Missouri River Communities Network

Missouri River Communities Network We are a small nonprofit organization based in Columbia, MO. MRCN administers the Missouri Healthy Food AmeriCorps Program.

Missouri River Communities Network supports community building by identifying resources, organizing, and providing technical assistance with a focus on food security and sustainable development in and around the Missouri River Valley. Most recently we have pursued our mission by starting the "Missouri Healthy Food Education Program." This year the program is providing 10 AmeriCorps service members

to several non-profit organizations in Missouri, who are all working to provide nutrition education and reduce the epidemic of childhood obesity in our state. Our AmeriCorps members are educating students about growing, harvesting, and eating healthy food, as well as increasing production and access to healthy locally grown food. The program objective is to create, expand and enhance outdoor garden classrooms and teach students nutrition education to encourage them to eat healthy fruits and vegetables to help them start a lifelong habit of healthy eating: thus reducing the chronic health risks resulting from childhood obesity (cancer, heart disease and diabetes).

01/29/2023

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12/30/2019

Our Missouri River Communities Network Missouri Healthy Food AmeriCorps members help families become more food secure. Former member Matthew Dolan shares about his AmeriCorps experience with our partner organization, Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture

Please donate through CoMoGives to help us continue our important work! https://comogives.com/product/missouri-river-communities-network-2/

12/27/2019

**Watch our former Missouri River Communities Network Missouri Healthy Food AmeriCorps member, Katie Molitor, talk about the 1000's of students she taught garden education to at one of our partner organizations, Southern Boone Learning Garden at the Southern Boone County R-1 Schools.
**Please help us reach our $2500 goal by donating to Missouri River Communities Network through

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Jennifer Dolan Grabner Jackie Casteel Cortney Daniels Katie Molitor Clint Brinkley Matthew Dolan
Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture EarthDance Organic Farm School Kansas City Community Gardens The Green Thumb Project CoMo for Progress Missouri Environmental Education Association Missouri Community Service Commission

12/24/2019

At Missouri River Communities Network, our Missouri Healthy Food AmeriCorps members serve our partner organizations for a year of service--or more! Here's what our longest serving AmeriCorps member, Clint Brinkley, says about his AmeriCorps experience & MRCN.
Please donate to us through during December. https://comogives.com/product/missouri-river-communities-network-2/ Columbia Center for Urban Agriculture

Jennifer Dolan Grabner Katie Molitor Jackie Casteel Matthew Dolan Kansas City Community Gardens EarthDance Organic Farm School Green Thumb Project Southern Boone Learning Garden Southern Boone County R-1 Schools Kirksville R-III School District Missouri Environmental Education Association

12/03/2019

Fun video by Missouri Healthy Food AmeriCorps alum Jackie Casteel and her good sport nephews! There is definitely a better way to get kids to eat those veggies! When kids grow it, harvest it and cook it, they're WAY more likely to eat it!
Please consider supporting MRCN and our statewide AmeriCorps program by donating through CoMoGives now through 12/31. To donate to MRCN, just use this link: https://comogives.com/product/missouri-river-communities-network-2/

Thank you so very much for your support of garden and farm-based learning in Missouri! All donations go directly to support our statewide AmeriCorps program and the 13 AmeriCorps members currently serving across the state from Kansas City to Ferguson, and from Ashland & Columbia to Kirksville!

Nancy Holloway, Laura Lee, Bob Schulz, Cortney Daniels Jennifer Dolan Grabner

12/01/2019

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