Changes at FoodCorps
3 Generations of FoodCorps Allstars Grow Together at Backyard Growers
Backyard Growers, FoodCorps’ local site partner in Gloucester, MA, is a small but rapidly growing community organization that provides support and resources to school, community and backyard gardeners to establish vegetable gardens and become life-long gardeners. It has only three permanent staff and four AmeriCorps members, including one from FoodCorps. When that FoodCorps service member, … Continued
Top 6 Books to Turn Kids into Brave Eaters
For two years now we have been partnering with C&S Wholesale Grocers and First Book to provide our AmeriCorps service members with money to purchase books to stock their schools’ teaching libraries. Year after year, these six books come in with rave reviews from corps members and students alike! We’ve included some of their testimonies below … Continued
How to deal when FLOTUS visits your school, in 5 phases
From the moment I began working at Philip’s Academy Charter School with ecospaces in Newark, NJ, I knew my service site was special. Rooftop garden, self-operated dining room and locally sourced menus, teaching kitchen: check, check, check! Hundreds of creative, enthusiastic and sassy students and their nurturing teachers: check and check! Philip’s had it all… well, … Continued
Mentorship Matters
Our alumni and service members often tell us they are looking for professional mentors and advisors, so we created the Peer Advisor Network (PAN) to make it easy for them to find people with shared interests and skills from right within the alumni and service member community. In this post, we highlight the importance of mentorship through … Continued
Real Food and Real Skills to Combat Hunger
The first few weeks of school, we got to harvest vegetables from the garden to make the snacks. Not all of the kids were fans of the food we made together, but one girl ate everything, and then seconds and thirds. She would even eat the stems of the parsley and peel of the lemon … Continued
A Hunger for the Motor City
Hunger is everywhere in Detroit, including in the classroom. So where does food come from? How do we help?
From the Archives: Meet Julia, Taught by FoodCorps and Now a Corps Member
Five years ago, Julia was a senior starting a garden with a FoodCorps member. Today, she’s back as the FoodCorps member herself.
Kualapu’u Kids Grow Gardens and Try New Things, Again and Again
On one of our last days at Kualapu’u Charter School, we were approached by parent and teacher, Marshall Joy, to film FoodCorps in action the kids. We’ve been working at Kualapu’u since the beginning of the school year with two Kindergarden and one first grade class. Joy is a farmer himself on Moloka’i and strongly … Continued
FoodCorps Arizona Radio Diaries: Elena Greenberg, Prescott
Elena shares why it was a “dream come true” when she was selected as the FoodCorps service member with the Prescott Farmers Market in Prescott, AZ.
FoodCorps Arizona Radio Diaries: Alicia Tsosie and Will Conway, Tuba City
Will and Alicia reflect on their service on the Navajo Nation and how their dynamic experiences complement their outlook on food security and sovereignty in Tuba City.