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FoodCorps Alum Spotlight: Paloma Jones Grows Connections
We caught up with FoodCorps alum Paloma Jones to see how she continues to connect to communities post-service.
FoodCorps Alum Emily Olsen to Head Cloud City Conservation Center
FoodCorps alum Emily Olsen will utilize her health equity and food justice experience as director of the Cloud City Conservation Center (C4) in Colorado.
Video: A Year of Service, A Lifetime of Impact
Three alumni share how their experiences with FoodCorps led them to exciting and meaningful careers post-service.
FoodCorps Alumna is helping Maine families start gardens
Ali Mediate is the founder of Maine Foodscapes, a group of entrepreneurs and volunteers aiming to educate on local foods while enabling Mainers to start growing on their own
Serving My Latine Heritage in the Brooklyn Community
“For me, being Latina is about feeling like a part of a greater community and taking pride in who I am.”
A Day in the Life of a FoodCorps Service Member: Rocky Mount, NC
What is it really like to be a FoodCorps service member? Follow Rhea Singh as she takes you through a day of service in Rocky Mount, North Carolina.
FoodCorps Alumni Featured on Southern Living
Mississippi alumni Lauren Rhoades and Liz Broussard were profiled in Southern Living’s “30 Incredible Women Moving Southern Food Forward.”
FoodCorps Alumna Pioneering New Approaches to Education
Students who don’t think they are “into” science or who may find traditional science courses daunting should step into master’s candidate Arla Casselman’s classroom.
How FoodCorps uses nature to nurture schoolkids’ skills
There is no typical day, nor typical week, for FoodCorps service members in metro Atlanta. You might find one in a school garden helping students plant kale, sugar snap peas or carrots. Another might be in a classroom making a layered bean dip and talking about the similarities between those layers and the layers in a garden. Or one could be teaching a lesson on the importance of compost or playing a game that helps bring home what it means to have limited access to food.
Stronger Together: A FoodCorps Member Reflects on Her Service Year
By Cara Plott for Bronx Health REACH I began my year of service as a FoodCorps service member at the Family School not really knowing what to expect. Would I be able to find mentors to help me figure out the needs of the school? Would the school administrators be supportive and excited about expanding … Continued