Campus Kitchen leaders know the food waste saga States-side well. Advocates like Jonathan Bloom and his blog Wasted Food, regularly pop up in the sustainability-minded’s Google Alerts. But are our friends across the pond better at reducing food waste? The release of Unilever Food Solution’s World Food Menu Report – and ensuing discussion in London [...]
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Print your Food: Will the latest Technology Settle or Upset our Stomachs?
Posted in January 3rd, 2011
In the near future, culinary students could attend computer programming classes rather than knife skills seminars. Playing the foodie role may mean experimenting with “food ink” rather than butchering your own meat. Microwaves might become obsolete. According to a recent BBC News article, “The Printed Future of Christmas Dinner“, a team at Cornell University is [...]
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 [...]
Campus Kitchens Explore Food Waste – Don’t be Trashy
Posted in September 20th, 2010
The Campus Kitchen national office is constantly combing through resources to share everything from cooking tips to food policy knowledge for Campus Kitchens, and everyone interested in student-driven hunger-relief. As fate would have it, one of The Campus Kitchens Project’s major donors and a dining services provider at many of the schools that house Campus [...]
A Raging Hunger Debate. And Campus Kitchens are in the Middle of it.
Posted in August 10th, 2010
We’ve all heard rumblings of the American food waste debate and taken them to heart, but a recent report published by the Guardian News, “Of Feast and Famine”, sheds light on a new level of responsibility Americans must meet to combat more than one billion people worldwide going hungry due to waste. The work of [...]
New Figures and Fixes to Campus Kitchens’ Food Waste Woes
Posted in July 12th, 2010
With worry over waning summer meal programs climbing, news outlets like Slate.com are turning their attention to food waste. Two recent reports by the online magazine shed some light on the most recent food waste figures, as well as ways Americans think they can reduce what goes in the garbage disposal. Some good news for [...]
Thinking Ahead: Be Ready to Squirrel Away Fresh Summer Harvests
Posted in January 15th, 2010
by Joelle Johnson in
1.15.10: Pressure Canning Tomato Sauce Owning a pressure canner is your gateway to eating fresh and local, all year round. It is a safe, easy, and fun way to save those bountiful summer harvests and to make sure you’ve always got something in your Campus Kitchen pantry. Here, I will provide basic, step-by-step instructions for [...]
‘New Millennium’ Kick-off
Posted in October 26th, 2009
by Joelle Johnson in
10.26.09: CKP’s ‘new millennium’ kicked-off this past weekend at the annual Leadership Conference in Washington D.C. There were over 60 attendees representing 17 different Campus Kitchens. The weekend began with the preperation and delivery of the millionth meal served since CKP’s inception 8 years ago. This was a major milestone for the organization and it went [...]
ABP Recognizes 2 Campus Kitchens
Posted in October 1st, 2009
by Joelle Johnson in
10.1.09: On September 23rd the Associated Baptist Press highlighted the Campus Kichens at Baylor and Wake Forest University. The article takes a look at the people who are directly involved with the programs at each, featuring quotes from leadership team members and coordinators. At Wake Forest, student volunteer Andy Ronan points out how the Kitchen has been a [...]
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 [...]
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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.