What is the Community Eligibility Provision, or CEP?
NJDA Highlights FoodCorps During School Visit
The New Jersey Department of Agriculture visited Texas Avenue School in Atlantic City to highlight a FoodCorps-led, school-wide cafeteria taste test during the 8th annual Jersey Fresh Farm to School Week, Sept. 24-28.
C&S WHOLESALE GROCERS PARTNERS WITH FOODCORPS TO SUPPORT HUNGER ALLEVIATION AND NUTRITION EDUCATION IN LOCAL COMMUNITIES
NEW YORK, NY – SEPTEMBER 19, 2018—Today, C&S Wholesale Grocers, the largest wholesale grocery supply company in the U.S., joins FoodCorps, a national nonprofit that connects kids to healthy food in schools, to commemorate National Hunger Action Month by announcing the winner and runners-up of the annual Victory Growers essay contest.
Building on the work of FoodCorps, Warren County hosts AmeriCorps VISTA member
“We are trying to build on the good work FoodCorps has done here since 2011 and expand that to a wider geography and wider number of kids,” Norwood said. “We are very pleased and very excited to have Leah here. I think she will make contributions in other ways to the community.”
In Maine, students learn hands-on, in the garden
FoodCorps AmeriCorps service member Malia Demers introduces kids to the wonder of the garden. “We’re always thinking of ways to have kids slow down and observe,” Demers said. “Tasting is a good way to slow down and observe how food tastes.”
ZEKE SMITH BRINGS TWO DECADES OF NONPROFIT AND EDUCATION EXPERIENCE TO FOODCORPS’ EXECUTIVE TEAM & NATIONAL SERVICE PROGRAM
New York, NY, September 13, 2018—FoodCorps, an AmeriCorps grantee that works to connect kids to healthy food in schools, announced today that Zeke Smith will join its Executive Team to lead FoodCorps’ nationwide service program as the Vice President of Programs.
Urban School Food Alliance And FoodCorps Partner For Better School Meals
The Urban School Food Alliance, a coalition of the nation’s 11 largest urban school districts, and FoodCorps, an AmeriCorps grantee organization that focuses on building healthy school food environments, announced this week a partnership between the two nonprofits. The formal agreement aims to impact the quality of meals in school cafeterias across the nation with the goal of improving student health and academic performance.
The Power of Nutrition Education
“Thanks to a particularly fierce Boston winter, our school year was dotted with snow days. Each time a cancellation was announced, I noticed students’ distress, rather than glee. ‘Their families rely on school meals,’ a teacher told me. ‘They might not know if they get to eat tomorrow.'” Ellie Doyle was a runner-up in the 2018 FoodCorps Victory Growers Award “for a compelling account of hunger and food insecurity,” winning a $1,000 prize for her service site.
Alleviating Hunger Through Community
“No matter how healthy the food on their lunch plate is, for students to feel nourished, they must be in a space where they feel as though they are welcome and understood.” Zoe Flavin was a runner-up in the 2018 FoodCorps Victory Growers Award “for a compelling account of hunger and food insecurity,” winning a $1,000 prize for her service site.
Urban School Food Alliance & FoodCorps Announce Strategic Partnership to Make Larger Impact in the Quality of School Meals for Students
While continuing to work independently on day-to-day operations, as partners, both groups will collaborate on initiatives to further increase food quality in school meals and improve student health and academic performance across 11 of the largest school districts in the country.
Video: An Inside Look at Service in Schools
In this new video, you’ll hear from both kids and adults in FoodCorps partner schools in California, Georgia, and New York about how FoodCorps service members has helped transform their cafeterias and classrooms.