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Volunteering is up among Americans, Campus Kitchens

Posted in June 15th, 2010
by Jasmine Touton in Beyond the Campus Kitchen, Kitchen Partners, MLK Day Service

Volunteering is undergoing its greatest spike in six years, up 1.6 million new Americans over last year, according to the Corporation for National & Community Service’s report released today, June 15. The annual Volunteering in America report found that more than 63.4 million Americans volunteered for more than 8.1 billion hours of volunteer service, saving [...]

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A Look Inside the Campus Kitchen at Augsburg College

Posted in March 30th, 2010
by Jasmine Touton in , Kitchen Innovation

Spring means time for Campus Kitchens to break out spades and shovels, break ground on new gardening products, and invite the neighborhood to plant community gardens that produce more than just veggies; they help the community grow. Whether its nutrition programming, science lessons, introductions to local food, or farmers markets – like the one mentioned [...]

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Campus Kitchen Colleges make President’s Service Honor Roll

Posted in March 3rd, 2010
by Jasmine Touton in Beyond the Campus Kitchen, Kitchen Innovation, Opening your Campus Kitchen

Over half of schools that partner with The Campus Kitchens Project – to bring student-led hunger relief to their adopted communities – received the distinction of the 2009 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, released at the end of February. Of CKP’s 26 partner campuses, 15 made a higher education community service distinction as [...]

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Fools Gold? Nope, that’s Compost: Natural Recycling at your Campus Kitchen

Posted in February 19th, 2010
by Jasmine Touton in , Opening your Campus Kitchen

As the snow melts away and our snow boots finally start to dry, it’s safe to say that gardening season is almost upon us. This will be an exciting time for many Campus Kitchens who already have or are starting campus/community gardens. Come Spring, the Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest University will be using their [...]

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Campus Kitchen Work Earns Scholarships for School, Provides Skills for Life

Posted in February 9th, 2010
by Jasmine Touton in Beyond the Campus Kitchen

The Campus Kitchen at Augsburg director nominated Jeanette Clark for a Sodexo scholarship  in recognition of her work with the kitchen. The kitchen received funding, and Clark earned a scholarship toward her education. Beyond the scholarship, Clark found the Campus Kitchen provided her with skills she could use for the rest of her life. This [...]

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‘New Millennium’ Kick-off

Posted in October 26th, 2009
by Joelle Johnson in

10.26.09: CKP’s ‘new millennium’ kicked-off this past weekend at the annual Leadership Conference in Washington D.C. There were over 60 attendees representing 17 different Campus Kitchens. The weekend began with the preperation and delivery of  the millionth meal served since CKP’s inception 8 years ago. This was a major milestone for the organization and it went [...]

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The quest for the right container

Posted in April 30th, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in

Last week, my email inbox welcomed a perfect example of what a national network of Campus Kitchens is all about. It started with Christine Nemetz, the coordinator at the Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College and a question we’ve been talking about on this here blog: how do we make our Campus Kitchens more sustainable? Specifically, Christine was talking containers: [...]

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5 things to know about composting at your Campus Kitchen

Posted in March 23rd, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in

Even for those of us who care about the environment, composting may seem like a big step: it smells, it produces weird sludge, it takes time and muscles to stir. Hopefully this next post, part of our our series on efforts Campus Kitchens are making to be more sustainable, will make it all seem a bit more do-able. [...]

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“A Natural Fit”: Local food at CKAC

Posted in March 19th, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in

Before he became the coordinator of the Campus Kitchen at Augsburg College, Brian Noy used to ride his bike past the empty lot near the entrance to the college.  “I always wanted to make a community garden there,” he says. “It’s an interesting blessing to be employed to do it.” Brian wasn’t the only one: [...]

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This is the official blog of the Campus Kitchen Project. Here you'll find information, resources and updates about our many initiatives. For more information about our organization you can also check out our main website.

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