Food Safety Act passes! Look here to see how your congressmen voted. Slow Food has a great post about saving the Gravenseteins. Millions of people have quit drinking soft drinks. Here are the Top 9 reasons why. Obama Foodrama has a great recap on yesterday’s Beer Summit. Who would have thought there were so many [...]
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Archive for July, 2009
Almost a New Food Safety Bill?
Posted in July 30th, 2009
by Alex Carrick in
Today’s Washington Post features a short but informative article about the House’s vote on the new Food Safety bill. This stems of course from the numerous large-scale recalls that have taken place in the last year including tomatoes, spinach and frozen cookie dough. The bill failed to pass the House today as it was brought [...]
Save Our Safety Net
Posted in July 29th, 2009
by Alex Carrick in
For those of you who have been living under a rock lately, the economy is dreadful. The District has been no exception. The Mayor has proposed about $100 million in budget cuts that will disproportionatly affect the hungry and the homeless. $52 million of those cuts are coming from Human Support Services and Other Low-Income [...]
I’m on a Stove
Posted in July 28th, 2009
by Jordan Kough in
This amazing video comes to you directly from CKGU. I don’t want to say too much about this because it’s totally worth watching. But feel free to check out some of the cool things that we’ve currently got going on at CKGU here. But maybe the future of CKP is actually SNL. Share on Facebook
Where did you grow up?
Posted in July 27th, 2009
by Jordan Kough in
Today I was reading the Washington Post and I came across a pretty startling article. The Pew Charitable Trust has released a study that says that growing up in neighborhoods that are low income acts as an indicator for future growth earnings. This comes as particularly shocking news to me. The study shows that even [...]
Read, Then Digest
Posted in July 24th, 2009
by Alex Carrick in
Our friends at Beyond Bread picked tons of corn in their Glean for the City initiative. Jessica Biel has a bad habit of wasting food. Don’t mess with Texas, especially when it comes to restaurant waste. Chris over at First Helping explores how the recession has affected homelessness. With the Locavore movement gaining steam, local [...]
Project 100
Posted in July 23rd, 2009
by Jordan Kough in
Project 100. This video asks a pretty interesting question. What would you do with $100. I can think of about 25 different things that I’d like to do. The only stipulation is that they ask that you think about giving to a charitable cause before you spend the money. They believe that giving money, regardless [...]
Take Back the Tap
Posted in July 22nd, 2009
by Alex Carrick in
A small town in Australia has outright banned bottled water from being sold within the city limits. The whole story started when a Sydney based bottled water company asked permission to extract millions of liters of water out of the local aquifer. What happened next was shocking. The townspeople rationalized that the bottled water [...]
Away from the city
Posted in July 21st, 2009
by Jordan Kough in
A guest blog from our Affiliate Program Manager, Ariel Gold: It’s no secret; I prefer to spend my time in the city. I’ve been living in DC for almost ten years with no end point in site. If I want produce, I just go to my local farmers market. However, I recognize that not everything [...]
Joint Gleaning Program
Posted in July 20th, 2009
by Jordan Kough in
This past Tuesday, the Campus Kitchen at Johns Hopkins University went on its first gleaning trip. I’ve been working on CKJHU’s communications since we got it started this past year, and this summer I’ve been assisting our founding coordinator as many of our other members have gone far and wide for their summer breaks. We [...]