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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
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, … <a href="https://foodcorps.org/a-classroom-ceremony-for-food/">Continued</a>
Yale Alumni Magazine: Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney go from school to farm to school to address childhood obesity
It's one thing to make a documentary about food policy and the politics of obesity. It's another thing to become part of the solution.
Jenny Shilling Stein gives FoodCorps as an example of metrics-driven innovation in Stanford Social Innovation Review
By introducing a learning agenda, funders can encourage innovation, drive philanthropic dollars to the best programs, and become better partners to grantees.
USDA Partners with FoodCorps to Grow Healthy Eaters
USDA announces that USDA and FoodCorps are teaming up!