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Posted by Xi Wang | July 12th, 2010

The DC Food For All will host a volunteer workday at Common Good City Farm. The mission of the farm is to grow food, educate, and help low-income DC community members meet their food needs. We’ll get our hands dirty on the farm and have a potluck while sharing thoughts about food systems in DC, with a focus on food justice in communities.

We’ll work on Saturday, July 24, from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. So bring your enthusiasm, good company, and a dish if the fancy strikes you. We’ll help out with things such as:

• mounding potatoes
• securing drip tape with hangers
• woodchipping
• weeding
• planting!
• securing tomato plants
• processing cured garlic
• potentially helping dig a rain garden

RSVP to Xi Wang at cele8stial@gmail.com by July 18 if you are interested in helping out and let us know if you can bring some food to share. Let’s get dirty!

Posted by Xi Wang | June 14th, 2010

*UPDATED*
Howard University Hospital (HUH) is hosting a fresh produce market geared toward the community and residents of the Shaw Neighborhood. Farmers on Wheels is a collaboration between DC WIC (Women, Infant and Children) Program and HUH CARES (Comprehensive Area Resources, Entitlement and Services). Although there are a handful of nearby farmer’s markets, most [...]

Posted by Xi Wang | March 9th, 2010

DC Food Not Bombs is an adhocratic group that shares vegan and vegetarian meals to promote healthy eating, peace, non-violence, community, and the reduction of waste in our economies. Barrett Jones made this short video of some of the behind-the-scenes preparation and serving.

[Cross posted to DC Food Not Bombs]

Posted by Xi Wang | February 19th, 2010

With shovels and forks, local food justice advocates will descend on the Historical Society of Washington tomorrow for Rooting DC, the District’s own urban agriculture forum. Workshops are organized around four themes–production, distribution, preparation and preservation–in order to explore how food finds its way from the field to our forks.

For the first time in it’s 3-year history, Rooting DC will feature cooking demonstrations.  Steve Seuser, who planned and coordinated the demonstrations, says that presenters will share how to prepare cooked, raw, and fermented foods, as well as canning basics. In particular, the demonstrations will feature recipes that are fast and affordable for families, as well as processes for gardeners who grow a lot and aren’t sure what to do with the overabundance.

Tracye McQuirter, a nutritionist with the UDC Center for Nutrition, Diet, and Health, will present during Workshop Session 2. We talked with Tracye about the importance of eating hea

Posted by Xi Wang | January 15th, 2010

Food access is a topic that is gaining attention both nationally and locally.  A few stories this past week have converged on the topics of food access and children.
The momentum for school gardens and for students to have a better understanding of their relationship to food is building–especially in the nation’s capital.  The installment of [...]