FoodCorps Oregon

The Success of the Oregon Farm to School Program! Michelle Markesteyn, PhD and Oregon Governor Tina Kotek share the successes of the Oregon Farm To School program and Oregon Harvest for Schools

Happy Farm to School Month!

Celebrate Oregon Farm to School Month!

We are still actively recruiting for a School Nutrition position with Redmond School District, and a Food Education position with Hood River County School District!

Apply ASAP to have your application considered in our next round of interviews: https://foodcorps.org/apply/

Zesty Garlic? Yum! PPS Nutrition Services member, Cal, supported partners at Grow Portland on this delicious student-designed salad dressing taste test recently at Rose City Park Elementary.

Plant your future with FoodCorps! Interested in a career in sustainability, nutrition, or education? Get paid to teach kids about growing, cooking, and loving nourishing foods during the 2024-2025 school year. Apply by March 29 for this great career-building opportunity! https://foodcorps.org/apply

Join the dialogue to help craft a shared vision for what farm to school and school garden policies and programs will look like in Oregon over the next 10 years

Your responses to the proposed goals and strategies will directly shape how state agencies, Extension and community organizations prioritize future investments.

Give your input by March 20th! https://oregon-farm-to-school-strategy-draft.consider.it/...

Imagine walking into a school cafeteria or school garden ten years from now. What does it look like, feel and smell like? In your dream world, what are kids doing and eating? If we can dream it, we can make it happen!
Join the dialogue to help craft a shared vision for what farm to school and school garden policies and programs will look like in Oregon over the next 10 years

Your responses to the proposed goals and strategies will directly shape how state agencies, Extension and community organizations prioritize future investments.

Give your input by March 20th! https://oregon-farm-to-school-strategy-draft.consider.it/?tab=About

FoodCorps is proud to partner with Ecotrust, Oregon Farm to School and School Garden Network Washington State Department of Agriculture Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction and Washington Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program – Education (SNAP-Ed) to bring the Farm to School Institute model to the Pacific Northwest!

"The Farm to School Institute model is a year-long professional learning experience that brings site-based teams together to build relationships, skills, and a collaborative action plan to further their farm to school/early childhood education goals."

Ecotrust - Farm to School Institutes to pilot in Oregon and Washington A new project brings comprehensive farm to school and farm to early childhood programming to the Pacific Northwest

Phenomenal work on taste testing a potential new menu item from our FoodCorps members Rosa and Lourdes, and the Child Nutrition team at Umatilla School District!

Our partners at Redmond School District and M.A. Lynch Elementary had a chance to highlight our work together this week on KTVZ - NewsChannel 21. We're thrilled to work alongside The Environmental Center to support Redmond's vision for expanded access to food education and school meals!

FoodCorps expanding healthy meals, nutrition education service across Redmond School District - KTVZ You’ve probably heard of the Peace Corps – but have you heard of the FoodCorps – and were you aware it’s helping Redmond kids embrace healthy eating?