Cooking Up Food Justice at University of Detroit Mercy.
Campus Kitchen at Detroit Mercy is a student-led non-profit organization working to develop compassionate and just student leaders who engage our community in combating food insecurity.
Forty percent of food is wasted in the US each year. Yet, over one in five residents of Wayne County is food insecure, meaning that they lack access to enough food for an active, healthy lifestyle. At Campus Kitchen, we recover food from local grocery stores and restaurants and deliver it to people in our community who need it.
Food insecurity and its underlying cause of poverty are serious problems. We believe that a new generation of community-minded servant-leaders can cultivate solutions. In addition to our food recovery and delivery operations, we run food-based outreach and education programs on campus and in the city.
Campus Kitchen at Detroit Mercy is one of sixty member organizations of The Campus Kitchens Project, a national network of college and university students promoting food justice in local communities. We are the first Campus Kitchen chapter in Michigan.
The Campus Kitchen at the University of Detroit Mercy develops student leaders through thoughtful engagement with community-driven initiatives that promote a more equitable and sustainable food system.
