CEP Program to Bring Free Meals
Community Eligibility Provisions (CEP), a USDA-funded program, will help school districts offer their students free school meals.
Farris Expands Gardening and Nutrition Education Through FoodCorps
Arkansas FoodCorps service member Delaney Farris has led the charge to connect schools to the community through gardening and nutrition education.
FoodCorps Service Member Brings “Veggie Madness” to Indian Creek Elementary
Georgia service member Meggie Stewart created a “Veggie Madness” bracket, where elementary school students voted for their favorite vegetables.
Get Grant Funding from USDA, and Other Government Updates
The USDA recently issued a Request for Applications (RFA) for the second round of funding for the Food and Agriculture Service Learning Program (FASLP). Applications are due by June 4, 2019.
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.