Staff and coordinators from The Campus Kitchens Project joined anti-hunger advocates from California to Philadelphia in Washington, D.C. this week for No Mas Hambre, a one-day summit addressing food insecurity in the Latino Community. While panels covered topics like fighting childhood obesity and health disparities, speakers continually returned to the subject of SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance [...]
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Food Stamps Accepted at the Burger King Near You?
Posted in January 12th, 2011
Think food stamps and envision lines at the local grocery store with people buying fresh produce items and ingredients for healthy, affordable, family-style meals. The last place we expect to see food stamps used is down the street at the local fast food chain. I was shocked when I first noticed the sign reading “EBT [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
What’s in Season? A Shopping Guide for Locovores
Posted in January 29th, 2010
by Joelle Johnson in
1.29.09: I am a self proclaimed foodie. I think about food constantly. I start planning what to make for dinner as I am eating breakfast. I also love farmers and farming and going to the farmer’s market. But, I never have any idea what food is in season or what kind of produce I can [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
CKBU Kicks-Off 2009 with New Kitchen!
Posted in September 15th, 2009
by Joelle Johnson in
9.15.09: The Campus Kitchen at Baylor University has been up and running for just under a year and is already kicking off the 2009-2010 school year with some major changes. The first of which is an upgrade to a bigger and better kitchen in the Mary Gibbs Jones Family and Consumer Sciences Building. This new kitchen [...]
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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.