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DC Food For All: A Blog Is Born

October 25th, 2009 · 3 Comments · food news, urban agriculture

People were spilling out of the Big Bear Cafe onto the sidewalks at 1st and R streets NW last night. You might have thought it was just another wild party night in the nation’s capitol. But the drinks were all donated, the long line of food on the bar was made from ingredients gleaned earlier […]

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A Home For Your Kitchen Scraps

September 27th, 2009 · 5 Comments · garden, Sustainability, urban agriculture

Making compost is a second occupaton for The Slow Cook. Since we garden organically, without chemical fertilizers or pesticides, our source of fertility consists of what’s in the ground already and what we add to it in the form of compost. Being in the city, about a mile from Michelle Obama’s White House garden here […]

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Big Night For Neighborhood Farm Initiative

August 28th, 2009 · No Comments · food news, urban agriculture

More than 120 people jammed Georgetown’s Letelier Theater last night for cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and a film screening to benefit the Neighborhood Farm Initiative, the novel urban agriculture program started by Bea Trickett and Joshua Wenz designed to teach people how to grow food. The event was brilliantly organized, with help from Katie Rehwaldt of […]

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