FoodCorps Welcomes Inaugural Cohort of Kindred Fellows
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.
FoodCorps and School Food Focus to Merge: Your Questions Answered
Want to know more? We address your questions here.
School Food Focus and FoodCorps to merge, uniting champions of healthy school meals
FoodCorps today announced it will bring the work of School Food Focus into its existing operations connecting kids to healthy food in schools. This move boosts FoodCorps’ ability to support schools across the country in procuring more local, nutritious foods for their cafeterias, providing kids with access to healthier school meals.
8 Times FoodCorps Service Members Inspired Us to Act
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. believed in serving others. On what would have been his 89th birthday, FoodCorps AmeriCorps service members across the country honored his life of service by volunteering in their communities.
FoodCorps Alumni Featured on Southern Living
Mississippi alumni Lauren Rhoades and Liz Broussard were profiled in Southern Living’s “30 Incredible Women Moving Southern Food Forward.”
FoodCorps Alumna Pioneering New Approaches to Education
Students who don’t think they are “into” science or who may find traditional science courses daunting should step into master’s candidate Arla Casselman’s classroom.
7 Reasons Why We’re Celebrating 2017
Over the past year, we’ve seen a lot of ups and downs. We’ve had to fight for the existence of AmeriCorps, and we’ve seen our school lunch guidelines relaxed despite taking a stand against it. Still, we believe that big things are possible, and we believe in celebrating our successes.
Growing Our Impact with a School Garden: How We Became One of America’s Healthiest Schools
This is a guest post from our friends at Alliance for a Healthier Generation.
FoodCorps focuses on better nutrition through curiosity
Growing up, easy access to fresh, healthy food was a consistent part of Linnea Mack’s life. It wasn’t until she got a little bit older that she realized that wasn’t the case for everybody.
Garden-based lessons support farms, academics in Oregon school
NORTH POWDER — Standing in North Powder Charter School’s garden, Desiree McGinn climbed onto a raised bed to address the 24 students who gathered around her. Onions, potatoes, kale, bell peppers, carrots and tomatoes were ready to be harvested by the students on a recent Monday afternoon.