Sodexo pledges to help fight childhood obesity: The dining services company just announced that through their work with the Alliance for a Healthier Generation, they’ve come up with a new set of guidelines for the 2.8 million school lunches they provide each day. Bucket gardens will offer ‘food security’ to needy families in Oswego County: The Food Bank of Central New [...]
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Archive for May, 2009
Safe, nutritious, affordable and adequate food for all
Posted in May 28th, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
”All residents of Adams County will have access to a safe, nutritious, affordable and adequate food supply within a sustainable system which promotes the local economy.” This is the working vision of the Adams County Food Policy Council, and as part of the newly formed body, the Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College is an active [...]
Apply now for MLK Day of Service 2010 funding!
Posted in May 27th, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
“All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence,” said Martin Luther King, Jr. In order to continue his legacy of labor that uplifts humanity, CKP will join with the Corporation for National and Community Service again this year to celebrate MLK Day 2010 as a day of [...]
2009: Summer of Hunger?
Posted in May 26th, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
Check out the series “Summer of Hunger,” which focuses on hunger in Lee County, Florida. The photographs are striking, and so is the coverage. In a county where two-thirds of children receive free or reduced lunch, the media and the nonprofit community are coming together to look at solutions. What if the newspaper in your [...]
Read, then digest: from harvest to laundromat
Posted in May 22nd, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
Ample Harvest? Pass some along: Wasted Food blogs about Ample Harvest, a high-tech way to connect gardeners with extra produce to food pantries that need fresh food. Perhaps it’s one of a number of ways that technology might change the food system, but in the meantime, the Campus Kitchen at the University of Vermont’s Plant a Row [...]
Part 2: Why can’t everyone eat local food? CKGC on the Food Justice Immersion Project
Posted in May 21st, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
Food immersion: Harvesting spinach Start with a question, like: Why can’t everyone have local food? And you’ll find more questions: Where does my food come from? How is it picked, processed, packaged and sold? Who does the picking, processing, packaging, and selling? Where is fresh food available? When? To whom? Christine Nemetz, the coordinator at the Campus Kitchen [...]
Part 1: CKGC on an adventure into the food system
Posted in May 20th, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
They arrived at the grocery store in tiny Fairfield, PA at 8:01, just after closing time. After spending the day investigating the food system in Adams County, Christine Nemetz, coordinator at the Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College, and five students were famished. On last week’s Food Justice Immersion Project, they explored farmer’s fields and the lived experience of poverty, a fruit processing [...]
The Job Search
Posted in May 19th, 2009
by Jordan Kough in
What is The Campus Kitchens Project really all about? We’re out to help our communities, reconstruct the way people look at hunger, and find innovative ways to make solutions happen. But that’s not all. We’re also looking to make our volunteers into leaders. And then have those leaders turn into the non-profit professionals of the [...]
CKUNK Saturdays at the Farmer’s Market
Posted in May 18th, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
Each Saturday morning in Kearney, Nebraska, the parking lot of a Kmart becomes a bustling, smiling, fresh food oasis as local farmers arrive to sell their goods to their community. The coordinators of the Campus Kitchen at the University of Nebraska-Kearney are there each week, collecting the leftovers and accepting donations from producers and consumers alike. ”Kearney [...]
Read, then digest: shelter controversy, downward mobility and Michelle Obama
Posted in May 15th, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
Helping the hungry eat well: Two of our favorite blogs, Beyond Bread and Change.org’s Sustainable Food blog, came together this week in a post that hits on some of my favorite things to talk about: cooking; the connection between hunger, obesity and malnutrition; food deserts; and last but never least, hummus. Share on Facebook
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- Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College - This is your source for all things CKGC.
- Campus Kitchen at the College of William and Mary
- Campus Kitchen at University of Florida
- Civil Eats - Supporting development and dialog among local and national leaders about the American food system, and its effects abroad.
- CKP’s Flickr page - Photos from the hallowed halls of CKP
- Farm to Table: the Emerging American Model - A collaborative journalistic forum aimed at strengthening the sustainable and local foods community
- First Helping - The Outreach Program of DCCK, their stories and insights into the streets of DC
- Good Food Jobs - A gastro-job search tool, designed to link people looking for meaningful food work with the businesses that need their energy, enthusiasm and intellect.
- Growing Power - Growing Power is a national nonprofit organization and land trust supporting people from diverse backgrounds, and the environments in which they live, by helping to provide equal access to healthy, high-quality, safe and affordable food for people in all
- Robert Egger’s Piece of Mind - DC Central Kitchen founder and CEO, and author of Begging For Change, winner of the 2004-2005 Terry McAdam Book Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Advancement of Nonprofit Management, blogs about the Kitchen, CKP, and the changing nonprofit sector.
- Slow Food on Campus - Our friends at Slow Food on Campus promote food that’s good, clean, and fair
- Sodexo USA - Our partners at Sodexo USA have entered the blogosphere!
- Stocks, Sauces, and Soul - This blog documents the class experiences of the Culinary Job Training Students at the DC Central Kitchen.
- The Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest University - The web version of Wake Forest University’s Campus Kitchen
- V3 Campaign - Join the movement to strengthen the nonprofit sector led by Robert Egger, founder and president of DC Central Kitchen.
- W&L Campus Kitchens Project - Find out the latest about the Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee University.
- Wasted Food - Inspired by a volunteer shift at the DC Central Kitchen, Jonathan Bloom started researching and writing about wasted food in America. His blog is chock-full of information and inspiration for those of us who recycle food.