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The NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College has named FoodCorps Co-Founder and CEO Curt Ellis to their inaugural list of the “40 Under 40” rising stars on the issue. Here’s why.
Five years ago, we started FoodCorps. We set out to change lives—and change our country—by connecting kids with real food and giving them a chance to eat it, by building healthy habits, and by helping children fall in love with healthy food one carrot at a time. Thank you for helping us grow. Video edited … Continued
Fast Company looks to us for tips on how to get kids to fall in love with healthy food. We’re selling the toughest customers—kids—on a product many of them don’t know they want—veggies.
The Let’s Move! campaign is the epitome of who and what I want to be. I have dreamed of working with this initiative since before I joined FoodCorps. It was this movement that encouraged me to pursue a Master’s in Public Health! Thus, meeting the First Lady was an amazing moment that has made my experience … Continued
I became a FoodCorps service member, poised and ready to serve in schools connecting kids to healthy food, just as the Healthy, Hunger Free Kids Act of 2010 was set to be implemented. The act mandated more fruits and vegetables, more whole grains, and decreases in the sodium in school foods. At FoodCorps orientation I … Continued
With the country standing to lose $1 trillion a year because of diet-related disease by 2030, philanthropists are turning to FoodCorps for a scalable solution. Prominent philanthropy journal Inside Philanthropy talks to FoodCorps donors Kat Taylor and New Profit’s Eliza Greenberg to find out why a program like FoodCorps can be a smart investment in healthy children … Continued
While controversy about school food filled Congress and cafeterias, philanthropists have been turning to FoodCorps to power systems-change in the way kids eat.
President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama honored the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by planting the seeds for healthy habits with FoodCorps Service Member Natalie Harris at Leckie Elementary School.
Donors and changemakers alike have a growing interest in food issues. The Chronicle of Philanthropy takes a look at FoodCorps and friends.
In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, FoodCorps North Carolina Service Member Katie Rainwater talks about farm to school in Cherokee Central Schools, a recipient of USDA Farm to School grants.