Campus Kitchens – especially when they first fire up operations (like St. Lawrence University, Union College, UMass Boston and University of Virginia this year) – look to answer a plethora of food security questions about their city to better serve the community.
Some Campus Kitchens that have or will start gleaning programs are looking for a [...]
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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 canning [...]
Top CKP Moments of 2009
Posted in December 31st, 2009
by Jasmine Touton in
We cooked. We fed. We conquered.
The family of 20 campus kitchens that make up The Campus Kitchens Project saw a lot of highs and lows, cabbage and carrots, PB&J’s and pastas, tomatoes and turkeys in 2009. The year of an ill economy, swine flue epidemic, and a healthcare overhaul also marked a period of successes [...]
A Look at Wake Forest University’s Campus Kitchen, and their Locally-sourced Food Efforts
Posted in December 2nd, 2009
by Jasmine Touton in
What’s better than gathering 75 volunteers to deliver over 200 pounds of turkey on Thanksgiving? Doing it all using turkeys local to Winston-Salem, N.C., where the Campus Kitchen at Wake Forest University assists dozen of agencies with hunger relief.
Wake Forest Campus Kitchen coordinator Shelley Graves says the group secured sponsorships of turkeys to purchase [...]
‘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 [...]
CKWFU: Building Local Partnerships
Posted in September 1st, 2009
by Joelle Johnson in
9.01.09: Very local parnerships. In fact, right on campus. Thanks to the new Campus Garden at Wake Forest University http://sustainability.wfu.edu/2009/08/28/get-dirty-in-the-new-campus-garden/, CKWFU will be able to utilize donations of fresh produce, grown by students and faculty, right on campus, in their weekly meal preparations. Doesn’t get much more local or sustainable then that! Interested in CKWFU and [...]
CKCWM Gleans 550lbs of Produce!
Posted in August 28th, 2009
by Joelle Johnson in
The group at Hidden Brook Farm
8.25.09: The Campus Kitchen at William and Mary kicked off the 2009 school year with their very first gleaning trip. Jessica Kim and Timmy Siverd, two members of the CKCWM leadership team, coordinated the trip with William and Mary’s annual Students Helping Out Williamsburg (SHOW) Day. SHOW provided the [...]
Read, Then Digest
Posted in July 17th, 2009
by Alex Carrick in
Eating Liberally provides us with the story of a town in Australia has called for a ban on the sale of bottled water.
Our friends over at Civil Eats chronicle their adventures in roof-top gardening.
La Vida Locavore is excited about Jay Inslee’s new House bill to raise funds and awareness for community gardens. It’s complete with a [...]