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Press ContactNathan GarciaFoodCorpsnathan.garcia@foodcorps.org FoodCorps Kindred
FoodCorps Kindred Fellows Convene in Washington, D.C., to Advocate for School Meals and Food Education
This week, Senate Agriculture Committee Chair John Boozman released a Farm Bill
FoodCorps' Statement on Chairman Boozman's Farm Bill Draft
When President Obama shouted out Hannah Moore, a current FoodCorps member with Cumberland
When President Obama Calls Your Name: Meet Hannah Moore, FoodCorps Member
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Parents and FoodCorps service members have to work together; it can take up to a
6 Ways to Engage Parents to Grow Healthy Families
Natasha Hegmann and
A Farm With A Focus on Community
By Lisa Held for Civil Eats United States Representative Chellie Pingree (D-Maine)
A New Bill Aims to Fix Food Waste in Schools
By Sarah Miller for Nonprofit Quarterly Through their Reimagining School Cafeterias initiative,
A Partnership Engages Schoolchildren to Design Their Own Healthy Meals
After Federal Cuts to Nutrition Support, Kids Will Pay the Price July 3, 2025—Today,
After Federal Cuts to Nutrition Support, Kids Will Pay the Price
AmeriCorps Announces Planning Support for New Program: FoodCorps
Four FoodCorps Alumni Awarded Good Food Grants
FoodCorps’ new Alumni Grant Program is designed to make it easier for our alumni to access the resources they need to remain active members of the good food movement. Alumni can apply for grants to fund their own professional development, to organize service projects, or to provide seed funding for new ventures. We award 4 … <a href="https://foodcorps.org/alumnigrants/">Continued</a>
FOODCORPS PARTNERS WITH 20 NEW YORK CITY PUBLIC SCHOOLS TO IMPROVE STUDENTS’ ACCESS TO HEALTHY, FRESH FOOD
New partnership with Edible Schoolyard NYC will help students get their hands dirty to learn healthy eating habits.
De’Ondre’s Strawberries
Fairview Elementary can be a tough place to be a kid. Tucked away behind Main Street in High Point, North Carolina—ranked first in the nation for food insecurity—it’s a place where families learn to survive by holding on tightly to what they have. Amidst the vacant lots and abandoned furniture factories, Fairview’s school garden stands … <a href="https://foodcorps.org/deondres-strawberries/">Continued</a>
The Beet: Jerusha’s got it.
What you are doing is amazing… Who are you? Jerusha Klemperer What do you do? I am the Communications Director for FoodCorps. Where are you from? I am from New York City, less than a quarter mile away from FoodCorps headquarters. What was your favorite meal growing up? My favorite meal was a version of … <a href="https://foodcorps.org/the-beet-jerushas-got-it/">Continued</a>
The Color of Food
This spring Natasha Bowens, an urban farmer and the blogger behind Brown Girl Farming and the multimedia project The Color of Food, published a travelogue, of sorts, that chronicles her time spent driving across the country talking to farmers of color. The book is extraordinary. In giving voice to these practitioners, it ends up giving … <a href="https://foodcorps.org/the-color-of-food/">Continued</a>