The Policy Brief, March/April 2024: WIC is Fully Funded
Why FoodCorps is Paying Our Corps Members the Maximum Stipend Allowed by AmeriCorps
Offering higher stipends is key in building a service force that is reflective of the students FoodCorps serves.
Recap: What’s Next for Schools? A Virtual Panel on the Impact of the White House Conference [Video]
Here’s what panelists discussed at our virtual panel on the impact of the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health.
What’s Next, After the White House Conference? October Policy Updates
The White House Conference is over. What can we do to keep the momentum going?
In Collaboration with the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, FoodCorps Announces $250 Million Nourishing Futures Initiative to Ensure All School Students Have Equitable Access to Food Education and Nourishing, Free Meals by 2030
White House highlights FoodCorps’ commitment to 50 million students nationwide catalyzed by support from MacKenzie Scott, Newman’s Own Foundation, Inclusive Capital Partners Foundation and Walmart Foundation.
Statement on National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health: White House Includes FoodCorps Policy Recommendations in National Strategy to Nourish the Futures of All Students
“President Biden’s National Strategy on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health marks a clear step forward toward a more nourishing future for our nation’s students.”
FoodCorps Alumna to Speak on White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health Panel “Partnerships Between Farmers and Communities to Increase Access to Local Foods”
White House invites recent FoodCorps service member Phoebe Wong to share farm-to-school experience on panel.
“Becoming Actual Sovereign People”: Insight From a Young Apache Farmer
“Farming can be a hard job when there’s only so many people who think it’s something worth fighting for.”
Biden’s goal to end hunger by 2030 and his new food conference, explained
“We saw in the early days of COVID just how critical food is in our lives. We saw the long lines at the food bank, those streams of cars lined up waiting to collect boxes of food,” said Curt Ellis, CEO and co-founder of FoodCorps.
The Equity Lab Names Kenya Collins and Arely Garcia as Nexus Fellows
Kenya Collins, Vice President of Equity, and Arely Garcia, Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, have been chosen as 2022-23 Nexus Fellows.
Nourishing Futures for Every Student: August Policy Updates
We’ve been preparing for the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health, championing our policy priorities as Child Nutrition Reauthorization moves forward, and more.