
Cultivating Change and Connection: Reflecting on the FOLCS Kindred Gathering
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 partners with schools and communities to nourish kids’ health, education, and sense of belonging. Our AmeriCorps members serve alongside educators and school nutrition leaders to provide kids with nourishing meals, food education, and culturally affirming experiences with food that celebrate and nurture the whole child. Building on our service program, FoodCorps develops leaders, grows networks, and advocates for policy change in service of every kid’s health and wellbeing.
Through three key strategies—direct service, broad reach, and policy and advocacy—we affect change in the following areas.
We partner directly with schools to teach kids about growing, cooking, and eating nourishing food, and advocate for broad investment in food education.
Learn moreWe work with school nutrition professionals to get a variety of fresh, local, and culturally relevant foods on the school lunch tray.
Learn moreWe use food to celebrate kids’ unique cultures and identities, and strive to correct historical inequities in the school food system.
Learn moreFood is central to kids’ physical health, emotional wellbeing, and sense of belonging. And schools are the opportune places for kids to connect to food through hands-on, experiential learning. We partner with schools and communities that have been most impacted by systemic racism and classism, serving urban, rural, and Indigenous communities where our collaboration can make a lasting difference.
—Pamela Lee, Director of Nutrition Services, Ocean View School District (Oxnard, CA)
Our Policy Vision