FoodCorps Responds to USDA Cuts to Local Food Spending
An Evening of Stories
“Stories can sometimes get at the complexity of the impact we’re having in a way that numbers don’t always show.” — Jerusha Klemperer, FoodCorps Co-founder FoodTalks is an evening of stories about farm to school in action. We’ve had this evening three years in a row now, and we’re pleased to be able to share … Continued
C&S Wholesale Grocers Announces National Support of FoodCorps
C&S Wholesale Grocers Announces National Support of FoodCorps
Mar 17, 2015 – Commitment Will Expand Healthier School Food Programs
#GimmeFive: FIVE ways FoodCorps Members Help Connect Kids to Real Food
Happy 5th Anniversary, Let’s Move! First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let’s Move! program has helped kids eat healthier and be more active so they can reach all their dreams. To celebrate the fifth anniversary, I am challenging YOU to #GimmeFive examples of how you are changing your habits to lead a healthier life. Do you walk to school or work? Have you … Continued
Service Member Tasia Yamamura Writes about Youth Empowerment and Politics of Food in Hawai’i for Food First
“Growing and eating our own food is a radical act,” asserts Tasia Yamamura. Read her piece to learn why Hawaiians growing and eating their own food is so radical.
Teaching Kids will Make You a Better Farmer
I have had a variety of different positions throughout the course of my life working with kids and youth development. Somewhere along the way, I got this notion in my head that I don’t think you can truly understand something unless you can break it down simply enough to explain it to a seven year … Continued
The power of choice
I serve at Kimball Elementary School in DC. At school, I often hear teachers discussing how to help their students achieve more. Every day they are nurturing their students’ progress. This progress is measured informally with classroom discussions and formally with homework assignments and tests. But, as an educator whose “classroom” is sometimes the cafeteria, … Continued
10 Tips for a Successful Cooking Class
Here’s how to make the most of your cooking class.
FoodCorps Co-founder Selected for Leadership Role at The White House
FoodCorps Co-founder Selected for Leadership Role at The White House
Jan 08, 2015 – Debra Eschmeyer has been selected as Executive Director of the First Lady’s Let’s Move! initiative, and as the President’s Senior Policy Advisor on Nutrition
FoodCorps Co-founder Debra Eschmeyer Selected for Leadership Role at White House
Deb Eschmeyer, co-founder of FoodCorps, has been named by the White House as Executive Director of Let’s Move! and Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition Policy.
Service Member Jen Urban Teaches With, Learns From Kalo [Slow Food USA]
FoodCorps Hawai’i Service Member Jen Urban knows how difficult it is to prepare meals with kids in schools, but that doesn’t stop her.