9 Thoughtful Holiday Gifts Made by FoodCorps Alumni
Try Day: Students Vote For New Lunch Menu Items in Arizona
Arizona service member Brooke Kahl and cafeteria staff coordinated “Try Day,” a new initiative at her school where students taste new, healthy foods every month and vote on whether to include them on the school’s menu.
Congresswoman DeLauro visits FoodCorps School in Connecticut
Congresswoman Rosa DeLauro visited Paige Petit’s school in Middletown, Connecticut. Together, they led a black bean and corn salsa taste test with the students.
Watch: Massachusetts Students Learn How to Grow Their Own Food
Second-graders at Boland Elementary School in Springfield, Massachusetts learned how to grow their own food with FoodCorps Service Member Kali Ransom.
Watch: Massachusetts Elementary School Gets New School Garden Through National Grant
FoodCorps service member Kali Ransom was awarded a national grant that funded the build-out of Boland Elementary School’s new school garden!
Sweetgreen Co-Founder: FoodCorps’ “Superpower Starts with Food Education”
Sweetgreen co-founder Nathaniel Ru shares how the partnership with FoodCorps to reimagine school cafeterias aligns with sweetgreen’s mission to inspire healthier communities by connecting people to real food.
States Sue Trump Administration for School Nutrition Rollbacks
A group of states, led by New York, filed a lawsuit against the USDA’s rollbacks of school nutrition standards. FoodCorps’ Co-Founder and Chief Strategist, Cecily Upton, contributed a supportive statement for the New York Attorney General’s press release.