With a student population exceeding 50,000 and hundreds of recognized student groups, the Campus Kitchen at University of Florida students are taking every opportunity to stand out this year. The goal: gain more volunteers committed to service. The first move, according to new President Stephanie Nguyen, was upping the number of leadership roles available with [...]
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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 [...]
A Look Inside Campus Kitchen Holiday Feeding
Posted in November 30th, 2010
They came, they cooked turkey, they conquered. From distributing grocery bags at Baylor University in Waco, Texas to serving a large community dinner (with real pumpkin pie) near St. Lawrence University’s campus in Canton, NY, Campus Kitchens took to the ovens, finding creative ways to keep plates full in their communities this Thanksgiving. The Campus [...]
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 [...]
11 Campus Kitchens Named Among America’s Greenest Colleges
Posted in April 23rd, 2010
Even though Earth Day is behind us, Earth Day celebrations, especially those by Campus Kitchens, are still full of life. A report released by The Princeton Review in time for Earth Day, April 22, gives Campus Kitchens one more reason to celebrate: eleven CK sites were named in a list of the Greenest Colleges in [...]
An International STOP HUNGER NOW Banquet via the Campus Kitchen at University of Florida
Posted in April 19th, 2010
This Saturday, April 24, The University of Florida will wrap up its 40 days of Change Event, a campaign that encourages participants to be active both socially and physically through campus-centered events. One of the university’s final sustainable events, led by the Campus Kitchen at the University of Florida, was centered around (of course) food. [...]
the Campus Kitchen at University of Florida Serves a Community Feast
Posted in March 22nd, 2010
At their latest meal service – and First Annual Community Dinner – the Campus Kitchen at the University of Florida suited up one very special server: a boy from the Woodland Park Community and member of the Boys and Girls Club in Gainesville, Fla. The boy, who wore plastic gloves and a hairnet to hand [...]
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 [...]
MLK Day 2010: Looking Back on Last Year’s Service
Posted in January 6th, 2010
As the 18 organizations participating in The Campus Kitchens Project’s MLK Day/Semester of Service finalize plans and fire up their ovens, hundreds of volunteers are readying to grab a fork and pitch in, holding inaugural meal services, jump-starting culinary training programs, carpooling to under served communities, and tilling gardens in honor of Martin Luther King [...]
Top CKP Moments of 2009
Posted in December 31st, 2009
by Jasmine Touton in
We cooked. We fed. We conquered. The family of 20 campus kitchens that make up The Campus Kitchens Project saw a lot of highs and lows, cabbage and carrots, PB&J’s and pastas, tomatoes and turkeys in 2009. The year of an ill economy, swine flue epidemic, and a healthcare overhaul also marked a period of [...]
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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.