Dc Central Kitchen

Out Of Prison But Still Struggling

Posted 04.05.2012

Read More: Video, D.C. Homelessness, Dc Homelessness, District of Columbia, Dc Impact, Freddie Smith, Prisoner Rehabilitation, D.C. Central Kitchen, Street Sense, DC News

By Anna Salinas Street Sense Freddie Smith was determined to stay free. Newly released from a prison sentence in D.C. in 2008, he had been in and ...

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Megan Arellano

D.C. Central Kitchen Film Project Nets $40,000 Funds

HuffingtonPost.com | Megan Arellano | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Dc Impact, Kickstarter, Brendan Canty, Joblessness, D.C. Central Kitchen, Christoph Green, Robert Egger, Culinary-Job-Training-Programs, Video, Unemployment, Independent Film, Filmmaking, Trixie-Films, Liberation, D.C., DC News

WASHINGTON -- With just six hours before its deadline, Trixie Films secured $40,000 in Kickstarter funding to film a documentary about D.C. Central Ki...

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Wal-Mart's Coming to Town

Nick Wiseman | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Food Access, Washington DC, First Lady, Michelle Obama, DC Central Kitchen, Wal-Mart, Dc, Healthy Corners, Dc Impact, Food Deserts, DC News
Nick Wiseman

For Wal-Mart to grow, it has to turn to urban areas. Not because of some moral epiphany, but because of the bottom line. The "food deserts" Wal-Mart wants to occupy lie on top of deep reserves of customers.

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D.C. Central Kitchen Video Shows Off Its Healthy Corners Program (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: Department of Agriculture, DC News, Video, District of Columbia, Dc Impact, Healthy Corners, D.C. Hunger Solutions, Usda, D.C. Central Kitchen, Food Deserts, DC News

WASHINGTON -- Earlier this summer, D.C. Central Kitchen launched its Healthy Corners program, which provides corner stores with low-cost fresh fruit a...

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Tackling Hunger: Here's Hoping This Nonprofit Goes Out of Business

Robert Egger | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Hunger, DC Central Kitchen, Dc Impact, Nonprofits, Food Insecurity, Campus Kitchens Project, Alice Waters, Gary Oppenheimer, Jose Andres, DC News
Robert Egger

Campus Kitchens is based on a very simple idea: that you can take existing resources (food, people, facilities) and re-organize them to feed more people for less money... while also training men and women for culinary jobs.

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Transforming D.C. Into a Culinary Capital

Nick Wiseman | Posted 11.16.2011

Read More: DC Central Kitchen, Healthy Corners Program, Food Access, DC Restaurants, Dc Around Town, The Monocle, Bread for the City, Culinary Innovation, DC News
Nick Wiseman

D.C. is undergoing a transformation. Some call it a renaissance. Bold new restaurant concepts supplant stodgy steak houses. And culinary entrepreneurs bring dynamism to the market with novel concepts.

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In Down Economy, Nonprofits Looking To Make A Profit

Washington Post | Posted 11.04.2011

Read More: Nonprofits, Nonprofits Economy, Girl Scouts, Community Wealth Ventures, D.C. Central Kitchen, Goodwill, Nonprofits for Profit, Economy, Impact News

Nonprofits are not adorable, cute, little organizations that help the needy. At least that's how chief executive of D.C. Central Kitchen Mike Curtin p...

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Fighting Hunger And Stereotypes

The Huffington Post | Abby Wendle | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Robert Egger, Greatest Person of the Day, Campus Kitchens Project, DC Central Kitchen, Fresh Start, President Clinton, Video, Impact News

Robert Egger, founder of the DC Central Kitchen and the Campus Kitchens Project, has a unique approach to charity work, which came to him the first ti...

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Return To The Dinner Table

Michelle Nunn | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Handson Network, MLK Day, DC Central Kitchen, America's Sunday Supper, Impact News
Michelle Nunn

Yet, the image of a modest table where families gather is more than just a symbol of modern-day angst. It is also being rediscovered as the venue where bonds are reaffirmed and where breaking bread actually breaks down barriers.

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Food: Why We Waste So Much

Chris Elam | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Lisa Young, Leftovers, City Harvest, Senior Gleaners, Jonathan Bloom, Ample Harvest, Composting, Food Waste, D.C. Central Kitchen, American Wasteland, Food News
Chris Elam

What is it about our relationship to food that's changed so drastically since the Depression-era hoarding of our parents or grandparents?

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DC Central Kitchen Provides 45,000 Meals Despite Record Snowstorm

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slideshow, Homeless, Homeless in DC, Snowmageddon, DC Central Kitchen, Homelessness, Homeless in New York, Snowpocalypse, Impact News

Despite a massive blizzard that left much of the northeast under a blanket of snow, staff and volunteers for the DC Central Kitchen in Washington came...

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