NEW Food Education in the Classroom Microcredential for K-5 educators! Next session: Sept.7-Oct. 18.
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
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
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
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
Hunger is everywhere in Detroit, including in the classroom. So where does food come from? How do we help?
Five years ago, Julia was a senior starting a garden with a FoodCorps member. Today, she’s back as the FoodCorps member herself.
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
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.
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.
Jenn reflects on how family and community are intertwined, and how they inspire her service and students in Tucson.