Posts Tagged ‘access to nutritious food’


From the Ground Up: Planting Ideas for Local Growth

By Emily Osterhus

Amidst all this snow and ice, I can’t believe I’m thinking about all things leafy and green! But, it is that time again when we invite all Capital Area Food Bank agencies to submit an application for the 2010 FGU Fresh Produce Grant—the program that sends participating agencies out to Clagett Farm to pick up [...]

Kids Cafe® Opens 10 New Sites

By Kendra Rowe

Last week, the Capital Area Food Bank’s Food For Kids Department had a wonderful opening celebration event to welcome our 10 new DC Kids Cafe® sites and to recognize some of the people who help make our work possible.  The event was held at Little Lights Urban Ministries, one of the new sites in Ward [...]

Dramatic Increase in Hunger, Study Reveals

By Kasandra Gunter Robinson

Hunger in America 2010, the most comprehensive study examining emergency food assistance was released today by the Capital Area Food Bank and Feeding America.  Not surprising, the number of people in the Washington metro area has increased significantly – 25 percent, since 2006.
The CAFB is now serving over 478,000 people through a network of partner [...]

A Beacon of Light for the Blind

By Kim Le

“Can you guys smell and hear the sizzle? If it’s sizzling, that means that the vegetables still need to cook.” Chef Mitch was describing the cooking process to a room full of Operation Frontline participants. But this was no ordinary class—this was an extraordinary group at the Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind in the Eating [...]

CAFB at 30: Hunger, History and Hope

By Lynn Brantley

First, we’d like to send our heartfelt prayers to the victims of the earthquake in Haiti.  We are deeply saddened by the disaster and are looking into ways that we might be of assistance.
This year, the Capital Area Food Bank will commemorate 30 years of service to Washington metro area.  As we enter another year and [...]

The Gift that Keeps on Giving

By Jody Tick

Whether you live in the city or suburbs, someone in your community is struggling to provide their family with enough nourishment. Share the Harvest Gift Project is an effort to provide healthy, local produce to your neighbors in need.
Share the Harvest is an innovative collaboration between the Capital Area Food Bank and the Chesapeake Bay [...]

Kids from Operation Frontline program tour the White House Kitchen Garden!

By Erika Pijai

Who would have thought that children would be as thrilled to eat raw vegetables as the group of 11 kids who recently graduated from the Capital Area Food Bank’s 6-week Operation Frontline Kids Up Front cooking & nutrition education program?  Operation Frontline’s fun, hands-on, cooking-centered approach to food certainly changes minds, hearts and taste buds [...]

Rooted in Community, “Grow a Row” Sprouts Promise of New Connections

By Emily Osterhus

Sometimes a really good idea is born out of such simplicity; all it takes is a little spark. Here in the Harvest for Health department of the Capital Area Food Bank we concentrate on getting fresh produce to the people who need it. This year, a beautiful idea sprouted into a program new to the [...]