Winston-Salem, N.C., according to the Food Research and Action Center’s (FRAC) Food Hardship in America 2010 report, tops the list of Metropolitan Statistical Areas with the highest rates (34.8 percent in Winston-Salem) of food hardship in households with children. These households told the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index that over the course of the last year, there [...]
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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 [...]
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 [...]
Unique Campus Kitchen Partnership puts Specialty Food Items on Plates
Posted in November 18th, 2010
“If we can get more food, I think we should get more food.” That’s the motto the Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest University took on when Coordinator Shelley Sizemore posed the question of adding a local grocery store’s food donations last year to the plentiful donations she already receives from dining services. Her senior leadership [...]
Service Group Builds Community through the Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest University
Posted in July 6th, 2010
In one week’s time, through hours of labor and a little creativity, a North Carolina church group transformed a communal garden into a true community gathering spot. The Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest University participated in 2010’s MLK Day of Service by committing to a year-long project to build a community garden at a partner [...]
The Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest University Builds a Community Gathering Spot
Posted in June 16th, 2010
At the end of this week, the El Buen Pasteur community garden, sponsored by the Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest University, will have a new, shaded pavilion – and a group of 31 new friends. A church youth group, located two hours from the Winston-Salem, NC campus, arrived at the El Buen Pasteur community grounds [...]
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 Wake Forest: Wake Up to Food Week
Posted in March 18th, 2010
Students are generally a bored and hungry population, but this week at Wake Forest – thanks to the coordination efforts of the Campus Kitchen there – they’ll be anything but. Wake Forest’s first annual: Wake Up to Food Week wraps up tomorrow after days filled with food and activities. Coordinator Shelley Graves, and her Campus [...]
Campus Kitchens In-Kind Grant Opportunity for Reusable Containers
Posted in March 12th, 2010
Recently, the Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College secured reusable plastic containers to replace Styrofoam shells for serving in their kitchen. Since then, several Campus Kitchens have followed suit, including the Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest University who will use plastic containers donated and washed by their dining services. The Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee [...]
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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.