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Alice Waters Starts Sunday Suppers In D.C.

January 11th, 2010 · No Comments · food news, Sustainability

Would you pay $500 to have dinner with Bob Woodward? Following successful charity dinners surrounding Barack Obama’s presidential inauguration last year, Alice Waters is teaming with Washington glitterati and chefs to stage private dinners in 15 private Washington homes Jan. 24 to benefit D.C. Central Kitchen and Martha’s Table and their efforts to feed the needy […]

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WashPost Ups Volume On Backyard Chickens

January 7th, 2010 · 4 Comments · food news, urban agriculture

Washington Post garden columnist Adrian Higgins today lends his voice to the growing movement behind backyard chickens in the nation’s capitol with a front-page spread in the paper’s Home section. Higgins recounts the story of Caryn Ernst and how D.C. police and animal control agents swooped down on her family’s Capitol Hill home in June when […]

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Local Food In “Healthy Schools”: The Debate Begins

January 6th, 2010 · 3 Comments · kids, Sustainability, Wellness

Today’s guest post on “Healthy Schools” legislation recently introduced in the D.C. Council is written by Andrea Northup, executive director of the D.C. Farm to School Network, and cross-posted from the DC Food for All blog. I edited the piece and contributed some of the text. On January 12, Andrea will be conducting a “webinar” […]

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