Introducing Our 2024-2025 Alumni Advocacy Leads
The Power of ‘Ch’ishie’: Farmer Tyrone Thompson Wants the Rez to Feed Itself
FoodCorps alum Tyrone Thompson is something of a food historian, traveling far and wide on the reservation to remind Native Americans of their roots the best way he knows how — through their stomachs.
Bayvale Elementary Students Plant Seeds of Positivity For 9/11 Day of Service
Bayvale Elementary’s Nutrition Services Department showed students how to honor people who stepped up after the 9/11 terror attacks.
Sweetgreen is Putting $1 Million Into Better School Lunches With FoodCorps
sweetgreen has committed $1 million to FoodCorps to help bring students’ voice and choice to school lunches.
From the Source: Who’s Who in School Food
Our latest post in this series explores the different players in school nutrition and the roles they play in bringing healthy food to school cafeterias.
FoodCorps and C&S Wholesale Grocers Commemorate National Hunger Action Month
FoodCorps and C&S Grocers commemorate National Hunger Action Month by announcing the winner and runners-up of the sixth annual Victory Growers essay contest.
Snow Days
“For every snow day after, any residual, childhood excitement I felt at the prospect of a day off was tempered by a twisting feeling in my gut for the kids who would not get a decent meal that day.”
It Takes a Village to Address Hunger
“For many of my students, hunger and food insecurity are common experiences, and school may be the only place where they are guaranteed a meal.”
The Happy Tray
“The students I serve, along with millions of others across the country, must pack the weight of food insecurity in their backpacks daily to school.”
FoodCorps, Partners Reinforce School Nutrition at Suttons Bay
“After a year of service with FoodCorps, I’m convinced that not only do students need the essential blocks of healthy eating, they need care and respect from adults to nurture healthy lifestyles.”
Thrive Market and FoodCorps Teaming Up to Teach Kids About Healthy Food
Throughout September, all donations made at checkout at Thrive Market will go directly to FoodCorps, helping to purchase supplies, provide service member training, and fund hands-on learning experiences.