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http://www.changemyschool.com/entry/food-schools/ Created by FEEST alumni Lena Guevara. Check out her story on why changing school food matters to her. If she wins this contest, she can earn $1000 for her school! You can vote once a day. So spread the word and vote...
WHY FEEST?
If you are curious to know how some of our youth, staff and participants have answered this question ... check out our video!
Brandon Keller, 15
Cultural Food fact: Immigrants have a lower obesity rate that increases the longer they reside in the states. It doesn’t surprise me, it’s always something I’ve been quite aware of, because my mom is from Japan. People in Japan are much healthier than we are...
FEEST is back from an inspiring and impactful weekend in New Orleans!
FEEST was invited to lead a couple workshops during the 5th annual “Regrowing Community,” a program of The Renaissance Project. Greta Gladney, founder and organizer of the event, has been spearheading the Renaissance Project for 10 years, working to improve the...
Savanna Santiago, 17
Today was my second time attending Feest. I loved it so much I had to come back again! This time there was some shrimp in the foods that we could cook with today, which really added something new to the usual foods. There was also some sweet potatoes that really...
Ana ramirez, 16 yrs old
today is october 23,2012 today was my first my day attending the FEEST. the environment in this program was increadible. I meet increadible and fun poeple. when we started cooking the smeel in the room became really good. all of the dishes were delicious. my group and...
Andrea Olmedo Amaya -17
Today is october 16,2012 and i attended FEEST. It was an overall great experience. I helped make a apple salad that had sliced apples, pears, mangoes and plums tossed with some spinach and lettus heads. we cut everything from scratch which added the fresh taste. We...
Kamren, 14
today I made kale and potato chips. the class was small at first bu more people showed up. there was a wide variety of vegan meals, also, most of the dishes were perfectly seasoned. the flavors ranged greatly, from mangos to lentils to carrots. salsas, soups, dips,...
FEEST Intern wins prize for Digital Story!!
FEEST Intern, Lena Guevara’s digital story “Better Food for Schools”, has been selected as a winner for The Next Fifty’s A Story Runs Through It neighborhood film project! [youtube...
Kala, 17 yrs old
At FEEST, I got to meet new people, make dishes and learn something new. For example today, I made a Garden Salad. It had kale, edible flowers, carrots, and more. It was a very colorful dish topped off with Dressing; lemon juice, salt & pepper, Garlic salt, and...
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