AAMA Conference Recap: Celebrating Black Leaders in Food Justice
White House Announces Challenge to End Hunger
FoodCorps has been a key part of this initiative since the beginning.
Vilsack Announces Grants, Proposed Rule Changes to Help Schools Feed Kids
FoodCorps applauds the announcement and looks forward to helping advance these important initiatives.
FoodCorps Welcomes Kenya Bradshaw and Dr. Basil Smikle Jr. to Board of Directors, Congratulates Rachel Willis on Appointment to Co-Chair
Our newest Board Members bring expertise in culturally affirming education and political strategy.
FoodCorps Announces New Supporters for Nourishing Futures Initiative to Ensure All Students Have Equitable Access to Food Education and Nourishing, Free Meals by 2030
The support of our philanthropic partners makes this work possible.
In Collaboration with the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, FoodCorps Announces $250 Million Nourishing Futures Initiative to Ensure All School Students Have Equitable Access to Food Education and Nourishing, Free Meals by 2030
White House highlights FoodCorps’ commitment to 50 million students nationwide catalyzed by support from MacKenzie Scott, Newman’s Own Foundation, Inclusive Capital Partners Foundation and Walmart Foundation.
Statement on National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health: White House Includes FoodCorps Policy Recommendations in National Strategy to Nourish the Futures of All Students
“President Biden’s National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health marks a clear step forward toward a more nourishing future for our nation’s students.”
FoodCorps Alumna to Speak on White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health Panel “Partnerships Between Farmers and Communities to Increase Access to Local Foods”
White House invites recent FoodCorps service member Phoebe Wong to share farm-to-school experience on panel.
Biden’s goal to end hunger by 2030 and his new food conference, explained
“We saw in the early days of COVID just how critical food is in our lives. We saw the long lines at the food bank, those streams of cars lined up waiting to collect boxes of food,” said Curt Ellis, CEO and co-founder of FoodCorps.
The Equity Lab Names Kenya Collins and Arely Garcia as Nexus Fellows
Kenya Collins, Vice President of Equity, and Arely Garcia, Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, have been chosen as 2022-23 Nexus Fellows.
What is the Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act?
This summer, the House Education and Labor Committee advanced the Healthy Meals, Healthy Kids Act—a much anticipated Child Nutrition Reauthorization (CNR) bill.