DC Food Recovery Week of Action! May 14-20
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DC Food Recovery Week of Action! May 14-20 PREWEEK EVENTS Fri 5/6 – Capital Area Food Bank Summit 8am-1pm - 4900 Puerto Rico Ave NE (Capital Area Food Bank) Mon 5/9 – Food Sustainability: A Night of Short Films at MLK Jr Library 6pm - 901 G St NW (MLK Jr Library) Tue 5/10 – Friends of Urban Agriculture (FOUA) presents “Arlington’s Food Shed” 7-8:30pm - 1015 Quincy St (Arlington) Wed 5/11 – Food Waste Summit: Informing a Consumer's Guide 8am-4pm - 901 E St NW (Pew Conference Center) Thur 5/12 – KCDC Workshop: Waste Not: Food Waste, Resource ConservaUon and You 6pm – Check KCDC website for locaVon WEEK of ACTION! Sat 5/14 – 24th Annual LeZer Carrier's Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive all day everywhere – Worm-Powered ComposUng Workshop by ILSR & ECO City Farms' NSR Program 10am-1pm - 3700 Oakview Terrace NW (EW Stokes School) Sun 5/15 – Wangari Gardens Compost CooperaUve Workshop 2-3pm - Corner of Kenyon and Park Pl NW (Wangari Gardens) Mon 5/16 – DPR Deanwood Rec Night of Food Recovery Workshops and Lectures -AlternaUve Edibles in the Garden - Food Recovery BMPS w/ Arlington Food Assistance Center (AFAC) - Food Labeling Discussion and Panel 6-9pm - 1350 49 th St. NE (Deanwood Rec) Tues 5/17 – Disco Chop Party (Prep Event for Feeding the 5000) 9am-3pm – 3655 Calvert St NW (St. Luke’s Mission in the Fellowship Hall) – Food Bank Feature: Outdoor Screening of Just Eat It at the Capital Area Food Bank 7:30pm-9:15pm - 4900 Puerto Rico Ave NE (Capital Area Food Bank) Wed 5/18 – Feeding the 5000 Event 11-4pm – Woodrow Wilson Plaza (Ronald Reagan Building) – DC Department of Public Works (DPW) Organic Summit 1-5pm - Woodrow Wilson Plaza (Ronald Reagan Building) – DPR Raymond Rec Night of Food Recovery Workshops and Lectures - Baking with Spent Brewery Grains - BMPs of Urban Dumpster Diving - Food PreservaUon Recipes w/ Food Recovery Network 6-9pm - 3725 10 th St NW (Raymond Rec) Thur 5/19 – GW Lunch and Learn w/ Tristram Stuart 12-1:30pm – 1918 F St NW (GW University Alumni House) – Howard U. Compost CooperaUve Workshop 6-7:15pm - 2155 Sherman Ave NW – (HU urban garden) – Worm ComposUng in DC Apartment Buildings: Demo Tour 7:30-8:30pm – 2120 Vermont Ave NW (Rhapsody Condominium) Fri 5/20 – K St Farm Food Recovery Happy Hour 5:30-8pm – 111 K St NW (K St Farm) The DC Food Recovery Working Group has organized and idenRfied a week of events, workshops and lectures around food recovery in the District. Food Recovery is an umbrella term for reducing food waste through mulRple strategies such as food donaRons, composRng, and source reducRon. In addiRon to these great events the DC Food Recovery Working Group will be releasing the DC Food Recovery Resource Guide this week to help DC communiRes beZer access and support food recovery programs. This resource guide will be published in May on the DPW website at dpw.dc.gov. For more details and registraUon for each event please visit us at hZps://www.facebook.com/dcfoodrecovery/
Transcript of DC Food Recovery Week of Action! May 14-20
DC Food Recovery Week of Action! May 14-20
PREWEEKEVENTSFri5/6–CapitalAreaFoodBankSummit
8am-1pm-4900PuertoRicoAveNE(CapitalAreaFoodBank)Mon5/9–FoodSustainability:ANightofShortFilmsatMLKJrLibrary
6pm-901GStNW(MLKJrLibrary)Tue5/10–FriendsofUrbanAgriculture(FOUA)presents“Arlington’sFoodShed”
7-8:30pm-1015QuincySt(Arlington)Wed5/11–FoodWasteSummit:InformingaConsumer'sGuide
8am-4pm-901EStNW(PewConferenceCenter)Thur5/12–KCDCWorkshop:WasteNot:FoodWaste,ResourceConservaUonandYou
6pm–CheckKCDCwebsiteforlocaVonWEEKofACTION!
Sat5/14–24thAnnualLeZerCarrier'sStampOutHungerFoodDrive alldayeverywhere–Worm-PoweredComposUngWorkshopbyILSR&ECOCityFarms'NSRProgram 10am-1pm-3700OakviewTerraceNW(EWStokesSchool)
Sun5/15–WangariGardensCompostCooperaUveWorkshop 2-3pm-CornerofKenyonandParkPlNW(WangariGardens)
Mon5/16–DPRDeanwoodRecNightofFoodRecoveryWorkshopsandLectures -AlternaUveEdiblesintheGarden -FoodRecoveryBMPSw/ArlingtonFoodAssistanceCenter(AFAC) -FoodLabelingDiscussionandPanel 6-9pm-135049thSt.NE(DeanwoodRec)
Tues5/17–DiscoChopParty(PrepEventforFeedingthe5000) 9am-3pm–3655CalvertStNW(St.Luke’sMissionintheFellowshipHall)–FoodBankFeature:OutdoorScreeningofJustEatItattheCapitalAreaFoodBank 7:30pm-9:15pm-4900PuertoRicoAveNE(CapitalAreaFoodBank)
Wed5/18–Feedingthe5000Event 11-4pm–WoodrowWilsonPlaza(RonaldReaganBuilding)–DCDepartmentofPublicWorks(DPW)OrganicSummit 1-5pm-WoodrowWilsonPlaza(RonaldReaganBuilding)–DPRRaymondRecNightofFoodRecoveryWorkshopsandLectures -BakingwithSpentBreweryGrains -BMPsofUrbanDumpsterDiving -FoodPreservaUonRecipesw/FoodRecoveryNetwork 6-9pm-372510thStNW(RaymondRec)
Thur5/19–GWLunchandLearnw/TristramStuart 12-1:30pm–1918FStNW(GWUniversityAlumniHouse)–HowardU.CompostCooperaUveWorkshop 6-7:15pm-2155ShermanAveNW–(HUurbangarden)–WormComposUnginDCApartmentBuildings:DemoTour 7:30-8:30pm–2120VermontAveNW(RhapsodyCondominium)
Fri5/20–KStFarmFoodRecoveryHappyHour 5:30-8pm–111KStNW(KStFarm)
TheDCFoodRecoveryWorkingGrouphasorganizedandidenRfiedaweekofevents,workshopsandlecturesaroundfoodrecoveryintheDistrict.FoodRecoveryisanumbrellatermforreducingfoodwastethroughmulRplestrategiessuchas
fooddonaRons,composRng,andsourcereducRon.InaddiRontothesegreateventstheDCFoodRecoveryWorkingGroupwillbereleasingtheDCFoodRecoveryResourceGuidethisweektohelpDCcommuniResbeZeraccessandsupportfood
recoveryprograms.ThisresourceguidewillbepublishedinMayontheDPWwebsiteatdpw.dc.gov.
FormoredetailsandregistraUonforeacheventpleasevisitusathZps://www.facebook.com/dcfoodrecovery/
