Six-week online program equips K–5 teachers with food education tools as federal nutrition funding collapses

NEW YORK, June 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Eight months after Congress eliminated SNAP-Ed — the country's largest federally funded nutrition education program, which reached roughly 90 million low-income Americans, including an estimated 35 million children, Teachers College, Columbia University and FoodCorps has announced Food Education in the Classroom (Food-E), the nation's first microcredential designed specifically to train K–5 teachers in food education.

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Why it matters

For industry operators, this is another data point in the structural change reshaping the markets sector. Watch for follow-on moves from competitors and reactions from key channel partners in the coming quarters.

Six-week online program equips K–5 teachers with food education tools as federal nutrition funding collapses

NEW YORK, June 9, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- Eight months after Congress eliminated SNAP-Ed — the country's largest federally funded nutrition education program, which reached roughly 90 million low-income Americans, including an estimated 35 million children, Teachers College, Columbia University and FoodCorps has announced Food Education in the Classroom (Food-E), the nation's first microcredential designed specifically to train K–5 teachers in food education.

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Written by Michael Politz, Author of Guide to Restaurant Success: The Proven Process for Starting Any Restaurant Business From Scratch to Success (ISBN: 978-1-119-66896-1), Founder of Food & Beverage Magazine, the leading online magazine and resource in the industry. Designer of the Bluetooth logo and recognized in Entrepreneur Magazine's "Top 40 Under 40" for founding American Wholesale Floral, Politz is also the Co-founder of the Proof Awards and the CPG Awards and a partner in numerous consumer brands across the food and beverage sector.