Someday, Gary Oppenheimer’s food pantry to home gardener networking web site AmpleHarvest.org and the resulting access he’s created to fresh produce for hungry Americans will serve as the first chapter to his future book: Finish What’s on Your Plate Because there are Kids Starving in Europe. Through the collaboration of a couple devoted people, Oppenheimer’s [...]
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Archive for October, 2010
Tasty Turkeypalooza Tips: 5 Ways to Make Cranberries Awesome!
Posted in October 28th, 2010
by Abbie Steiner in Kitchen Advice
Cranberries get typecast more than any ingredient in the production that is a holiday dinner. Their big scene always comes at Thanksgiving, invariably in the form of cranberry sauce, meaning that their tart flavor and crimson color are so rarely auditioned for other dishes. But not this year! Here’s a host of ideas that take [...]
Scenes from Fall Harvest at Michelle Obama’s White House Vegetable Garden
Posted in October 26th, 2010
If any garden can capture the attention of elementary school students in an effort to teach nutrition, it’s the First Lady’s White House vegetable garden. Last week, Michelle Obama used the opportunity to promote her Let’s Move campaign and introduce new Fall vegetables to Bancroft Elementary students as they worked alongside a team of D.C. [...]
The Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee: Flipping Flapjacks to Fundraise
Posted in October 25th, 2010
Forget the elaborate digital gift giving contest or sponsored sporting event, sometimes fundraising is as simple as – well – flipping flapjacks. Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee coordinator Jenny Davidson says the credit goes entirely to her leadership team in conceiving the idea for a “Pancake Study Break” during heavy traffic library hours last [...]
Former Top Chef Contestant Carla Hall Judges Maryland Campus Kitchen Chili Cookoff
Posted in October 22nd, 2010
It’s just after 9 a.m. in the Campus Kitchen at University of Maryland Eastern Shore at Shady Grove (CKUMES), and students and staff are firing up more than just portable burners at their chili stations. Dressed in festive garb from green leis to sombreros, teams from a variety of departments at the Universities of Maryland [...]
20 Community Programs Receive Campus Kitchen Funding for National Day of Service
Posted in October 19th, 2010
Washington, D.C. – To foster community service and honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr., The Campus Kitchens Project (CKP) today announced it will give $40,000 to 20 student-led, community-based programs across 15 states all committed to highlighting their work on MLK Day of Service, January 17, 2011. This year’s grantees represent the largest [...]
Campus Kitchens: Get to know Jonathan Bloom and American Wasteland.
Posted in October 18th, 2010
Jonathon Bloom. Have you heard the name before? You might have seen his blog, Wasted Food, on our Blog Roll. Maybe you’ve heard of his book, American Wasteland, released earlier this year. Whatever you know about Bloom, you should know he’s cut from the same apron cloth as many Campus Kitchen leaders across the country. [...]
Scenes from Hungry for Justice with The Campus Kitchens Project
Posted in October 15th, 2010
by Jasmine Touton in Beyond the Campus Kitchen, Kitchen Advice, Kitchen Innovation, Kitchen Partners, Opening your Campus Kitchen
The words “Hungry for Justice” have floated around this space a lot recently – and now that the October 8-10 annual conference of The Campus Kitchens Project and Baylor University’s Poverty Summit has sent students and community members back to their hometowns to put ideas to action, we’d like to share some of the scenes [...]
The Campus Kitchens Project Responds to Hungry for Justice
Posted in October 13th, 2010
by Jasmine Touton in Beyond the Campus Kitchen, Kitchen Advice, Kitchen Innovation, Kitchen Partners, Opening your Campus Kitchen
Local news coverage of Hungry for Justice: Social, Economic, Environmental The Campus Kitchens Project national office team arrived home Sunday, October 10 from three whirlwind days at Hungry for Justice: Social, Economic, Environmental in Waco, TX bearing new vintage boots, belt buckles – and a better understanding what gets the national network of Campus Kitchens [...]
Food for Thought: No Food Stamps for Sodas?
Posted in October 12th, 2010
The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formally known as food stamps, is a federal initiative that helps low-income individuals and families buy groceries. More than 38 million Americans — one in eight — receive food stamps. With food stamp usage at record highs and climbing every month, a program once viewed as a failed welfare [...]
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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.