"Plant-Centered Culinary Skills" Aims to Reimagine Prison Food
Date:  07-24-2024

Training to provide healthier food will be taught in multiple correctional facilities in NYC
From The Cooldown:

People incarcerated in certain New York City correctional facilities will have the opportunity to transform their health habits for the better thanks to an initiative launched in part by New York City Mayor Eric Adams, reported Plant Based News.

The plan? Provide "plant-centered culinary skills" training to those working in the kitchen at multiple facilities, including two juvenile centers and Rikers Island. The program was established by Mayor Adams along with the NYC Department of Correction (DOC), the Administration for Children's Services (ACS), and Hot Bread Kitchen, a culinary nonprofit organization.

It's a program that will "focus on reimagining food," the DOC said in a statement per Plant Based News, to "support the health and well-being of detained individuals." From Continue reading >>>