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February 2013

[Laughing in the garden]
Every day in the classroom, the garden, and the cafeteria, service members help kids learn about more than nutrition; they learn about themselves, their heritage, and their local environment.  Sometimes the kids are so busy enjoying pulling collard greens from the dirt or trying the delicious new tepary beans that they don't even realize it's happening!

This month we feature several stories about connecting kids to their cultural heritage through discovery and exploration of food. As FoodCorps Fellow Robyn Wardell explains, "eating food sustains more than just our physical bodies. When we eat together, we strengthen community and help to celebrate and preserve culture."



  Featured Project
  [WhitneySmith] Whitney Smith, serving with the Detroit Black Community Food Security Network, has focused this year on connecting her students with their African heritage through celebrating food and food traditions. In this interview on Jamie Oliver's Food Revolution blog <http://cl.exct.net/?qs=29c82ddf30e3c5ebd7182df374c3176592f8562f348f9001516b6e744a95a322> , Whitney and the Michigan FoodCorps Fellow Robyn Wardell discuss how eating food sustains more than just our physical bodies.


  News
  [GilbertIvins] Gilbert Ivins is the service member in his home community of Cibecue, Arizona on the Fort Apache Indian Reservation.  Through his service, using food as the vehicle, he is reconnecting kids on the reservation with their ancestral heritage. Kathleen, the FoodCorps Fellow in Arizona, interviewed Gilbert about his service for the Slow Food USA blog. You can read that interview here<http://cl.exct.net/?qs=29c82ddf30e3c5eb7e7b328460a644f785d6acd554edf3532a9382ecab4e7c86>.



Become a FoodCorps Service Member!
Applications to be a FoodCorps service member are still open through March 24th at midnight. You can read all about the application process on our website<http://cl.exct.net/?qs=29c82ddf30e3c5eb0c7914bc8c603533f13cbcde52f63936e6d1750862b2b982>. In addition, you can join our final open conference call to have any questions answered. It will be on Tuesday March 12th at 2 pm PT / 5 pm ET. Call (626) 677-3000, and use access code: 7904113#. Watch our recruiting video (full of cute children) here.<http://cl.exct.net/?qs=29c82ddf30e3c5ebe28a9004db09e3ff948fe14a5fb95e85e7e38d13b94714a1>


Saving Seeds
Each of our twelve FoodCorps Fellows has embarked on a special project, specific to some aspect of the food system in his/her state. Laura Budde, the Fellow in Maine, is working with a local seed-saving expert on his student-driven seed bank. You can read all about her love for Mainers, and her efforts to spread seeds throughout the ten service sites in Maine on the Annie's blog<http://cl.exct.net/?qs=29c82ddf30e3c5eb424cc9f0ddd7a0da1824166448c4e9a056cc338ed4106c27>.





In This Issue
[http://image.exct.net/lib/fe601570766d0c7e7016/m/1/list_icon.png] Connecting with African culture
[http://image.exct.net/lib/fe601570766d0c7e7016/m/1/list_icon.png] Ancestral roots on the Reservation
[http://image.exct.net/lib/fe601570766d0c7e7016/m/1/list_icon.png] FoodCorps recruitment
[http://image.exct.net/lib/fe601570766d0c7e7016/m/1/list_icon.png] Saving Seeds


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  Photo of the Month
[Radishes make her laugh]
Middle schooler Jasmine, in Boston, finds radishes HILARIOUS. Delicious, too!

  Garden Tip

[Katie grinning and holding seedlings]"Kids can grow pea shoots in a sunny windowsill. They make a great, crunchy winter snack!" -Katie Morabito, service member with FoodCorps Maine

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