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Food Republic: FoodCorps Takes Activism Local
Food Republic site covers FoodCorps and service members Stephanie Lip and Allison Marshall.
NY Times: FoodCorps on Mark Bittman’s 25 things to be hopeful about
FoodCorps on Mark Bittman’s 25 things to be hopeful about
The Boston Globe: Changing Student Lunches, One Tray at a Time
Michael Prager, for The Boston Globe, writes about getting local, healthy food onto school lunch trays.
The Boston Globe: If They Grow It, They Will Eat It
Service Members Andy Harding and Norris Guscott, serving with the Food project, talk with the Globe about food and community.
Cooking Light and FoodCorps Team Up to Create a Healthier Generation of Kids
Cooking Light and FoodCorps Team Up to Create a Healthier Generation of Kids
Oct 24, 2011 – New Collaboration Aims to Raise Awareness About Childhood Obesity
The Oregonian: reconnecting Oregon students with the state’s agricultural roots
Oregon’s first four “FoodCorps” service members began serving this week.
FoodCorps is “more than just another food pyramid poster on the cafeteria wall”
As FoodCorps co-founder Cecily Upton said, “This is more than just another food pyramid poster on the cafeteria wall. Foodcorps is a school food army, putting boots on the ground in service for healthier kids.”
Grist: FoodCorps will teach kids, link farms and schools
FoodCorps trumpeted as a ray of hope in curbing this nation’s childhood obesity epidemic.
Washington Post: “FoodCorps steps in to help schools do what they couldn’t otherwise afford.”
The Washington Post’s Jane Black profiles FoodCorps’ Maine program for her inaugural column, Smarter Food: “FoodCorps targets a key weakness in the growing and ever-more-fashionable effort to teach children where food comes from and wean them off french fries and pizza in the cafeteria,” Black writes. “It puts boots on the ground to develop the … Continued
Jackson Free Press: Local Service Member Named Person of the Day
Mississippi FoodCorps Service Member Abi Phillips was named person of the day for her work in local schools in Jackson.