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 [...]
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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 [...]
Salvage Grocers
Posted in August 6th, 2009
by Alex Carrick in
While reading yesterday’s Express on my way to work, I spotted an article that had real relevance to what CKP is doing. The article was titled “Salvage Grocers Catch on”, and it chronicled the rise of grocery stores that specialize in selling food in damaged packaging and just past the sell by date.
The focus of [...]
Grey Water Revival
Posted in August 3rd, 2009
by Alex Carrick in
Jill Richardson over at La Vida Locavore wrote a great piece about how California has worked to improve the use of grey water. For people that haven’t heard of grey water, it is a concept of re-using water. A simple example would be to collect shower water and then using it to water plants.
Starting on [...]
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 to [...]
Wal-Mart: Champion of Sustainability?
Posted in July 16th, 2009
by Alex Carrick in
Who would have thought that one of the most controversial corporations in America would be the first to start one of the biggest greening projects in retail? The Big Money Blog’s Marc Gunter reported that Walmart has started a consortium of businesses and universities, including the University of Michigan, that have undertaken the task of [...]
Read, then digest: from harvest to laundromat
Posted in May 22nd, 2009
by Liz Whitehurst in
Ample Harvest? Pass some along: Wasted Food blogs about Ample Harvest, a high-tech way to connect gardeners with extra produce to food pantries that need fresh food. Perhaps it’s one of a number of ways that technology might change the food system, but in the meantime, the Campus Kitchen at the University of Vermont’s Plant a Row [...]
Upgrade Upgrade
Posted in May 14th, 2009
by Jordan Kough in
Everyone I invite you to check out the launch of our new website.
As you probably already know…www.campuskitchens.org.
Special thanks go out to William Neuheisel who has done a ton of work to help us roll out our new upgraded website.
We’d love to hear what you think about our new site? Any thoughts or ideas?
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What would you do with $11,000.07?
Posted in May 11th, 2009
by Jordan Kough in
How about open a Campus Kitchen?
For all the recognition we’ve been getting ranging from our award winning volunteers to coverage by NPR, our students continue to impress their communities. Just a few weeks ago, another university that is working towards opening a Campus Kitchen was recognized by a local community group.
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Hunger Banquet an Oxymoron?
Posted in April 21st, 2009
by Jordan Kough in
I got to make my first trip into the state of Indiana last week. And as I get a chance to go all over the country I realize that many parts of our country are much the same. Everywhere the Campus Kitchens Project goes there are always active students looking to make a difference in [...]