
FoodCorps Urges Protecting Child Nutrition Amid Shutdown
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We urge Congress and USDA to take immediate action.

Government Shutdown Risks Millions of Families’ Well-Being

FoodCorps Named Nonprofit of the Year By BPFA (Black Professionals in Food and Agriculture)

FoodCorps Welcomes Mickeala Carter, Former USDA and House Ag Comms Leader, As VP of Policy and Communications
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The Policy Brief: Government Shutdown Edition

Ultraprocessed Foods 101: What to Know About UPFs

Alumni Spotlight: Cady Molloy, School District Executive Chef

We urge Congress and USDA to take immediate action.

Government Shutdown Risks Millions of Families’ Well-Being

FoodCorps Named Nonprofit of the Year By BPFA (Black Professionals in Food and Agriculture)

FoodCorps Welcomes Mickeala Carter, Former USDA and House Ag Comms Leader, As VP of Policy and Communications
For media inquiries, contact:
Sign up for our newsletter and keep up with FoodCorps’ latest updates and stories.

Changes at FoodCorps

FoodCorps Frustrated by Cancellation of Farm to School Grants, Another Blow to Local Food

FoodCorps Responds to USDA Cuts to Local Food Spending

FoodCorps Launches School Food Policy Action Map, New Online Advocacy Resource
Read moreExplore local opportunities with our new policy action map.

FoodCorps Announces New Partnership in Alabama

FoodCorps Responds to New USDA Nutrition Standards for School Meals

FoodCorps Applauds National Attention to School Meals, Urges All Candidates to Prioritize Access to Child Nutrition

FoodCorps on BuzzFeed: The 12 Craziest Things Kids Say About Food

Co-Founder Jerusha Klemperer chats about FoodCorps to Repair the World

FoodCorps Recruitment Begins

Yale Alumni Magazine: Curt Ellis and Ian Cheney go from school to farm to school to address childhood obesity

Jenny Shilling Stein gives FoodCorps as an example of metrics-driven innovation in Stanford Social Innovation Review
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The Policy Brief: Government Shutdown Edition

Ultraprocessed Foods 101: What to Know About UPFs

Alumni Spotlight: Cady Molloy, School District Executive Chef

Local Food in Schools: 3 Things to Know

6 Careers in Food That Make a Difference

Fighting Hunger and Making Food Fun

9 Stunning School Gardens to Inspire You This Spring

17 Children’s Books We Love All About Food

What is the Community Eligibility Provision, or CEP?

NJ Service Member Lauren Nixon shares her baked sweet potato fries with Cooking Light

A Classroom Ceremony for Food

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Civil Eats: Three years, thirteen football fields of gardens

Lessons from Detroit: Growing Healthy Communities by Working with what We’ve Got
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