Eat the Rainbow!

Eat the Rainbow!

Common Threads grows fruits and vegetables of all different colors throughout the entire year! Adding a variety of fresh produce to our meals not only adds lots of colors that makes our food more fun to eat, but it also provides us with a variety of nutrients we need...
Learn about Worms

Learn about Worms

Learn about worms with Common Threads! Join food educators Ana + Dana as they lead you through two worm drawings, where kids can draw along! One drawing focuses on worm anatomy and the other on a worm’s ecosystem. All you’ll need for this activity are two...
Winter Food Box

Winter Food Box

Our  commitment to connecting kids with healthy food has never been stronger! Usually at this time of year, Common Threads Food Educators would be busy cooking with kids in classrooms at schools all across Whatcom County. Since we can’t do that right now, we hope...
Art contest to support school gardens!

Art contest to support school gardens!

Calling all elementary and middle school students! We invite you to submit a piece of art to be featured on greeting cards this winter as part of a school gardens fundraiser. Art should address the question: what do school gardens and classroom cooking mean to you?...
Virtual Cooking with Common Threads!

Virtual Cooking with Common Threads!

Written by Caroline Boschetto, AmeriCorps Food Educator   Everyone knows that at Common Threads we love cooking with kids, whether it be in classrooms, housing units and detention facilities, after school clubs, or our summer camps. While we can’t connect with...