By Claudia Morris
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Please join Lynn Brantley, the Board and staff of the Capital Area Food Bank for our 3rd Annual Bountiful Harvest Fundraising Breakfast, September 22nd at 8:30 am at the Renaissance Washington DC Hotel.
This is a free one-hour event showcasing how we “Nourish our Community,” in addition to our plans to increase the quality and the [...]
By Jodi Balis
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Three weeks ago, partner organizations came together to attend Every Day ServSafe. The original 8-16 hour food safety course was developed by the National Restaurant Association and gears lessons towards food service operations in restaurants. Information within the original ServSafe course is really dense and really specific. . . there is an entire chapter dedicated [...]
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Nutrition Education served up My Pyramid Salsa at the Whole Foods 5% Day on May 26th.
My Pyramid Salsa is a basic mixture 2, 24 ounce jars of salsa, 1 can of corn (drained and rinsed), 1 can of diced peaches (drained and rinsed), 1 can of black beans (drained and rinsed), and 1 ½ cups [...]
By Kasandra Gunter Robinson
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For the second year, the garden at Children of Mine in Southeast D.C. is thriving. This collaboration of From the Ground Up in the Community and Children of Mine teaches children in urban areas about the importance of healthy eating, nutrition and growing fresh produce. To kick-off our summer healthy eating series of recipes, below [...]
By Marian Peele
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This past March, I sat in on 1 of 3 classes for the Agency Achievement Academy’s Garden Series. The Garden Series was facilitated by our own, JuJu Harris and Susan Topping. The goal of the Garden series is to educate community organizations on the basis of starting and maintaining a garden. JuJu and Susan are [...]
By Jody Tick
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What business does the Capital Area Food Bank have improving the quality of school meals in Washington, DC? Actually, quite a bit! It’s certainly an exciting time for school meal reform here in the nation’s capital, and the food bank is excited to be involved.
The Capital Area Food Bank distributes food, but it also provides [...]
By Kendra Rowe
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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 [...]
By Kim Le
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“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 [...]
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The Food For Kids department partners with sites throughout our community making sure that children have enough food and proper nutrition at times when they are most at risk of hunger – after school, on weekends, during the summer and during the winter holidays. To help give the children we serve a great holiday [...]