FoodCorps Announces Rachel Willis, Longtime Educator and Board Member, As President
What We Do
Our goal: by 2030, every child has access to food education and nourishing food in school.
Students participate in a garden lesson. (Portland, OR)
FoodCorps is a national nonprofit advancing child well-being through food in school. We partner with students, families, and communities to champion nourishing food at local, state, and national levels. Our AmeriCorps members support schools in providing nutritious meals, locally-informed food education, and welcoming school environments that set kids up for positive, vibrant relationships with food. Building on this program, we develop leaders, grow networks, and advocate for policies in service of every kid’s health and well-being.
Our Work
Through three key strategies—direct partnerships, community engagement, and policy and advocacy—we affect change in the following areas.
Hands-on food education
We partner directly with schools to teach kids about growing, cooking, and eating nourishing food, and advocate for broad investment in food education.
Nourishing school meals
We work with school nutrition professionals to get a variety of fresh, local, and nutritious foods on the school lunch tray.
Celebrating community through food
We use food to celebrate kids’ unique cultures and identities, and help shape cafeteria menus to be family-driven and community-rooted.
Why food in school
Food is central to kids’ physical health, emotional well-being, and connection to local traditions and community. And schools are the opportune places for kids to connect to food through hands-on, experiential learning. We partner with schools and communities in urban and rural communities across the country so kids and families have a seat at the table.
Seeing things actually start from a seed or a starter, and the miracle that happens when life grows through the dirt—I think that encourages them to want to try foods.
—Pamela Lee, Director of Nutrition Services, Ocean View School District (Oxnard, CA)
Our Policy Vision
Stories About What We Do
9 Stunning School Gardens to Inspire You This Spring
Even a small school garden can make a big difference.
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What Makes a Great School Garden?
Use these ideas to create a school garden where all are welcome to grow.
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FoodCorps Expands Programming to Cleveland Metropolitan School District
CMSD is one of the largest school districts in the state, home to primarily students of color.
Read moreFoodCorps Expands to Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri and Rhode Island to Provide Food Education to Thousands of New Students
The expansion underscores FoodCorps’ goal of ensuring that every child in America has access to food education and nourishing food in schools by 2030.
Read moreIn Collaboration with the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, FoodCorps Announces $250 Million Nourishing Futures Initiative to Ensure All School Students Have Access to Food Education and Nourishing, Free Meals by 2030
White House highlights FoodCorps’ commitment to 50 million students nationwide catalyzed by support from MacKenzie Scott, Newman’s Own Foundation, Inclusive Capital Partners Foundation and Walmart Foundation.
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Sharing Indigenous Cooking Traditions in New Mexico
Through Magia de Maíz, FoodCorps service member Luis Ramos and local chef Mateo Herrera teach students about Indigenous food traditions.
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