Talk to any operations team at a Campus Kitchen and you’ll hear about one common obstacle. Food recovery and meal delivery shifts often require transportation for volunteers. But most college students don’t own cars. At Washington and Lee University, a Campus Kitchen-owned vehicle will help alleviate transportation problems thanks to Walmart Foundation State Giving Program [...]
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Campus Kitchen Reaches 75,000 Meals, and so Much More
Posted in May 23rd, 2011
Last week, the Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee quietly reached another milestone: 75,000 meals served. But as student leaders and Coordinator Jenny Davidson celebrated the meal goal through regular service to their clients before most students left campus at the end of the year, the Campus Kitchen logged even more impressive numbers and geared [...]
Garden Helps Campus Kitchen Client find a Job
Posted in April 14th, 2011
Cross-posted from The Campus Kitchens Project’s national website. Thanks to the Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee garden volunteering program, and some extra care from university staff, Howard* – a veteran on the verge of losing his home – recently found employment with university dining services. “When he came out and started volunteering he was [...]
What Grows from Connecting U.S. Veterans with Gardens and Farms
Posted in April 6th, 2011
Campus Kitchens works with a variety of populations – but one group they serve, U.S. war veterans, often goes overlooked. Then Produce Manager Morten Wendelbro told the story of a U.S. war veteran that he brought to work in the garden at the Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee. His resulting display of hard work [...]
Fridays in the Garden: Putting those seeds right in
Posted in March 25th, 2011
In many places across the country, the seasons are turning and the ground is WORKABLE! This is wonderful for anyone (like me) who has spent the past number of weeks planning and dreaming for the garden, picking seeds, preparing beds and starting to grow plants indoors, and has been itching to see some plants (and [...]
Help the Campus Kitchen at Washington and Lee in the True Hero Competition
Posted in December 9th, 2010
Every year, the True Hero public charity grants cash awards for high school, college, and youth-based non-profit organizations promoting community and national service through a simple competition: get the most votes for your organization online. Anyone with an email address can vote. The organization will award $3000 to the top vote-getter, $2000 to second place, [...]
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 [...]
A New Kind of Wedding Favor: Portable Burners for Campus Kitchens
Posted in August 23rd, 2010
Some people give bubbles and CDs full of love songs, but in place of a wedding favor for guests at their June 5 wedding, Melissa Caron and Matt Medeiros gave something to the Lexington, Va. community that would keep on giving. The couple chose to replace a trinket for dozens of wedding guests with eight [...]
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.” [...]
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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.