FoodCorps Responds to USDA Cuts to Local Food Spending
FoodCorps Get to Know: Miguel from GBCS
Meet Miguel! “All About Food” is a cooking class I teach to 6th-8th graders at Greater Brunswick Charter School in New Brunswick, NJ. Two days a week, students are engaged in food-related activities like gardening and nutrition; one day a week is dedicated to building their cooking skills.
Fiesta Friday Local Lunch!
In my role as a FoodCorps service member, I am tasked with three interconnected pillars of work that, done together, can help transform kids’ relationships to food. They are: teaching kids about healthy food and where it comes from, engaging kids in hands-on gardening and cooking lessons, and working with school food staff to get healthy food from … Continued
FoodCorps Service Member Brings Magic of Squash Alive in Putnam, CT [Cooking Light]
The brave taste testers of Mrs. Martel’s Kindergarten class take on a new vegetable: squash. And this Cooking Light post also includes a recipe for squash fries!
The Walmart Foundation Commits to Growing Healthy Schools
The Walmart Foundation Commits to Growing Healthy Schools
Oct 13, 2014 – A grant of $1.2 million helps FoodCorps dig deeper.
PBS’s Food Forward Follows Caroline Stover in Transforming School Food in Warrenton, NC
Watch on PBS’s Food Forward as Caroline gets locally-grown cabbage into schools—and gets kids to eat it!
Local Food is Going Back to School with FoodCorps in Iowa
By Sarah McColl It’s sweet-corn season in Iowa, and with the school year about to commence, it would seem that the easiest way to get ears on the lunch trays of students would be to truck the harvest straight to the cafeteria. Well, kids who attend Des Moines Public Schools can expect more local corn … Continued
Modern Farmer Profiles Four Service Members Around the Country
FoodCorps is helping reverse the childhood obesity trend by teaching kids to fall in love with vegetables they’ve grown.
Digging Into Healthy Habits in School Gardens
FoodCorps service member Erin Jackson was recently asked to speak on Montana Public Radio for the Alternative Energy Resources Organization (AERO) to share her experience as a school garden educator and her ability to connect kids to real food through hands-on gardening activities. AERO is a grassroots membership organization serving as Montana’s hub for sustainable … Continued
Edible Hawaiian Islands Spots Something Good in the Schoolyard: FoodCorps!
School gardens are experiencing a resurgence in Hawai’i, thanks in part to FoodCorps and its friends on the islands!
Reasons to Love a Small Town
In a town the size of Red Lodge, it’s easy to feel like you know everyone. I’ve often connected with other service members in small towns about the difficulty of getting anywhere on time because inevitably you will stop to talk to someone along the way. Despite the delays sometimes, I love running into parents; … Continued