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Cooking Homemade Solutions with FoodCorps

Season 1, Ep. 2

When you are born with privilege, there’s a depth of cultural understanding that you can only gain from people who live the issue you’re trying to solve. 


When Curt Ellis co-founded FoodCorps almost 15 years ago, he quickly realized that only parachuting AmeriCorp members to underserved communities wasn’t quite right. Today, FoodCorps recruits a majority of people within the communities they serve. 


In this episode, Curt and FoodCorps President Dr. Harvey tell us how this approach is getting them closer to an ambitious goal: to provide every child in the U.S. with access to food education and nourishing food.


Featuring Curt Ellis, Co-founder and CEO, FoodCorps and Dr. Robert S. Harvey President, FoodCorps.


If you want to learn more about FoodCorps head on over to foodcorps.org.


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