Join the Campus Kitchen at Gonzaga University in Spokane, WA through a Full-time AmeriCorps position. With a thriving community garden and Thursday night outreach dinners anchoring the program, this Campus Kitchen brings community impact to a new level. Become part of it. TO APPLY: Please submit cover letter, resume and list of references to ayers@gonzaga.edu [...]
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Archive for June, 2011
Community Action Network leads Continued Distaster Relief
Posted in June 29th, 2011
Late April, when five tornadoes struck Bradley County, Tennessee, leaving 10,000 area residents without power, there was no question the Campus Kitchen at Lee University team would use its leadership skills and resources (think mobile canteens) to provide disaster relief. Over two months later, through calculated community organizing bolstered by The Campus Kitchens Project’s MLK [...]
Sierra Magazine Names Campus Kitchen Schools ‘Cool’
Posted in June 28th, 2011
What makes a school cool? According to Sierra Magazine, it’s the most eco-enlightened universities who top its list of Cool Schools 2011. To calculate its third annual ranking, Sierra Magazine emailed questionnaires to sustainability experts at hundreds of schools covering eight categories: efficiency, energy, food, academics, purchasing, transportation, waste management, and administration. Each category can [...]
Virtual Supermarket Eliminates Food Deserts in Baltimore
Posted in June 27th, 2011
Food Deserts. Most who pay attention to food policy or access know them well. What we may not know: all the creative solutions percolating out there to fix problems with food access resulting in obesity and other health risks. The Baltimore Department of Public Health in partnership with local grocery stores has one: a virtual [...]
Fridays in the Garden: The Harvest!
Posted in June 24th, 2011
When it comes to harvesting produce from your garden, your best guide is your own experience! As an eater, you know how you like things to taste, so with a little bit of garden taste testing, you will be able to get a sense of when you want to be plucking fruit from the plant. [...]
Campus Kitchen gets Summer Help from the Community
Posted in June 22nd, 2011
Volunteers, from 7-year-olds with their moms to staff from the local TV Station, are trying their kitchen chops at cooking meals in the Campus Kitchen at Minnesota State University, Mankato this summer. The dedication of the community, students, and staff keeps this Campus Kitchen – and others across the nation – running during a time [...]
Campus Kitchen at Baylor University Plucks First Harvest from Community Garden
Posted in June 21st, 2011
Summer Freshman orientation at Baylor University means more mouths to feed and less food waste in the dining halls for the Campus Kitchen to recover. Less food waste is certainly a good thing, but it also means fewer meals to deliver to the Campus Kitchen at Baylor University‘s partner, The Salvation Army. Thanks to the [...]
Food Cuts Follow Up: Chopping Aid and Safety, Keeping Subsidies
Posted in June 20th, 2011
On Thursday, as we blogged about in Piecing together Food Cuts, the House mulled over decisions sure to affect the American food and feeding systems. The results, and the future of the FDA, food assistance programs, and farm subsidies are in: The House passed HR 2112 Bill (Agriculture, Rural Development, FDA, and related agency appropriations) [...]
Piecing together Food Cuts
Posted in June 16th, 2011
Walking into the Campus Kitchen, tying an apron, washing and chopping vegetables. It’s standard practice for a Campus Kitchen cooking shift, but while we’re cutting, we’d be remiss not to think about a different kind of food cuts that might happen while Congress is looking to scale back spending. As advancements like repurposing excess dining [...]
A Fresh Take on Food Rescue and Healthy Kids Snacks
Posted in June 15th, 2011
Volunteers with the Campus Kitchen at St. Louis University sometimes return with heaps of produce from Trader Joe’s food recovery trips. Recently the team brought back hundreds of bananas. Many of the bananas turned to mush before students could incorporate them into meals. Then something clicked with Candace Guiffre, a Master’s candidate in nutrition and [...]
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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.