Connecting local farmers with underserved communities. Teaching teenage mothers how to serve affordable, healthy meals to their children. Meeting weekly with a senior citizen to share a hot meal and company. This type of innovative hunger relief work doesn’t need to end with your final Campus Kitchen shift; it can continue into graduate work, or [...]
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Campus Kitchens: Discovering the Secret Ingredients
Posted in August 2nd, 2011
The only thing that could bring 30 students from Tennessee, Michigan, Texas, Nebraska together in the Washington, D.C. summer heat: The Annual Campus Kitchens Project Boot Camp. This week new kitchen leaders committed to two dozen hours of training learning how to make their Campus Kitchens tick, from lessons in food safety to recipe creativity [...]
Witnessing the Campus Kitchen Magic: A Week at CK Lee
Posted in February 9th, 2011
Some of the CKP National staff had the opportunity to travel down to Cleveland, TN to witness first hand the magic of a Campus Kitchen in action. No better way to start a visit than with a cooking shift! Shift volunteers helped make green beans and brownies, both meant to compliment the hearty meal prepared [...]
Join The Campus Kitchen’s Own Robert Egger for a Live Video Chat
Posted in December 2nd, 2010
Ever wondered who and what is behind your Campus Kitchen? Whether you’re meeting our founder Robert Egger for the first time, or reconnecting, join us as The Campus Kitchens Project hosts Robert on a live video chat this December 10 from 1-2 p.m. EST. We’re inviting everyone, from students trying to start their own Campus [...]
Scenes from Hungry for Justice with The Campus Kitchens Project
Posted in October 15th, 2010
by Jasmine Touton in Beyond the Campus Kitchen, Kitchen Advice, Kitchen Innovation, Kitchen Partners, Opening your Campus Kitchen
The words “Hungry for Justice” have floated around this space a lot recently – and now that the October 8-10 annual conference of The Campus Kitchens Project and Baylor University’s Poverty Summit has sent students and community members back to their hometowns to put ideas to action, we’d like to share some of the scenes [...]
Faces from The Campus Kitchens Project Boot Camp
Posted in August 9th, 2010
The Campus Kitchens Project’s future leaders descended on CKP’s national office last week, August 2 to 4, ready to take in CKP knowledge, organizational techniques, and recipes – among other things – as part as an intensive Boot Camp to prep new and returning coordinators for the upcoming year of operations. Campus Kitchens leaders kicked [...]
The Campus Kitchens Project Teams up with Baylor’s Poverty Summit, Calls for Presenters
Posted in July 8th, 2010
We’ve mulled over ideas in Minneapolis, mowed through curriculum in Milwaukee – even brought The Campus Kitchens Project to its national headquarters in Washington, D.C. This year, the Campus Kitchens Project’s Annual Conference will bore right to the heart of hunger, visiting its Baylor University site to partner with the annual BU Poverty Summit with [...]
Campus Kitchens Live Chat with Robert Egger Transcript
Posted in May 18th, 2010
Did you miss the live chat hosted at The Kitchen Table, CKP’s soical network? We’ve got the transcript for you here. Have you joined the network yet? Make sure you don’t miss chats like these by signing up. The Kitchen Table Chat: Making Meal Service into a Career of Service Led by: Robert Egger May [...]
Robert Egger’s “Gettysburg Address” Highlights Campus Kitchens
Posted in May 18th, 2010
Yes, it’s true. D.C. Central Kitchen and Campus Kitchen’s very own Robert Egger gave the Gettysburg Address this past weekend — the Class of 2010 Gettysburg College commencement address, that is. D.C. Central Kitchen staff were not present to film the speech, but luckily one proud audience member/YouTube user captured almost every word on camera [...]
Help Feed: Two Nutrition-related Jobs Open, Perfect for Campus Kitchens
Posted in May 17th, 2010
Campus Kitchen’s founder Robert Egger’s recent commencement address at Gettysburg College on May 16 reminds us that several, hard-working Campus Kitchen coordinators, leadership team members and volunteers are graduating, and looking to apply their skills in the real world. We know of two job openings, one in Washington, D.C., the other in North Carolina, that [...]
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Blogroll
- 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.