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FoodCorps is an American non-profit organization whose mission is to work with communities to "connect kids to healthy food in school." 〔(About FoodCorps )〕 FoodCorps places service members in limited-resource communities where they spend a year working with teachers and students to establish farm to school programs, incorporate nutrition education into school curricula, plant school gardens, and engage in other initiatives to improve school food.〔 Mark Bittman, (Food’s New Foot Soldiers ) ''The New York Times'', Aug. 13, 2011. 〕 Like Teach for America and Habitat for Humanity, FoodCorps is a grantee of AmeriCorps.〔(Serious Eats Launching Today: FoodCorps, 'AmeriCorps for Food' ), ''Serious Eats'' April 27, 2010〕 ==History== FoodCorps was founded in 2010 by six people: * Curt Ellis, co-creator of the documentary ''King Corn'' and recipient of the Heinz Award * Debra Eschmeyer, formerly of the National Farm to School Network and recipient of the James Beard Foundation Leadership Award. After serving as FoodCorps' Vice President of External Affairs for several years, Eschmeyer went on to become Executive Director of Michelle Obama's Let’s Move! initiative and Senior Policy Advisor for Nutrition Policy at the White House. * Cecily Upton, formerly of Slow Food USA * Crissie McMullan, Founder and former Director of Montana’s VISTA Farm to School program * Jerusha Klemperer, Associate Director of National Programs for Slow Food USA * Ian Cheney, Co-founder of the Yale Sustainable Food Project and co-creator of ''King Corn'' Two of the six cofounders, Ellis and Klemperer, still work with the organization as Chief Executive Officer and Communications Director, respectively.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Our Team )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「FoodCorps」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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