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First Days, Again
One of the kickers of being a teacher is that, unlike your students, you often have several first days of class. I’ve had quitea few“first days” at Brainfood, each with its own charms and pitfalls....
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Finding Our Way In the Midst of Mistakes
Adding salt instead of sugar. Mincing an onion that was supposed to be sliced. Grabbing the baking powder when the recipe calls for baking soda. After a few months teaching at Brainfood,...
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Service, Justice, and Brown Fried Rice: Community MVPs Deliver Workshop #1
We hear them all the time: “So…Brainfood does food access for teenagers, right?” or “If you’re a public health organization, shouldn’t you be tracking your students’ weight loss?” or “I knew a drop in...
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How to Find Sunshine in the Winter
First, picture this: a D.C. high school at 9:00 AM. It’s 30 degrees and windy walking through the parking lot, and the ramps and stairs that lead to main entrance are crusted in snow, thanks to the...
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Signs of Spring from the Brainfood Youth Garden
Our kale’s first visit to the garden! After spending their entire 23 days of life indoors under grow lights, they need some time to adjust to the variability of living outside in the garden. They...
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Maximizing Garden Harvests: Pest Management Tips and Commonly Overlooked...
The garden boasts exciting new harvests after months of spring greens, kale and carrots. Strawberries are ripening, raspberries are reddening, and...
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What do Usher, Mike Tyson, and Brainfood’s beet cupcakes have in common?
I’ll give you a hint: they also share this common theme with Bill Clinton and Ellen Degeneres. read more
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Blog post by Elizabeth Packer, Box Project InternSummer is in full swing here at Brainfood. At Box Project, we're busy putting the finishing touches on our third box of the summer and preparing for our...
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Take a Peek Into a Week at Box Project!
Blog post by Brainfood Program Associate, Amanda KirschSummer is always a busy season in our Brainfood kitchens. So busy, that sometimes we forget to share all of the fun with you, our amazing friends...
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My Spirit Vegetable
Madelyn Bullock is a Brainfood graduate who completed the Kitchen All Stars program in 2013, Box Project in 2014, and worked on our Brainfood Homegrown production team for summer 2015. Madelyn is a...
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