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Corps member alumni reflect on their experiences over the last 15 years.
Lunch Today, Leaders Tomorrow: 15 Years of FoodCorps
How this public health program affects us all.
SNAP 101: What to Know About SNAP
School food leaders on how FoodCorps’ fellowship supported their visions for c
Spotlight: Kindred Fellows
School nutrition professionals and emerging school food leaders are meeting with
FoodCorps Kindred Fellows Convene in Washington, D.C., to Advocate for School Meals and Food Education
The draft leaves in place a harmful shift of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program
FoodCorps' Statement on Chairman Boozman's Farm Bill Draft
From the school cafeteria to national recognition, Hannah embodies what it means
When President Obama Calls Your Name: Meet Hannah Moore, FoodCorps Member
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A complex process with a simple bottom line: well-fed kids who are ready to lear
How Are School Meals Funded?
"Food sits at the place where learning and doing meet." Curt Ellis's commencement
Called to a Life of Nourishment: A Commencement Address
This spring, school food policy moved on many fronts. Here’s what shaped the s
The Policy Brief, Spring 2026: What’s Moving in School Food Policy
The way we teach matters as much as the way we feed.
3 Ways Food in School Helps the Environment
These are dishes that mean care, comfort, and belonging to our staff.
AAPI Voices: Food as a Love Language
Tell all your fronds.
19 Plant Jokes for Kids and Families
Child Nutrition Directors and the Importance of Partnership
Child Nutrition Director Robert Parker has been with FoodCorps from the beginning, first in Warren County, NC and now in Brunswick County, NC.
Listen Up: 5 New Episodes of FoodCorps Arizona Radio Diaries
The final five episodes of the FoodCorps Arizona Radio Diaries podcast are now available! Our Arizona leadership team gave each of of our service members there a portable recorder and microphone. The diaries they recorded capture everything from the sounds of kids digging in the garden or trying new foods to conversations with school principals and local … <a href="https://foodcorps.org/az-radio-diaries/">Continued</a>
6 Ways to Engage Parents to Grow Healthy Families
Parents and FoodCorps service members have to work together; it can take up to a dozen times of trying a new food for a child to come around and develop a taste for it. And healthy habits built at school must make their way home to have the biggest impact.
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 … <a href="https://foodcorps.org/kualapuu/">Continued</a>
The NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College Names Curt Ellis to 40 Under 40 ‘Rising Stars’
The NYC Food Policy Center at Hunter College has named FoodCorps Co-Founder and CEO Curt Ellis to their inaugural list of the "40 Under 40" rising stars on the issue. Here's why.