dairy Industry from Invading New York Schools
Here is a list of ways that you can help with
this campaign:
- Contact New York Agriculture in the Classroom and ask them
to select a book that encourages the consumption of fruits, vegetables,
and other nutritious foods. Our list of alternative
books highlighting healthy and nutritious
foods can also be found on the New
York Agriculture in the Classroom Web site.
NY Agriculture in the Classroom
Cornell University Dept. of Education
106 Kennedy Hall
Ithaca NY 14853
607-255-9252
nyaitc@cornell.edu
- Send a letter to Senator Hillary
Clinton.
- Send a letter to Senator Charles
Schumer.
- Send a letter to your New York
state senator and assemblymember.
- Find out if your local elementary school is participating in
the Ag Literacy Day on March 20. If your school is participating,
please write a letter to the principal and ask him or her to
only read books to students that encourage the consumption of
healthy foods, such as fruits and vegetables. Also, please let
PCRM know if your school is participating so we can send a letter
as well.
- Write a letter to your local newspaper expressing your concern
over the book choice.
- Distribute flyers to parents at the school.
- Pass along this list and ask friends, family, and acquaintances
to help out.
- If you are a healthcare professional in New York, please contact
Susan Levin, staff dietitian, at slevin@pcrm.org or
202-686-2210, ext. 333, to discuss ways that you can help change
New York’s Ag Literacy Day.
- Start a dialogue with other parents, teachers, and school board
members about healthy alternatives for children’s diets.
If you have any questions, please contact Susan Levin, staff dietitian,
at slevin@pcrm.org or 202-686-2210,
ext. 333.
Thank you for helping!
Alternative Book Suggestions
Saunders-Smith, Gail. Carrots. Capstone
Press, 1998. This primary reader describes carrots from growing
to processing to eating.
Tryon, Leslie. Albert's Field Trip. Atheneum
Books for Young Readers, 1993. Albert leads a class from Pleasant
Valley School on a field trip to Georgie and Gracie's apple farm. The
children pick their own apples and squeeze them into juice.
Rendon, Marcie R. and Cheryl Walsh Bellville. Farmer's
Market. Carolrhoda Books, Inc., 2001. Full
of colorful photographs, this book describes the efforts of
many families who work hard to produce food that is sold at
farmer's markets.
Lin, Grace. Ugly Vegetables, The. Charlesbridge
Publishing, 1999. A little girl and her mother grow vegetables
rather than beautiful flowers like their neighbors, and she learns
to appreciate the tasty soup her mother makes with them.
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