
FoodCorps Responds to USDA Cuts to Local Food Spending
URGENT ACTION: Tell Congress to protect funding for school meals! Take 2 minutes to make your voice heard.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture issued a final rule today that relaxes nutrition standards in school meal programs. We believe this rule will undermine the health of our children and their future potential.
With the month of November marking National Breakfast month, Kelleher introduced pumpkin rounds, a play off a healthy cookie that was a hit among the kids.
Since 2015, Groton has partnered with FoodCorps to bring food education into the district’s schools. Now, they aim to fund their own farm-to-school and food education programming.
“We owe Food Corps service member Andrea Richard and culinary manager Donisha Harrison a big thank you for spearheading the farm-to-school efforts throughout the district,” Culver said. “From school gardens to partnering with groups such as Atlanta United, they’ve gone above and beyond to introduce our students, parents, and teachers to the benefits of healthy eating.”
Ali Mediate is the founder of Maine Foodscapes, a group of entrepreneurs and volunteers aiming to educate on local foods while enabling Mainers to start growing on their own
Former Virginia first lady Dorothy McAuliffe was honored Thursday for her work to end childhood hunger at the launch of the First Lady’s Food Lab, a new program and facility at the University of Virginia’s Morven Farm.
Food Tank is celebrating farm-to-school month by featuring 29 inspiring and innovative farm-to-school programs from around the world; FoodCorps is one of them!
Cecily Upton, FoodCorps’ Co-Founder, Senior Vice President, and Chief Strategist, is quoted in this article on the challenges of running school food like a business.
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.
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.