Lessons From Autumn: Cultivating a Spirit of Gratitude

Lessons From Autumn: Cultivating a Spirit of Gratitude

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...
Cooking Season Wrap-Up

Cooking Season Wrap-Up

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...
Cooking is Back in the Classroom!

Cooking is Back in the Classroom!

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...
Cooking Up Community at Whatcom Intergenerational High School

Cooking Up Community at Whatcom Intergenerational High School

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. ...
A Garden that Grows Other Gardens

A Garden that Grows Other Gardens

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...