
FoodCorps Welcomes Inaugural Cohort of Kindred Fellows
Join our corps! Applications for 2026-2027 are now open. Apply by March 30.
Welcome to the Skillet, our home for stories about the joy and power of food. Read on to learn more about the future we’re working toward.

Fellows will spend the year honing their school nutrition leadership skills.

FoodCorps Urges Protecting Child Nutrition Amid Shutdown

Government Shutdown Risks Millions of Families’ Well-Being

FoodCorps Named Nonprofit of the Year By BPFA (Black Professionals in Food and Agriculture)
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Mindful Tasting: Eating with All 5 Senses

How to Advocate to Your School Board for Nourishing Food

The Policy Brief: Government Shutdown Edition

Fellows will spend the year honing their school nutrition leadership skills.

FoodCorps Urges Protecting Child Nutrition Amid Shutdown

Government Shutdown Risks Millions of Families’ Well-Being

FoodCorps Named Nonprofit of the Year By BPFA (Black Professionals in Food and Agriculture)
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Sign up for our newsletter and keep up with FoodCorps’ latest updates and stories.

FoodCorps Welcomes Mickeala Carter, Former USDA and House Ag Comms Leader, As VP of Policy and Communications

Changes at FoodCorps

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

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

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

USDA Partners with FoodCorps to Grow Healthy Eaters

Bon Appetit features 7 schools—including a FoodCorps site— where school lunch is healthy and local

Olympian Allyson Felix and FoodCorps co-founder Deb Eschmeyer talk about children’s health
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Mindful Tasting: Eating with All 5 Senses

How to Advocate to Your School Board for Nourishing Food

The Policy Brief: Government Shutdown Edition

Ultraprocessed Foods 101: What to Know About UPFs

Alumni Spotlight: Cady Molloy, School District Executive Chef

What is the Community Eligibility Provision, or CEP?

6 Careers in Food That Make a Difference

Fighting Hunger and Making Food Fun

9 Stunning School Gardens to Inspire You This Spring

Farm to School: Served Up Three Different Ways

Mississippi-Grown Food Service: An Interview with Rose Tate

New Mexico Service Member Tae-Young Nam is increasing smiles through veggies

Two Bites of Confidence

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