Our 2024 Child Nutrition Policy Year in Review
The Strength to Inspire
Nadia Haile shares this poem about how her experience as a Michigan native and first generation Ethiopian-American connects her to her service.
Ask Us Anything! Alums Answer Your Application Questions
Watch our Facebook LIVE to learn how to make your service member application shine! FoodCorps alumni and our recruitment staff answered questions about this year’s application and their respective experiences as former AmeriCorps service members.
What’s Going on With Food Policy?
The longest shutdown in history is over (for now); a new Congress means fresh voices in food policy; new climate change resolution impacts food and farming.
Worms Make Great Compost at Oakland Schools
FoodCorps service members in California are engaging students in hands-on science and gardening lessons, teaching them about worms and compost.
Oregon Nonprofit Receives Grant for Garden Education
FoodCorps service member Tracy Ryan delivers hands-on food education to kids in two elementary schools. The grant will support another year of service!
FoodCorps Alumna on training the next generation of food justice advocates
As a recent graduate of the nonprofit FoodCorps, which aims to change children’s eating habits by providing more opportunities to eat healthy foods like fruit and vegetables, Reckard has seen firsthand the social benefits of introducing schoolchildren to the world of horticulture.
FoodCorps Co-Founder & CEO Curt Ellis on Food as a Political Tool
Add Passion and Stir is a podcast hosted by the founder and chairman of Share Our Strength. In this episode, Curt Ellis talks food and politics with the host.
Planting Daffodils Builds a Bridge Between Two Schools
How FoodCorps service member Adriana used 500 daffodils to bridge a divide (both literally and figuratively) between two schools.
Video: A Year of Service, A Lifetime of Impact
Three alumni share how their experiences with FoodCorps led them to exciting and meaningful careers post-service.
Government Shutdown: What It Means for Food and Nutrition Policy
At the time of publishing this article, the government shutdown has dragged on long enough to get itself named the longest in history. Here, we share how the shutdown is impacting a few of the policy areas that we at FoodCorps track closely.