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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Campus Kitchen serves up City-based Hunger Banquet
Posted in April 25th, 2011
As Campus Kitchen students prepare to visit St. Louis in October for a conference held at CKP’s flagship kitchen, Saint Louis University, a much younger Campus Kitchen at Washington University in St. Louis is spurring new awareness of the hunger problems in the metropolitan region with an original take on the hunger banquet. Campus Kitchens [...]
Announcing Two Campus Kitchen Events
Posted in April 20th, 2011
The academic year is almost over, which means it’s time again to plan for two annual gatherings of The Campus Kitchens Project: In August, new leaders and freshly minted Campus Kitchen organizers will join the CKP national office team in Washington, D.C. for an interactive, three-day Boot Camp event. Then, in October, every Campus Kitchen [...]
Spice Up Your Campus Kitchen with Awareness-Building Events
Posted in January 27th, 2011
Most of what we’ve been seeing lately out our windows is white. Add a little color to your Campus Kitchen – and build volunteer interest – by planning a campus or community-wide event. Many Campus Kitchens already put together activities to honor Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Some are already thinking ahead to the next [...]
Campus Kitchens Carve into Turkeypalooza
Posted in November 22nd, 2010
Baking. Basting. Brining. Braising Brussel Sprouts. For two weeks in the middle of November, Campus Kitchens really learn their “B”s. This year, The Campus Kitchens Project dug itself deeper into Turkeypalooza – an effort across the network to provide turkey and trimmings to those in need – than ever before. In the middle of this [...]
Campus Kitchens Ready their Carving Knives for Season of Feeding
Posted in November 1st, 2010
Thanks to the work of 28 Campus Kitchens and a swelling volunteer force this November, hungry individuals and families will gobble up Thanksgiving meals with all the trimmings this Turkey Day. Turkeypalooza is the network-wide effort of The Campus Kitchens Project to ensure all mouths are fed during the month that many Americans share bountiful [...]
Groceries vs. Dining Out: A Map of Breakdown in Major Cities for Campus Kitchens
Posted in June 25th, 2010
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 [...]
Send Campus Kitchen Partner – the Mission Continues – to a MLB All-star Game
Posted in June 9th, 2010
Now that summer has arrived for many of us, and activities have slowed, why not take a second out of the day to vote for a Campus Kitchen partner in a service recognition contest? The Mission Continues’ Eric Greitens was nominated as one of three finalists for the St. Louis Cardinals (each major league team [...]
The Campus Kitchen at St. Louis University Gets Art-full
Posted in June 3rd, 2010
One of the earliest supporters of pay-what-you-can restaurants will make his mark in the food world again, decades after his lifetime, via the Campus Kitchen at St. Louis University at an event June 5. The Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis came to coordinator Jenny Bird with a unique idea for a fundraiser/community event: the museum [...]
Campus Kitchen Colleges make President’s Service Honor Roll
Posted in March 3rd, 2010
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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- 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.