Looking for funding for your campus garden? Annie’s Homegrown is offering a limited number of small grants to community gardens, school gardens and other educational programs that connect children directly to real food. These funds can be used to buy gardening tools, seeds or other needed supplies. If you would like to apply, please read the [...]
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Tools of the Trade II: Map the Meal Gap
Posted in January 18th, 2012
In order to address the problem of hunger, it is important that we first understand it. Feeding America undertook the Map the Meal Gap project to learn more about the face of hunger at the local community level. By understanding the population in need, communities and partners can better identify strategies for reaching the people [...]
Tools of the Trade: New SNAP Tool
Posted in January 6th, 2012
In fiscal year 2011, about 44.7 million people participated in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), on average, per month (USDA, 2011). Facts like this are great but how can we as Campus Kitchens across the country use this data to better address the needs in our individual communities? Until recently, many tools [...]
Kerrygold/Irish Dairy Board Donates $10,000 to CKNU!
Posted in January 4th, 2012
by Matt Schnarr in
Kathleen Quinn presents CKNU Coordinator Danny Burke with a $10,000 check on behalf of the Irish Dairy Board CKNU has received a $10,000 donation from the Irish Dairy Board, located in Evanston. This amount of money will help CKNU ensure that those most in need continue to receive nourishing meals. Additionally, the Irish Dairy Board [...]
Job Opening: The Campus Kitchen Coordinator at Northwestern University
Posted in December 29th, 2011
by Matt Schnarr in
Job Title: Campus Kitchen Coordinator Employer: The Campus Kitchens Project Location: Northwestern University- Evanston, IL Pay Type: $31,000 with benefits The Campus Kitchens Project (CKP) is a leader in community service and anti-hunger programming in communities around the country. The Campus Kitchens Project headquartered in Washington DC, oversees all Campus Kitchens. CKP has locations [...]
CNCS Visits DCCK
Posted in December 20th, 2011
by Matt Schnarr in
This morning the DC Central Kitchen VISTA Corp members had the privilege of serving along side the CEO and other staff from The Corporation of Nation and Community Service (CNCS), the organization that administers the VISTA programs nation-wide. Powerful and unique connections were made as the group chopped onions, peeled turnips and exchanged stories, all [...]
Turkey For All! Turkeypalooza 2011
Posted in December 6th, 2011
Everyone loves turkey during Thanksgiving, right? How about over 10,000 pounds of it? This year, all of the Campus Kitchens stepped up their games and over 800 volunteers put in over 2,000 hours to collect and prepare record amounts of food to provide Thanksgiving meals across the country. From canned food drives, to family-style community [...]
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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.