Summer has given way to fall, but at the Campus Kitchen at University of Vermont, there are still hours of harvesting, sorting, blanching, and freezing to go. The unexpected bounty of fresh food comes as a welcome reward for a summer spent preparing a new Campus Kitchen garden to supplement meals sent out to local [...]
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Campus Kitchens Serve up Sustainable food Weeks for Spring
Posted in April 13th, 2011
This week, two Campus Kitchens take their commitment to feeding and healthy meals one course further. Student leaders designed, created partnerships and organized activities that add components of sustainability and food justice to the typical foodie fete. In Vermont and North Carolina students are readying their palates for food weeks designed to bring awareness to [...]
Building Healthy Futures with the Campus Kitchen at University of Vermont
Posted in March 8th, 2011
The Campus Kitchen at University of Vermont sends volunteers out to six community agencies every week. Those volunteers leave behind much more than a hot meal. Students, as part of the nutrition program at University of Vermont, join forces with the Campus Kitchen to gain real world teaching experience while providing clients with the tools [...]
Bringing Service Back at Campus Kitchen at UVM
Posted in May 6th, 2010
Something must be in the food. Campus Kitchens are continually uploading hilarious, creative, student-produced videos to YouTube and other channels, giving us all a glimpse inside the amazing work they do daily at their respective Campus Kitchens. We’ve seen some truly outstanding feats of cinema. Among them: the Campus Kitchen at Johns Hopkins University’s old [...]
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 [...]
The Campus Kitchen at University of Vermont, an Extension of all things Burlington Food
Posted in March 29th, 2010
Come to the Campus Kitchen at University of Vermont for a tour of operations, and leave with a tour of the sustainable, local movement to feed in Burlington, Vermont. The coordinators at CKUVM aren’t confused; it’s just that the Campus Kitchen has done such a good job integrating themselves into the community, the hunger relief [...]
To Do: Vermont Foodbank’s Annual Hunger Conference
Posted in March 19th, 2010
When it comes to hunger, John Sayles of Vermont Foodbank already thinks this country has done a lot, but certainly not enough. As he wrote in a recent blog post: “People rarely starve or suffer from severe malnutrition but a large number of people, more than 49 million according to the USDA, are “food insecure,” [...]
Spring Brings Green to Campus Kitchens
Posted in March 16th, 2010
Campus Kitchens Celebrate a “Green” Spring with Newman Own Grant, Community Greenhouse and 50,000 Meals Washington, D.C. – This spring is particularly green for The Campus Kitchens Project (CKP) across the country with March bringing new funding, inaugural greenhouse crops and milestone events such as 50,000 meals served. In 25 cities, CKP partners with high [...]
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 [...]
Newman’s Own Foundation Recognizes the Campus Kitchen at University of Vermont
Posted in March 2nd, 2010
One Campus Kitchen will get more than salad dressing from Newman’s Own this March: The Newman’s Own Foundation is granting 5 to 25 thousand for one standout, do-good organization per campus in the America East Conference. The Foundation partnered with the America East Conference to choose one leading, service-focused student group – that is closely [...]
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Blogroll
- 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.