DC Truck Farm is a traveling, edible exhibit that teaches urban kids about healthy food. A project of the DC Central Kitchen and the USDA People's Garden.
10/15/2012
Check out all of our photos from our recent trip to Nalle Elementary School, one of the 10 DC Schools served by DC Central Kitchen's from-scratch cooking!
Truck Farm Visits Nalle Elementary School Sets let you organize your photos on Flickr. Explore the 8 photos in this set.
10/15/2012
We're getting excited for Growing Healthy Schools Week! We'll be visiting two schools and two farmers' markets.
09/11/2012
Some of our eggplant are turning yellow! Since we planted white/striped varieties, yellowing is normal as the plants mature.
08/30/2012
Want to try some fresh cucumber? We brought our produce to a Back to School event last weekend. Kids got tickets for tasting new veggies and finding them growing in the truck!
08/23/2012
We replanted! Check out the six new additions to the Truck Farm. Any guesses as to what they all are?
08/21/2012
Meet the Truck Farm's Super Chilies. Sometimes kids just have to try them, even when we warn them that they are hot... and sometimes those kids end up in tears! We generally encourage learning by doing, but maybe not by trying these!
08/20/2012
DC Central Kitchen will be cooking healthy meals at 10 schools this year, and the Truck Farm is looking forward to teaching kids at all of them!
We've expanded our school food program!
This school year DCCK will be serving healthy, scratch-cooked breakfast, lunch & supper meals, incorporating locally sourced ingredients in 10 schools around the city.
http://www.dccentralkitchen.org/gearing-up-for-the-2012-2013-school-year/
08/17/2012
Thanks to all those who came out and tried our herb-y tea today at the Peoples' Garden! It was pretty delicious. Come see us next Friday!
Attention farmers' markets, youth organizations, community groups or anyone else who wants a Truck Farm visit! We would love to schedule a time to come and see you. Give us a shout and we'll be in touch!
07/11/2012
Check out our latest blog post complete with photos: New blog post with photos: http://www.dccentralkitchen.org/summertime-salads/
Summertime Salads with the Truck Farm | DC Central Kitchen Surviving heat waves, a “land hurricane“, and an oil geyser (parking lots are not prime farm land), the DCCK Truck Farm is still up and running with a busy schedule. Last week, we visited the Park Naylor Community Center’s summer program and the kids from M.O.M.I.E’s TLC, and this week we are workin...
06/28/2012
The kids at King Towers enjoyed the Truck Farm visit and the salad we made together afterward. This boy had never tried and avocado before, and he liked it!
06/21/2012
The Truck visited the Young Ladies of Tomorrow. We taught everyone about what was growing and then planted seeds and made a salad together.