Turns out the beef recall was due to salmonella.
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Guest Post: Ariel Gold
Posted in August 11th, 2009
by Alex Carrick in
Economic times may be tough, but that doesn’t mean all funding sources have dried up. Even when bank accounts are shrinking, people want to play a role in the development of their community. Prospect fundraising identifies potential donors who are interested in supporting what you do and engaging in meaningful opportunities at your Campus Kitchen. [...]
Read, Then Digest
Posted in August 7th, 2009
by Alex Carrick in
The Discovery Channel’s SHARK WEEK is bringing attention to the horrors of a certain Asian cuisine.
Michelle Obama makes a return visit to Good Stuff. I recommend Spike’s Sunnyside (a bacon cheese burger with a fried egg on top).
Another Type 1 beef recall. New food safety bill to the rescue!
Civil Eats has a good write up [...]
Salvage Grocers
Posted in August 6th, 2009
by Alex Carrick in
While reading yesterday’s Express on my way to work, I spotted an article that had real relevance to what CKP is doing. The article was titled “Salvage Grocers Catch on”, and it chronicled the rise of grocery stores that specialize in selling food in damaged packaging and just past the sell by date.
The focus of [...]
Grey Water Revival
Posted in August 3rd, 2009
by Alex Carrick in
Jill Richardson over at La Vida Locavore wrote a great piece about how California has worked to improve the use of grey water. For people that haven’t heard of grey water, it is a concept of re-using water. A simple example would be to collect shower water and then using it to water plants.
Starting on [...]
Read, Then Digest
Posted in July 31st, 2009
by Alex Carrick in
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 political angles to [...]
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 to [...]
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 Programs. [...]
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 seed banks are beginning [...]
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 company would [...]