Last week, my email inbox welcomed a perfect example of what a national network of Campus Kitchens is all about. It started with Christine Nemetz, the coordinator at the Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College and a question we’ve been talking about on this here blog: how do we make our Campus Kitchens more sustainable?
Specifically, Christine was talking containers:
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Archive for April, 2009
Guest Blog: Story of a garden
Posted in April 29th, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
Emily Paulson, the indefatigable Campus Kitchen Coordinator at Gonzaga University, tells us the story of her garden, which is also a story about her grandmother, her daughter, and what success means.
This year my daughter and I decided to plant a garden in our yard. Actually I decided to plant a garden, but I knew she would get into it, [...]
Chicken A La Carte
Posted in April 28th, 2009
by Jordan Kough in
View this movie at cultureunplugged.com
It’s safe to say that I’m not usually one for the dramatic, but in this case I think this video is a very real representation of what it is like for a lot of people across the world.
It’s nice once in a while to remember how lucky we are, and to [...]
Read, then digest: signing the Serve America Act, celebrating Earth Day
Posted in April 24th, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
A Call to Service: Obama signed the Edward M. Kennedy Serve America Act this week, and on the White House blog, they’re asking to hear about your service.
Food bank grows its own: A food bank in Arizona is working on growing its own produce, with the help of a “Midwest farm boy” and a couple [...]
Scrutiny of Non-Profits
Posted in April 23rd, 2009
by Jordan Kough in
I find a lot of things frustrating. Of this I know I am not alone.
What really brings this to the forefront of my mind is this article. Everyone recognizes there are a lot of bad things going in our world. This includes people who ran Enron, created predatory mortgages and run Ponzi schemes. What bothers [...]
CKP has Award-Winning Volunteers
Posted in April 22nd, 2009
by Erin Yudchitz in
We’re pretty proud of the hundreds of amazing volunteers who contribute their time and energy to their Campus Kitchens everyday, but it’s especially exciting for us when those leaders receive recognition outside the network.
Wake Forest senior Grace Johnson was recently honored with the first-ever AmeriCorps Outstanding Service Award presented by North Carolina Campus Compact. Nominated [...]
Hunger Banquet an Oxymoron?
Posted in April 21st, 2009
by Jordan Kough in
I got to make my first trip into the state of Indiana last week. And as I get a chance to go all over the country I realize that many parts of our country are much the same. Everywhere the Campus Kitchens Project goes there are always active students looking to make a difference in [...]
Spend your summer in DC with us
Posted in April 21st, 2009
by Jordan Kough in
Job Title: Social Media Intern
Employer: The Campus Kitchens Project
Reports to: Director
Job Location: Washington, DC
Pay Type: Stipend
Duration: June 1, 2009-August 14, 2009
The Campus Kitchens Project (CKP) is an emerging leader in community service and anti-hunger programming in communities around the country. CKP has locations at twenty campuses, each of which provide hundreds of weekly meals [...]
UVM Food Summit: “A meal isn’t just about a meal”
Posted in April 20th, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
There are a lot of reasons I’m passionate about food. One of the main ones is that if we begin talking about food, before long we might be talking about hunger or social class or farming or animal rights or something I’ve never even heard of. In other words, food is a delicious way to expand our consciousnesses.
Or, as CKUVM [...]
Read, then digest: tent farm bank bike manifesto
Posted in April 17th, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
Last Tent City residents move as homeless debate continues: In the latest from the tent city outside Sacramento, the approximately 150-200 residents have been moved out by the police as of yesterday. These somber photographs capture the lives of people who lived there and in similar camps throughout the state and this post from the Where blog provides a clear summary [...]