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From Garden to Cafeteria: Students learn to grow healthy foodPosted: March 30By Sue G. Collins Budding gardeners in 50 Atlanta Public Schools are growing food to help feed the district’s 45,000 students thanks to grants, community volunteers and the support of the APS nutrition department. Last month, students in the Maynard H. Jackson High School garden … Read more

7 Lessons In Persuasion From People Who Get Kids To Eat Veggies by Laura Vanderkam – www.fastcompany.com [Photo: Kelly Campbell, courtesy of FoodCorps] Trying to win over a tough customer? The FoodCorps knows what you’re going through. Founded in 2009, this organization sends young service members to schools in disadvantaged communities with the goal of getting kids to … Read more

Two Way Street:  What’s it Like To Grow up as Ted Turner’s Daughter?Posted: March 12By Georgia Public BroadcastingRead Article After we hear from Jim Wallis, we’ll turn to a conversation with Laura Turner Seydel. She is the daughter of media mogul Ted Turner. Laura shares with us some great stories about growing up with her … Read more

Designing a World Where Environmentalists WinPosted: February 29By Sarah Stankorb If you’re a millennial, you can probably fill in the rest. While the green-mulleted eco-hero didn’t actually bring “pollution down to zero” as the show’s theme goes on to assert, did introduce a generation to the profound threats of global warming, deforestation, nuclear war, and even … Read more

Glenlude helps Captain Planet Foundation celebrate 25th AnniversaryPosted: February 23By John Muir Trust Check out this awesome article highlighting the work of one of our grantees, John Muir Trust. This is just one of our new UK funded grant projects made possible through our partnership with It’s Our World and funding partners in London. This project is working … Read more

We’re excited to be a recipient of The Aetna Foundation’s GoLocal: Cultivating Healthy Communities grant! Great interview with our Executive Director Leesa Carter-Jones on Coffee with America.

‪The Green Schools Conference & Expo (GSCE), presented by the Center for Green Schools at USGBC, and produced in partnership with the Green Schools National Network, is coming to Pittsburgh March 31-April 1, 2016, at the LEED Platinum David Lawrence Convention Center. GSCE brings together green school thought leaders and champions, including educators, school administrators, nonprofit and corporate partners … Read more

“Let kids be the solution makers in their own world.” -Leesa Carter-Jones Awesome interview by Conn Jackson on his show Get CONNected with Captain Planet Foundation Executive Director Leesa Carter-Jones! She talks about the great work of Ted Turner, Laura Turner Seydel and CPF. She also, highlights one of our Project Learning Garden funders Aetna Foundation.

We’re incredibly excited to be in our second year with FoodCorps serves members. Serving alongside educators and community leaders, our FoodCorps members partner with Project Learning Garden schools to help teachers bring their schools garden to life and you can too! Apply Here