FoodCorps Alum Reid Evans on Food Network’s Chopped
FoodCorps alum Reid Evans, who served in Paterson, New Jersey, will appear on Food Network’s Chopped on November 19.
FoodCorps Alum Named Director of Mississippi National Historic Landmark
Mississippi FoodCorps alum Lauren Rhoades has been named the new director of the Eudora Welty House and Garden.
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.”
Investing in Future School Food Leaders
This June, FoodCorps brought together 20 aspiring school food service leaders to help them explore careers in school food, build their network, and get hands-on experience working in school food. They traveled from all over the country to learn from leaders in the field. Vanika Jethwa CT ’17, an alum who joined us from Keene, NH, shares reflections on her experience at the training.
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.