Senate Passes Harmful SNAP Changes After Workaround
Service Member Amina and Edible Schoolyard NYC Getting Kids into Garden, Trying New Foods [NY1]
The South Bronx section of New York City may have high obesity rates, but a FoodCorps member and an Edible Schoolyard NYC teacher are helping kids get out and garden, developing a taste for trying new foods.
Christopher Horne Wins Victory Growers Award from C&S Wholesale Grocers
Lowell, MA—the birthplace of the American Industrial Revolution—is now fighting hunger and food insecurity with a real food revolution. Hear how from homegrown Christopher Horne, winner of the 2015 Victory Growers Award from C&S Wholesale Grocers.
Four FoodCorps Alumni Awarded Good Food Grants
FoodCorps’ new Alumni Grant Program is designed to make it easier for our alumni to access the resources they need to remain active members of the good food movement. Alumni can apply for grants to fund their own professional development, to organize service projects, or to provide seed funding for new ventures. We award 4 … Continued
FOODCORPS PARTNERS WITH 20 NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ ACCESS TO HEALTHY, FRESH FOOD
New partnership with Edible Schoolyard NYC will help students get their hands dirty to learn healthy eating habits.
First Certified School Garden on Arizona Reservation
“I would rather have my daughter eat what you guys grow out there than the food I get off a truck,” said Georgiana Adson, Tuba City’s School Food Service Director and the mother of one of our Edible School Garden students. With that she approved our request to pursue Garden to Cafeteria certification for our … Continued
Cherokee Choices and FoodCorps North Carolina Help Cherokee Restore Healthy Food Heritage
The Cherokee come from a tradition of health and agriculture, but today Cherokee adults are twice as likely to be obese as other North Carolinians. Our local partner Cherokee Choices and it’s farm to school program are working to empower the Cherokee to take back their health.
Edible Brooklyn: FoodCorps May Grow into New York City this Fall
This fall, pending funding, we’ll be partnering with Edible Schoolyard NYC to connect New Yorkers to real food and help them grow up healthy!
C&S Wholesale Grocers Announces National Support of FoodCorps
C&S Wholesale Grocers Announces National Support of FoodCorps
Mar 17, 2015 – Commitment Will Expand Healthier School Food Programs
Service Member Tasia Yamamura Writes about Youth Empowerment and Politics of Food in Hawai’i for Food First
“Growing and eating our own food is a radical act,” asserts Tasia Yamamura. Read her piece to learn why Hawaiians growing and eating their own food is so radical.
FoodCorps Co-founder Selected for Leadership Role at The White House
FoodCorps Co-founder Selected for Leadership Role at The White House
Jan 08, 2015 – Debra Eschmeyer has been selected as Executive Director of the First Lady’s Let’s Move! initiative, and as the President’s Senior Policy Advisor on Nutrition