How important is it to have Nutrition Education implemented as a vital part of all public schools today? Koch also collaborates with several other nutrition education efforts around New York City. From 2009-2012 she headed the evaluation of the New York City Food & Fitness Partnership, a policy and system change initiative in central Brooklyn that works to ensure that healthy choices are easy choices. She frequently presents professional development workshops about LiFE to teachers at National Science Teacher Association meetings. She is the lead author on the three Linking Food and the Environment (LiFE) curriculum series books: Growing Food: Farm to Table & Beyond, and Choice, Control & Change, and has coordinated the development, evaluation and dissemination of the LiFE curricula. She coordinates numerous research, education, and policy activities related to Nutrition Education. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy at Teachers College.
Pamela Koch is an Adjunct Assistant Professor and Project Coordinator and Executive Director of the new Laurie M.