Our 2024 Child Nutrition Policy Year in Review
This School-Run Garden is Helping Nourish an Arizona Community
Moencopi Day School in Tuba City, Arizona, has offered a garden learning program for over 10 years. But it was just last spring that student-grown produce first appeared on this elementary school’s cafeteria lunch line—a Hopi Nation first. FoodCorps is proud to be supported nationally by the Walmart Foundation as together we seek to reach children with high quality, impactful nutrition education that sets kids up for healthy futures.
FoodCorps joins innovators in food systems change
We are thrilled to be part of the 3rd cohort of Food System 6, a business accelerator in San Francisco! We are part of a group of companies and nonprofits selected from hundreds of innovations from around the globe.
Policy Brief: Two Big Wins for Healthy Schools!
We just took an exciting step forward in protecting national service and the health of our nation’s kids. Congress has signed into law a bipartisan spending bill for the 2018 federal fiscal year, and while the bill as a whole is a mixed bag, it does include wins for national service and healthy-food education—progress that your voices helped make happen.
AmeriCorps gave LaBria Lane ‘wiggle room’ to hone skills and try new things
FoodCorps AmeriCorps service member LaBria Lane talks about her experience serving in Flint, and how serving led her to challenges and growth.
WATCH: FoodCorps service member takes action to reduce food waste
FoodCorps service member Sarah learned that every day after her school’s lunch service, 137 pounds of food is wasted. Watch how she and her students are working to find solutions!
Vote Now to Pick FoodCorps’ New T-Shirt
We’re posting two different designs with different messages on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Whichever design has the most likes will be available as a t-shirt next month.
Watch: FoodCorps Co-Founder Cecily Upton at Food Tank Summit
In February, FoodCorps’ Cecily Upton spoke with peers about how to engage kids in the food and agriculture movement.
Safe Schools are Healthy Schools
Halfway through the garden lesson, we and the 20+ pre-k children, responded to an alarm calling us back into the school. As the school was put on lock-down, the FoodCorps service member calmly and soothingly worked with the teachers to bring us all back into a safe place.
Policy Brief: Take Action to Protect the Local FARMS Act
This month’s policy brief is a call to action on two things: funding for national service and showing support for the Local FARMS Act of 2017, which helps communities prosper through farm to fork investments, helps consumers access fresh food and reauthorizes the Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program.
A Day in the Life of a FoodCorps Service Member: East Hartford, CT
Every weekday, FoodCorps AmeriCorps service members connect kids to healthy food in schools. But what does that look like, really? Read about Abby’s day teaching kids to grow food in the winter.