How often do you think about where your food came from? Do you know where the lettuce from your salad was grown, or who grew it? If you’re like me, you typically don’t think about your food’s origins; you’re too busy doing other things while munching on the apple you packed in your lunch. But [...]
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Council for Community Solutions Looks to Link ‘Opportunity Youth’ with Communities
Posted in January 19th, 2012
Many are feeling the impact of a sluggish economy and high unemployment rates, but 1 in 6 young Americans are in danger of being left behind. According to a report from Columbia University and CUNY/Queens College, 6.7 million young adults are out of school, unemployed, and not learning skills necessary for a successful future. [...]
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 [...]
Continue your Work in Sustainable Feeding with CoFed
Posted in September 29th, 2011
“We want to inspire and equip future leaders to create a just and sustainable world through food.” Sound familiar? It’s not the Campus Kitchens Project’s mission. It’s the mission of Co-Fed, a movement that’s gained momentum over the last couple years to open student-run cooperative campaigns with a triple bottom line (people, planet, profit), with [...]
Reflections on Service: Anniversary of 9/11
Posted in September 28th, 2011
Why do service? We asked, and the volunteers that arrived at DC Central Kitchen to serve in honor of the tenth anniversary of September 11, 2001 responded. So did some of DC Central Kitchen’s employees who were actually in the kitchen preparing meals when the attacks began. All of those featured in the video below [...]
Americans are Increasingly Engaged with their Communities
Posted in September 21st, 2011
Need a pick-me-up? Searching for evidence that we all really are working for a better tomorrow? With the release of the 2011 Civic Life in America: Key Findings on the Civic health of the Nation report (from the Corporation for National and Community Service), you don’t have to look too far to find a little [...]
Campus Kitchen comforts Fire Victims with Stuffed Love
Posted in September 16th, 2011
Campus Kitchens are no stranger to providing comfort through a home-cooked meal or companionship. In the wake of the recent Texas wildfires that resulted in the loss of 1554 homes in Balstrop County, the Campus Kitchen at Baylor University is reaching out to provide a different kind of comfort: stuffed bears. The Bears2Bears project, sponsored [...]
Volunteers, First Family Prepare Meals at DC Central Kitchen to Remember 9/11
Posted in September 12th, 2011
As millions spent this weekend giving back to their communities to remember the fallen of September 11, 2001, DC Central Kitchen hosted dozens of volunteers to create thousands of meals – including one very special family. President Obama, First Lady Michelle, and daughters Malia and Sasha helped prepare healthy gumbo and local corn on Saturday [...]
Get Involved with 9/11 Day of Remembrance at your University
Posted in September 9th, 2011
Campus Kitchen students take part in giving back weekly, but this Sunday, September 11 entire communities will perform service in response to the attacks on this country ten years ago. Looking for a last minute way to do service in remembrance? Visit 911day.org. The site invites you to post a tribute, support a cause, and [...]
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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.