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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
Growing Community: Looking back on two years of FoodCorps service in Kalispell
This year in Kalispell it seemed the calendar turned straight from winter to summer. The early thaw lifted a thick blanket of snow from our school gardens and left them bursting with green garlic shoots in what felt like a matter of days. This early summer has been a bit of a mixed blessing; it … <a href="https://foodcorps.org/growing-community-looking-back-on-two-years-of-foodcorps-service-in-kalispell/">Continued</a>
First Certified School Garden on Arizona Reservation
“I would rather have my daughter eat what you guys grow out there than the food I get off a truck,” said Georgiana Adson, Tuba City’s School Food Service Director and the mother of one of our Edible School Garden students. With that she approved our request to pursue Garden to Cafeteria certification for our … <a href="https://foodcorps.org/first-certified-school-garden-on-arizona-reservation/">Continued</a>
How to get kids to eat healthy food? Let them cook it!
As a FoodCorps Service Member, it brings me so much joy to see students getting excited about eating healthy food. It warms my heart seeing countless kids jumping up and down in the cafeteria when they see me pull out my taste-testing cart. But what makes my heart swell even larger is seeing kids get … <a href="https://foodcorps.org/how-to-get-kids-to-eat-healthy-food-let-them-cook-it/">Continued</a>
Cherokee Choices and FoodCorps North Carolina Help Cherokee Restore Healthy Food Heritage
The Cherokee come from a tradition of health and agriculture, but today Cherokee adults are twice as likely to be obese as other North Carolinians. Our local partner Cherokee Choices and it's farm to school program are working to empower the Cherokee to take back their health.
Edible Brooklyn: FoodCorps May Grow into New York City this Fall
This fall, pending funding, we'll be partnering with Edible Schoolyard NYC to connect New Yorkers to real food and help them grow up healthy!