What is the Community Eligibility Provision, or CEP?
In the Bronx, FoodCorps Partners are Changing How Kids Eat
Elizabeth Quintero is a FoodCorps Service Member with Edible Schoolyard NYC. She teaches elementary school kids how to cook healthy meals and the importance of fruits and vegetables.
FoodCorps & Partners Build Urban Farm in Mississippi Park
TUPELO – Local volunteers met Friday at Barnes and Freeman streets to begin rebuilding the Park Hill Community Garden in order to get the surrounding neighborhood and area students involved in the urban farming project.
WATCH: Toyota Motor Manufacturing Volunteers Help Out at FoodCorps School
By Allie Martin, WCBI TUPELO, MISS. (WCBI) – Volunteers with Toyota Motor Manufacturing Mississippi spent part of their day getting their hands dirty at a Tupelo Elementary School. It’s a hands on lesson for these second graders at Joyner Elementary as they plant beans and squash, at the “Discovery Garden” with help from workers at the … Continued
This School-Run Garden is Helping Nourish an Arizona Community
Moencopi Day School in Tuba City, Arizona, has offered a garden learning program for over 10 years. But it was just last spring that student-grown produce first appeared on this elementary school’s cafeteria lunch line—a Hopi Nation first. FoodCorps is proud to be supported nationally by the Walmart Foundation as together we seek to reach children with high quality, impactful nutrition education that sets kids up for healthy futures.
FoodCorps joins innovators in food systems change
We are thrilled to be part of the 3rd cohort of Food System 6, a business accelerator in San Francisco! We are part of a group of companies and nonprofits selected from hundreds of innovations from around the globe.
AmeriCorps gave LaBria Lane ‘wiggle room’ to hone skills and try new things
FoodCorps AmeriCorps service member LaBria Lane talks about her experience serving in Flint, and how serving led her to challenges and growth.
WATCH: FoodCorps service member takes action to reduce food waste
FoodCorps service member Sarah learned that every day after her school’s lunch service, 137 pounds of food is wasted. Watch how she and her students are working to find solutions!
Vote Now to Pick FoodCorps’ New T-Shirt
We’re posting two different designs with different messages on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Whichever design has the most likes will be available as a t-shirt next month.
Watch: FoodCorps Co-Founder Cecily Upton at Food Tank Summit
In February, FoodCorps’ Cecily Upton spoke with peers about how to engage kids in the food and agriculture movement.
FoodCorps Applauds Student Advocacy for Safe Schools
FoodCorps stands with all those who are mobilizing to seek solutions to the crisis of gun violence in our nation’s schools.