How to Advocate to Your School Board for Nourishing Food
Two Bites of Confidence
“Hey! You are the teacher that helps us not to be afraid of trying new foods!” I hear these words from a sweet five year old girl, “Alice.” She is proudly holding a piece of pear in her hand as I mill through the lunch room, encouraging students to try our new menu item, tabbouleh. … Continued
NJ Service Member Lauren Nixon shares her baked sweet potato fries with Cooking Light
FoodCorps New Jersey Service Member Lauren Nixon knows that kids love french fries. So what about the healthier no less delicious alternative? Baked sweet potato fries, mmm!
A Classroom Ceremony for Food
“All hail kale!” we cheered with our forks raised before chomping down on bites of kale salad. It was my second class of the day with the fifth graders at Ronan Middle School, who had just finished making three variations of Massaged Kale Salad: Basic, Greek, and Spice it Up. After the salads were ready, … Continued
It’s an Alien! It’s a Spaceship! Nope, it’s…
“It looks like a baby alien!” “A space ship!” “A forest of mini Christmas trees!” Those were just a few of the remarks I heard when I arrived at Traverse Heights Elementary School in Traverse City to promote the locally grown produce being served in the cafeteria.
Civil Eats: Three years, thirteen football fields of gardens
Three years after FoodCorps met in Detroit for a planning session, we reconvened in Detroit for our mid-year gathering.
Lessons from Detroit: Growing Healthy Communities by Working with what We’ve Got
Alyssa Charney is a Service Member in Red Lodge. As I furiously packed, attempted to reschedule three days of classes, and rushed away early from our annual Food Partnership Council celebration, I couldn’t help but be a bit frustrated that the midyear FoodCorps gathering in Detroit was pulling me away from a busy schedule of … Continued
Life After FoodCorps
As spring marches forward the question comes with increasing frequency: “So, Natasha… what’s next?” This may sound preemptive to address in April, five months before the FoodCorps end of service in August. The end of my time in Ennis may be a long way off, but it already seems to be in the thoughts of … Continued
Good Food Jobs: Service Member Florita Coakley shares the inspirations, twists and turns that brought her to food
North Carolina service member Florita, featured as GFJ’s “Gastrognome,” found food as her career when other paths didn’t work out and she listened to her passion.
Garden Dreams
Teena Thompson is a Service Member in Rocky Boy. We wonder if we will ever get to garden again on this cold January day with snow blanketing all of our land here in Rocky Boy Reservation. As temperatures drop below zero, it seems like a far-fetched dream. But dreams are important. A Rocky Boy sunrise … Continued
Civil Eats: FoodCorps is growing with new service members, new training and new states
News about recruitment for new service members, Fellows training with Edible Schoolyard Project and growing into 3 new states.