Cultivating Change and Connection: Reflecting on the FOLCS Kindred Gathering
3 Generations of FoodCorps Allstars Grow Together at Backyard Growers
Backyard Growers, FoodCorps’ local site partner in Gloucester, MA, is a small but rapidly growing community organization that provides support and resources to school, community and backyard gardeners to establish vegetable gardens and become life-long gardeners. It has only three permanent staff and four AmeriCorps members, including one from FoodCorps. When that FoodCorps service member, … Continued
Top 6 Books to Turn Kids into Brave Eaters
For two years now we have been partnering with C&S Wholesale Grocers and First Book to provide our AmeriCorps service members with money to purchase books to stock their schools’ teaching libraries. Year after year, these six books come in with rave reviews from corps members and students alike! We’ve included some of their testimonies below … Continued
FoodCorps Awarded Grant by Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield Foundation
Grant provides $20,000 of funding to expand healthy school programming in Connecticut
How to deal when FLOTUS visits your school, in 5 phases
From the moment I began working at Philip’s Academy Charter School with ecospaces in Newark, NJ, I knew my service site was special. Rooftop garden, self-operated dining room and locally sourced menus, teaching kitchen: check, check, check! Hundreds of creative, enthusiastic and sassy students and their nurturing teachers: check and check! Philip’s had it all… well, … Continued