Photo courtesy FoodCorps FoodCorps fosters child nutrition education through the creation of school gardens. Schoolyard community gardens are the centerpiece of one burgeoning organization’s mission to grow a new generation of participants in the sustainable-food movement. Part of the AmeriCorps network, FoodCorps burst onto the scene last year with support from a federation of partner organizations, including […]
Photo courtesy of Hemera/Thinkstock Hoping to make a dent in the childhood-obesity epidemic, FoodCorps will teach kids how to garden and eat nutrition-packed meals. Paid a small stipend and aligned with partner organizations, the first crop of FoodCorps service volunteers kicked off a one-year term on August 15, 2011. Tasked with seeding and harvesting schoolyard […]
Photo courtesy Getty Images/Jupiterimages/ Brand X Pictures/Thinkstock The School Garden Grant Program will provide hands-on gardening opportunities, as well as healthy-eating education, for students. Whole Kids Foundation, in partnership with FoodCorps, is currently accepting online grant applications for its first major initiative: the School Garden Grant Program. Reflecting Whole Kids Foundation’s mission to support schools’ efforts […]
