We’re less than ten days away from the new year, meaning it’s time to post our list of Top moments from The Campus Kitchens project in 2010. We cooked. We freeze-dried. We served. 10. St. Louis got art-full. The longest-standing Campus Kitchen (at St. Louis University) painted a new partnership with the St. Louis Museum [...]
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Archive for December, 2010
Windowfarms Technology could help Green Campus Kitchens
Posted in December 20th, 2010
We’ve already seen a white winter, but that doesn’t mean Campus Kitchens stop constantly thinking about greening their practices. Most have planted seeds for campus gardens. Many have switched to eco-friendly meal delivery containers. Others have gone paperless by purchasing a mini-laptop or tablet to keep in their kitchen. Now there’s another way to make [...]
Advice to Campus Kitchens for Delivering in the Snow
Posted in December 16th, 2010
by Jasmine Touton in Kitchen Advice
As the first inches of snow glide past the windows of The Campus Kitchens Project national office, it’s that time again to heat up the discussion of safety during winter deliveries. Below are some pieces of advice I’ve gleaned from program managers and longtime Campus Kitchen coordinators, but please feel free to add your thoughts [...]
Food For Thought: New Opportunities for Child Nutrition
Posted in December 15th, 2010
On Monday morning, President Obama signed the Healthy and Hunger-Free Kids Act into law at Harriet Tubman Elementary School in Washington, DC. He praised the bipartisan support that the bill received and applauded the passionate efforts put in by representatives from both parties to ensure healthy food for more of America’s children. The first lady [...]
Campus Kitchen Taps Food Donations from Unexpected Resource
Posted in December 13th, 2010
We’ve heard of Campus Kitchens recovering food from dining services and local grocery stores. Many also pick up food from restaurants and campus gardens. One Campus Kitchen recently became the first in The Campus Kitchens Project network to gain food donations from a medical facility. The Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College will receive more than [...]
Campus Kitchens CAN Rock CAN Roll
Posted in December 10th, 2010
Volunteer at Campus Kitchen or go to a rock concert? With a new Campus Kitchens Project partnership in the works, this could be a decision student volunteers no longer need to make. Aimée Holtzman runs a Jericho, N.Y.-based non-profit that empowers youth to fight hunger through the popularity of rock and roll. Holtzman’s Rock CAN [...]
Help the Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee in the True Hero Competition
Posted in December 9th, 2010
Every year, the True Hero public charity grants cash awards for high school, college, and youth-based non-profit organizations promoting community and national service through a simple competition: get the most votes for your organization online. Anyone with an email address can vote. The organization will award $3000 to the top vote-getter, $2000 to second place, [...]
Food for Thought: Hope for Healthy School Food
Posted in December 8th, 2010
The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act, passed by the Senate in August, was passed last week by the House of Representatives. This legislation expands the school lunch program and sets new standards to improve the quality of school meals, which includes incorporating more fruits and vegetables. In support of the bill, First Lady Michelle Obama wrote: [...]
Gift Guide for the Environmentally-conscious Foodie (or Campus Kitchen Volunteer)
Posted in December 7th, 2010
Sometimes buying gifts for an Eco-Foodie (or Campus Kitchen volunteer) is hard to stomach. How do your feed their passion for food and health while keeping it green? The gifts listed below are meant for the foodies who will not compromise, hungering for latest gastro-trend and freshest noshing while doing their best to keep the [...]
Campus Kitchens Keep Plates Full over Winter Break
Posted in December 6th, 2010
Most students are in the midst of finals before winter break. For volunteers at 28 Campus Kitchens across the country, they’ve just wrapped up the massive Turkeypalooza feeding effort to make sure all plates are full for Thanksgiving. But the feeding doesn’t stop there. Campus Kitchen students are also gearing up for winter holiday feeding [...]
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Blogroll
- 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.