Nice work, New York.

New York City has hired a Food Policy Coordinator, the magnificent Ben Thomases, to “ensure that City agencies serving meals — like the Department for the Aging, the Administration for Children’s Services and the Department of Homeless Services — buy nutritious food” as well as “figure out ways to ensure that those eligible for food stamps are able to get them and oversee a plan to expand to 1,000 stores a program to encourage bodegas in low-income areas to offer healthier products like low-fat milk and fresh vegetables.”

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Many of us at Jcarrot know and love Ben, congratulations New York.

From the ground up, and from the top down…we’re getting somewhere!