FoodCorps Responds to USDA Cuts to Local Food Spending
Cooking Light blog: when service members collaborate, 2 heads are better than 1
Kirsten Gerbatsch and Daniel Marbury serve together in Traverse City, Michigan where they collaborate to have maximum impact in their schools.
Civil Eats: Three years, thirteen football fields of gardens
Three years after FoodCorps met in Detroit for a planning session, we reconvened in Detroit for our mid-year gathering.
Lessons from Detroit: Growing Healthy Communities by Working with what We’ve Got
Alyssa Charney is a Service Member in Red Lodge. As I furiously packed, attempted to reschedule three days of classes, and rushed away early from our annual Food Partnership Council celebration, I couldn’t help but be a bit frustrated that the midyear FoodCorps gathering in Detroit was pulling me away from a busy schedule of … Continued
FoodCorps members converge on Detroit for field visits and training on local food systems
FoodCorps members converge on Detroit for field visits and training on local food systems
Apr 12, 2013 – 80 service members from across the nation to visit center of urban farm movement
Life After FoodCorps
As spring marches forward the question comes with increasing frequency: “So, Natasha… what’s next?” This may sound preemptive to address in April, five months before the FoodCorps end of service in August. The end of my time in Ennis may be a long way off, but it already seems to be in the thoughts of … Continued
New York Times Sunday Routine features FoodCorps Executive Director Curt Ellis
Each Sunday the New York Times Metro section follows someone as they go about their Sunday weekly rituals. This past week, they featured our co-founder and Executive Director, Curt.
Healthy Schools Campaign: FoodCorps brings a whole new meaning to “food service”
The Healthy Schools Campaign blog features Oregon service member Amoreena Treff and her hands-on service in the garden, in the classroom, and in the cafeteria.
Huffington Post: Debra Eschmeyer on why AmeriCorps works for FoodCorps
Our co-founder and Director of Policy and Partnerships asked our service members why they think the AmeriCorps model works in their communities. Here’s what they had to say.
Deb Eschmeyer named 1 of 7 amazing women working to change our food system
In honor of International Women’s Day, FoodTank recognized co-founder and Director of Policy and Partnerships, Deb Eschmeyer, alongside 6 other women working in food and agriculture.
Good Food Jobs: Service Member Florita Coakley shares the inspirations, twists and turns that brought her to food
North Carolina service member Florita, featured as GFJ’s “Gastrognome,” found food as her career when other paths didn’t work out and she listened to her passion.