The USDA’s Economic Research Service “Food Dollar” series sought out to answer this question and released a report in February 2011 detailing how each dollar we spend on food is spent. The findings may be shocking. The study broke down the food dollar into three different series. The first of which looked at the amount [...]
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What’s next in your Food Career? Think about joining FoodCorps
Posted in January 11th, 2011
For anyone graduating soon, what’s up next in your life has probably crossed your mind. If working with Campus Kitchens has inspired in you a love of community nutrition and the desire to work toward providing healthy food for everyone, you may want to apply to participate in FoodCorps. This new national service program has [...]
Support the Food Revolution!
Posted in May 4th, 2010
By now, many of you have heard of the show/movement called “Jamie Oliver’s Food Revolution”. For those who haven’t: in response to a CDC report that cited Huntington, WV as the most unhealthy city in America, British Chef Jamie Oliver decided to kick-off his U.S. food revolution. He began by addressing the food being served [...]
Foodies on Food Stamps: A Lesson in Economy and Freshness for Campus Kitchens
Posted in March 23rd, 2010
Campus Kitchenites interact daily with families and individuals living on tight food budgets, but how many of you have struck up a conversation with them about what kinds of food they are buying on their budget? If you have, you might have gotten responses like “I can’t afford to eat healthy”. An article recently posted on [...]
CKWLU Gets Food Donation from Local Wal-mart
Posted in September 25th, 2009
by Joelle Johnson in
9.25: CKWLU connected with their local Wal-mart earlier this month to rescuse many pounds of quality food from its inevitable dumpster destiny. To find out more, check out the full story below. A mere two days before the class of 2013 began to arrive at W&L, I went with Jenny to make CKP’s first food pickup [...]
A Presidential Day of Service
Posted in September 22nd, 2009
by Ariel Gold in
On September 12, 2009, Johns Hopkins University commemorated the formal inauguration of its new president, Ron Daniels, with a university-wide Day of Service. More than 1,000 faculty, staff, and students signed up to participate in service projects on campus and in the Community. The Campus Kitchen at Johns Hopkins University sponsored a gleaning trip to [...]
Read, Then Digest
Posted in August 7th, 2009
by Alex Carrick in
The Discovery Channel’s SHARK WEEK is bringing attention to the horrors of a certain Asian cuisine. Michelle Obama makes a return visit to Good Stuff. I recommend Spike’s Sunnyside (a bacon cheese burger with a fried egg on top). Another Type 1 beef recall. New food safety bill to the rescue! Civil Eats has a [...]
Almost a New Food Safety Bill?
Posted in July 30th, 2009
by Alex Carrick in
Today’s Washington Post features a short but informative article about the House’s vote on the new Food Safety bill. This stems of course from the numerous large-scale recalls that have taken place in the last year including tomatoes, spinach and frozen cookie dough. The bill failed to pass the House today as it was brought [...]
When the Safety Net Rips
Posted in July 15th, 2009
by Alex Carrick in
A story in yesterday’s New York Times revealed how close to 300 people are going to lose their food stamp benefits in NYC for failing to disclose the fact that they were legally married. The kicker is that food stamp benefits are based on people living inside the home, not marital status. In some cases [...]
Great Leap Forward
Posted in July 7th, 2009
by Alex Carrick in
There has been another innovative idea in the quest for fresher food. Thanks to the Wholesome Wave Foundation, certain farmers markets in eight different areas are starting to participate in the Double Value Coupon Program. The program itself is very simple. People come to the farmers markets with their food stamps and get twice [...]
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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.