Sometimes graphics speak louder than words. Ever looked around your adopted community and wondered how much families spend on dining out vs. grocery shopping? Campus Kitchens look at factors like these weekly as they decide who to serve, what’s on the menu, and how to infuse a meal drop off with nutrition. Recently, Flowingdata.com, a [...]
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Campus Kitchen Reminder: Healthy Food can be Cheap
Posted in June 23rd, 2010
“When you look at the USDA’s “food pyramid”, many of the things we should be eating the most of – grains, legumes, fruits, and vegetables – happen to cost the least.” Or so writes Jeff Yaeger of the Daily Green and author of the recent blog post: “50 healthy foods for under $1 a pound.” [...]
Faces from the Campus Kitchen at Northwestern University’s Slow Cooker Program
Posted in April 13th, 2010
Gather football players, registered dietitians, children, families, students, and 23 slow cookers into a room, and you’re bound to come away with some great pictures, plus stories to share. That’s what happened during the three-part slow cooker series and partnership of the Campus Kitchen at Northwestern University and Nurture , a local nutrition education organization. [...]
‘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 [...]
Guest blog: Who gets hit hardest?
Posted in April 16th, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
Just back from her annual visit to the Campus Kitchen at Northwestern University, Western Region Program Coordinator Erin Yudchitz ruminates on what “economic hard times” mean for real people. I visited one of my former homes last week: the Campus Kitchen at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. In addition to a great trip to The [...]
GYSD 2008: Combining knowledge and service at CKNU’s First Annual High School Leadership Conference
Posted in March 26th, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
Plans for Global Youth Service Day 2009 are in full swing: Check out what people across the country are doing to serve their communities and read on to find out what’s going on at the Campus Kitchen at Northwestern University. You are a single mother with 3 children, a 3 year-old, 9 year-old and 13 [...]
Cheers to the Greater Chicago Food Depository
Posted in February 9th, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
When we told Joanna we wanted to feature one of CKNU’s partner organizations on the CKP blog, she thought immediately of the Greater Chicago Food Depository. But she said: “I don’t think it’s blog worthy, cause my love for the GCFD is a little weird. I know.” Then she related a story from a recent [...]