School Meals

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Did you know that New York City Public Schools offers FREE breakfast, lunch, and afterschool meals to all students during the school year? Follow us on Instagram to stay connected and learn more about your food service program. Discover what's on the menu, new items being served, behind-the-scenes efforts to provide healthy meals across the city, and how you can provide feedback on our services.

Take Our 2025 Food Service Survey

We want to provide you with the best food service program possible. Take a quick 3 minute survey to tell us what you want to eat. Thank you in advance for wanting to make a difference

Mission

New York City Public Schools offers free breakfast, lunch and after school meals to all NYC Public Schools Students during the school year. We equitably serve NYC students with healthy and delicious meals that enhance their educational experience, reflect their voices, and nourish them into adulthood. Watch a short video about our food service program.

Parents and Students

Everything parents and students need to know about the school meals breakfast and lunch meal program. View menus, nutrition information, allergen, complete your lunch form online, plus take our “Tell Us What your want to eat” survey!

Principals, School Administration & Charter Schools

Find information about our public and non-public school food service programs. Find menus, nutritional information, allergen facts, 504 accommodations, how to start an afterschool or weekend meal program to securing our vending services.

Partners

• American Diary Association Northeast
• American Farmland Trust
• Black VegFest
• Brighter Bites
• Cafeteria Culture
• Center for Good Food Purchasing
• Children’s Aid Society
• Chilis on Wheels
• City Harvest
• Coalition for Healthy School Food
• Community Food Advocates
• Common Threads
• Commonality (Strategic Planning)
• CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute
• Department of Agriculture and Markets
• Edible School Yard NYC
• Equity Advocates
• Family Cooks Productions
• Food Bank for NYC
• FoodCorps
• Friends of the Earth
• Group Gordon (Public Relations)
• GrowNYC School Gardens
• Health Kids Collaborative, Culinary Institute of America
• Hunter College NYC Food Policy
• International Fresh Produce Association
• Laurie M. Tisch Center for Food, Education & Policy, Teachers College, Columbia University
• LifeTime Foundation
• Mayor’s Office on Food Policy
• Mercy for Animals
• Natural Resources Defenses Council
• New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDOHMH)
• New York Department of Health Child and Adult Care Food Program
• New York School Nutrition Association
• New York State Education Department – Child Nutrition
• NYC Department of Education, Office of School Wellness
• NYC Department of Education, Office of Sustainability
• NYC Healthy School Food Alliance
• ScratchWorks
• Seeds in the Middle
• Share our Strength
• Staten Island Partnership for Community Wellness (SIPCW)
• Teens for Food Justice
• The Humane Society of the US
• Urban School Food Alliance
• Wellness in the Schools
• Whole Kids Foundation

Contact Office of Food & Nutrition Services 

For more information about our menus, nutrition information, approved foods to be sold in schools, programs, questions or comments email us at food@schools.nyc.gov. Please provide your name and email address when responding. Here is our School Food Service District Supervisor/Regional Director directory. 

Food Services Careers