iEat Green Welcomes Kim Coopersmith, the Child Nutrition Director from Glen Cove Public Schools

Posted on June 5, 2019

Hi All,

Bhavani & Kim Coopersmith at the asparagus tasting

As the new Farm to School Coordinator for Glen Cove Public Schools, I thought it would be very informative for me to invite on Kim Coopersmith, the Child Nutrition Program Director in charge of the school breakfast and lunch program in Glen Cove.

Kim Coopersmith has a Bachelor’s of Science in Dietetics, and worked as a Clinical Dietitian in NYC before starting her career at the Glen Cove City School District in 2003. For the past 16 years she has directed the district’s Child Nutrition Program with roughly 40 employees within 6 schools.

Her responsibilities include feeding 3,200 students daily with 65% free and reduced meals. This program is federally funded with stringent guidelines and meal components that have to be met. Kim is part of The Long Island

Fresh asparagus from Young’s Farm for the school tasting

School Nutrition Directors Assoc, which is a purchasing cooperative with 52 other school districts on Long Island, giving them purchasing power in numbers. Kim is very interested in helping to improve the quality of the food program within the school district, and is optimistic that the Farm to School Grant will help to facilitate that change.

Please join me on Thursday as we discuss the NYS Farm to School Grant, the Farm to School Coordinator position, and the challenges that all federally funded school nutrition programs face.

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