FoodCorps connects kids to healthy food in school, so they can lead healthier lives and reach their full potential.
Our AmeriCorps leaders deliver our program in high-need schools, focusing on
- HANDS-ON LESSONS
HANDS-ON LESSONS
They teach cooking, gardening and tasting since kids love foods they have grown and prepared themselves.
- HEALTHY SCHOOL MEALS
HEALTHY SCHOOL MEALS
They create a cafeteria that steers students towards the healthiest options and gets them excited to try new healthy foods.
- A SCHOOLWIDE CULTURE OF HEALTH
A SCHOOLWIDE CULTURE OF HEALTH
They help the whole school community— everything from the teachers to the hallways to the bake sales—celebrate healthy food.
Building on this foundation of direct impact, FoodCorps pursues systemic strategies that will benefit all of our nation’s 100,000 schools. This work is guided by our Healthy School Toolkit. Click here to download a digital copy.
Healthy food is an essential building block for a full life. But right now, we’ve got a generation of children that is overweight, vulnerable to diet-related disease, and more likely to suffer from a variety of health problems that will hold them back throughout their lifetimes.
- One in three of our nation’s children are on track to develop diabetes in their lifetime. For kids of color, it’s one in two.
- Children and adults who suffer from diet-related diseases score lower on tests, miss more days of school, advance less in their careers, and raise children who are likely to repeat the same cycle.
More than 30 million kids rely on schools for lunch, and more than 12 million for breakfast. Schools can help shape a child’s relationship with food—and the eating habits they’ll carry for their whole lives. Our school-based program helps schools be places where kids have more opportunities to eat healthy foods, like fruits and vegetables—and teaches them to love those foods and eat them on a daily basis.
