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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
FoodCorps Get to Know: Miguel from GBCS
Meet Miguel! “All About Food” is a cooking class I teach to 6th-8th graders at Greater Brunswick Charter School in New Brunswick, NJ. Two days a week, students are engaged in food-related activities like gardening and nutrition; one day a week is dedicated to building their cooking skills.
Fiesta Friday Local Lunch!
In my role as a FoodCorps service member, I am tasked with three interconnected pillars of work that, done together, can help transform kids’ relationships to food. They are: teaching kids about healthy food and where it comes from, engaging kids in hands-on gardening and cooking lessons, and working with school food staff to get healthy food from … <a href="https://foodcorps.org/fiesta-friday-local-lunch/">Continued</a>
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FoodCorps Service Member Brings Magic of Squash Alive in Putnam, CT [Cooking Light]
The brave taste testers of Mrs. Martel’s Kindergarten class take on a new vegetable: squash. And this Cooking Light post also includes a recipe for squash fries!
The Walmart Foundation Commits to Growing Healthy Schools
The Walmart Foundation Commits to Growing Healthy Schools
Oct 13, 2014 - A grant of $1.2 million helps FoodCorps dig deeper.
PBS’s Food Forward Follows Caroline Stover in Transforming School Food in Warrenton, NC
Watch on PBS's Food Forward as Caroline gets locally-grown cabbage into schools—and gets kids to eat it!