“All across the world, youth are beginning to take action,” proclaims the KickStarter campaign website for ReGeneration, a project of Leave it Better. It sounds a little like a Campus Kitchens mantra. Many of the things these project/documentary organizers hope to accomplish run parallel to the goals of The Campus Kitchens Project. ReGeneration – which started [...]
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Truck Farms Prepare to Roll Out, but need some help getting their Wheels
Posted in April 11th, 2011
It’s not uncommon to see trucks on the farm, but a farm in a truck? This spring and summer, DC Central Kitchen local foods staff join a fleet of 25 truck farms, bringing an edible exhibit to urban schools and teaching the roots of healthy eating. The truck farm team (@DCTruckFarm) at DC Central Kitchen [...]
The Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College Pulls Off March Matchness Win
Posted in April 5th, 2011
Yesterday, after 20 days of heated competition, 29 schools produced one victor in the first ever March Matchness competition at The Campus Kitchens Project. Congratulations to students from the Campus Kitchen at Gettysburg College for pulling from behind and raising a total of $3,752.44 to help the student-led hunger fight in their community. The Campus [...]
Nebraska Campus Kitchen serves more Meals with Hockey Team Donation
Posted in April 4th, 2011
As Campus Kitchens across the nation close out their final day of March Matchness fundraising with the final game of the NCAA March Madness basketball tournament, the Campus Kitchen at University of Nebraska Kearney received a donation from a very different kind of sporting team: Tri-City Storm hockey. The donation of just over $2000 will [...]
Campus Kitchen March Matchness Round Two: Shooting for $15,000
Posted in March 28th, 2011
Up until the final seconds before the buzzer, Campus Kitchens kept up the intensity and netted over $8000 collectively in the Round One of the inaugural March Matchness fundraising competition. The Campus Kitchens Project national office jump-started March Matchness to coincide with the start of the collegiate basketball frenzy, March Madness. Now that the NCAA [...]
Campus Kitchen March Matchness Competition Heats Up
Posted in March 21st, 2011
March Matchness Tournament Update As teams clenched the Sweet Sixteen tournament spots (at CKP, Marquette and Florida are still in the game) and others threw in their towels this weekend, competition between Campus Kitchens for March Matchness fundraising started heating up the virtual backboard with campuses competing for top fundraising dollars and Facebook Likes. All [...]
March Matchness: A CKP Fundraising Event
Posted in March 10th, 2011
29 schools. 20 days. One Fight Against Hunger. Next week CKP will take the court with a competitive fundraising event, and all Campus Kitchens are invited to play. As top collegiate teams anticipate Selection Sunday, Campus Kitchens across the nation will set up individual fundraising pages to compete in March Matchness beginning March 15. Their [...]
“For What Do Our Food Dollars Pay?”
Posted in March 2nd, 2011
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 [...]
Adding a Little Soul (Food) to the Heart at Campus Kitchens
Posted in February 3rd, 2011
The Campus Kitchen at St. Louis University serves healthy meals to clients of all ages every week. But when the Campus Kitchen lost a client in his 40s to a heart attack last year, the purpose of their annual Valentine’s Day event, Heart and Soul, took on new meaning. This year students set up their [...]
Campus Kitchen raises big money at Chili Cookoff
Posted in November 5th, 2010
Though the gray Mid-Atlantic day brought the event indoors, Sigma Chi’s 4th Annual Chili Cook Off was full of colorful entries. The fraternity brothers brought together more than 15 teams to participate in this competition and more than 200 students and staff came through to enjoy. All proceeds from the event went to support the [...]
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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.