Farm to School
Foodcorps
FoodCorps is a national nonprofit service organization that describes its purpose as connecting “kids to healthy food in school, so they can lead healthier lives and reach their full potential.” Focused on high-needs schools, members serve where 50% or more of students qualify for free or reduced lunch. Your involvement enables this essential program to continue.
In 2011, Groundwork became a founding service site for FoodCorps, and today we remain a FoodCorps service site, with a service member active in schools in Boyne Falls, Pellston, Alanson and East Jordan. Through FoodCorps, our staff and service members work directly with school administrators to prepare hands-on lessons, improve the health of lunches and create a healthy food culture.
Please contact Groundwork Local Food Policy Specialist, Jen Schaap for more information about how FoodCorps programming can help your school’s children establish lifelong healthy food skills.
WHAT'S HAPPENING NOW?
Foodcorps News
Petoskey Schools Ramp Up Purchases From Local Farms!
Public Schools of Petoskey offers a shining example of how schools — and children — are becoming fans of the produce that local farms grow, providing increased sales. Consider this: in 2015 Petoskey Food Service Director Beth Kavanaugh tried farm-to-school...
Groundwork Doubles Petoskey-Based FoodCorps Team to Expand Healthy Food Programs in Tip of the Mitt Schools
If you think about school broadly, not just a way to teach reading, writing and arithmetic, but as a way to prepare people for life, healthy food wisdom is one of the most important bodies of knowledge students can carry with them. Consider that diseases related to...
Educate Your Candidates About 10 Cents a Meal Now!
The best time to educate legislators and legislators-to-be about an issue is during the campaign period. So let’s join to make sure they know the value of 10 Cents a Meal! We make it easy with resources and emails!
