Oct 30, 2023 | Blog
By Molly Monahan, AmeriCorps Food Educator How does the fall season make you feel? Perhaps you experience the back to school feels, whether begrudging or exhilarating. Certainly the pumpkin spice latte brigade rises to the occasion in full force, as does the spooky...
Apr 13, 2023 | Blog
Students at Skyline Elementary try Lentil Stew for the first time. Food Educator Jack leads a Plant Part Salad lesson. By Maggie Chen, AmeriCorps Food Educator The Common Threads team has wrapped up our cooking season and is preparing to get back outside for garden...
Feb 23, 2023 | Blog
Kindergarteners at Northern Heights Elementary portion out plant part salad so that everyone can have a taste! Corinne Hill-James leading the lesson on plant part salad. Written by Corinne Hill-James, AmeriCorps Food Educator After nearly a 3-year hiatus, Common...
Feb 10, 2022 | Blog
Written by Corinne Hill-James, Response Corps Member In October of 2021, all Common Threads staff, board members, and Americorps service members attended an online workshop titled, “Uprooting Racism in the Food System,” presented by Soul Fire Farm. Soul Fire Farm is a...
Jan 18, 2022 | Blog
Preparing to make hummus wraps, food educator Tristen Pohlman brings years of kitchen experience to students at Whatcom Intergenerational High School. Students practice mincing garlic and ginger with Food Educators Tristen Pohlman, Tessa Bolon, and Lauren Bowie. ...
Nov 19, 2021 | Blog
written by Corinne Hill-James, Response Corps Member Common Threads helped install two new educational community gardens at the East Whatcom Regional Resource Center this summer to provide residents of rural Whatcom county with an example and inspiration for growing...