By Sarah McColl It’s sweet-corn season in Iowa, and with the school year about to commence, it would seem that the easiest way to get ears on the lunch trays of students would be to truck the harvest straight to the cafeteria. Well, kids who attend Des Moines Public Schools can expect more local corn … Continued

FoodCorps is helping reverse the childhood obesity trend by teaching kids to fall in love with vegetables they’ve grown.

School gardens are experiencing a resurgence in Hawai’i, thanks in part to FoodCorps and its friends on the islands!

First Lady Michelle Obama, a group of FoodCorps founders and service members, and children from D.C. public schools came together to help plant the White House Kitchen Garden on April 2nd.

FoodCorps Service Members Julia Munson and Rebecca Cohen serve in Arizona. Here, they talk about their experiences with culture on the Tohono O’odham Nation and share their recipe for avocado and agave chocolate pudding.

Wai?anae, Hawai’i is a place of abundant natural beauty—and home to some of the highest rates of diabetes and cardiovascular disease in the state. In an effort to help community members reconnect to the land and reclaim their health, FoodCorps service members like Tasia Yamamura are teaching young people how to grow and prepare real, healthy foods. This is Tasia’s story.

“Education is the gateway to food for so many of us, and Lauren is no exception. Lauren describes the alienation that so many of us feel when we attempt to make a difference in our own diets, by ourselves, and we couldn’t agree more that every individual needs a ‘tribe’ to support them, and the food movement as a whole.”