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Eat Smart New York

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What is EAT Smart New York?

EAT Smart New York is the Food Stamp Nutrition Education Program. The program offers classes to teach participants about food budgeting, meal planning, nutrition, and food preparation. Nutrition Teaching Assistants (NTA) can visit homemakers in their homes to help them choose nutritious foods and to offer help in making wise choices in feeding their infants and young children.

Who can participate?

Anyone who is eligible to receive or is receiving food stamps is eligible. Participants are often juggling multiple responsibilities of family and returning to work.

Where do the NTA’s and homemakers meet?

Classes meet in churches, schools, and community centers where there are cooking facilities adequate to accommodate a group. Individual homemakers usually meet the NTA’s in their own homes, but other meeting places can be arranged.

What happens in a ESNY class?

Classes are designed to help members learn how to budget limited food dollars, prepare tasty, nutritious meals acceptable to their families in a limited amount of time. Each class prepares a complete meal, eats together, and cleans up. Participants each receive a computer printout of their dietary intake indicating nutrients which are adequate and areas for nutritional improvement.

How does one start the program?

To sign up for a ESNY class contact a DSS case worker at 585-786-8900, WIC representative, or call the Cornell Cooperative Extension office at 585-786-2251. Young women interested in one-to-one visits from an NTA (Nutrition Teaching Assistant) should contact their TANF caseworker.