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Climate Craziness: 2012 As a Food Game Changer
As many Capital Area Food Bank clients and supporters know, stable food access means stable health as well. Historically, stable food access was the result of regular rainfall, seasons and temperatures...
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Growing Hope
The Capital Area Food Bank has brought together Anacostia youth for the past five summers through the Garden Club at Children of Mine Center, which teaches children to garden, cook and eat healthily....
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Climate Craziness and What Can Be Done
Since my last blog post on the consequences of an ever-changing climate on the availability and prices of food, Hampshire College professor and author Michael Klare has written an illuminating, if not...
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You Grow NOVA!
The Capital Area Food Bank is growing, and by that we mean the garden-variety type of growing! Our NOVA branch has recently planted a garden of beautiful native plants with the help of Healthy Eating...
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As she was completing her junior year at Maryland’s Bethesda Chevy Chase High School, Madisson Tully began exploring ideas for a summer project that would involve her family and friends and benefit the...
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Breaking Ground Together
Abbie Steiner is the Capital Area Food Bank’s Resident Food Growing Expert. Follow her on Twitter at @redheadgardener. The Capital Area Food Bank recently broke ground on our Urban Demonstration...
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Virginia is for [Fresh Produce] Lovers
For years, the Capital Area Food Bank’s Healthy Eating team has worked tirelessly to promote fresh produce across its network of partner agencies. One of the most successful and creative ways that this...
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Add a Little Season(ing)
The quality of produce in the grocery store is just as much a reminder of winter as the current frigid temperatures. When I find myself shopping for groceries in January, my mind quickly wanders to...
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Feeding the Hungry Through Art
“This is so neat, because I’ve always wanted to do a denim piece,” says artist Eileen Williams, 55. “I am always saying, ’Let me create! Let me expose people to new forms of art!’ so that is exactly...
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Achieving Vegetable Victory!
Students from across the country happily braved colder than average temperatures last week to participate in the annual White House Kitchen Garden planting. The Kitchen Garden, which supplies fresh...
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Growing Food Together
The Capital Area Food Bank’s Urban Demonstration Garden is in bloom, which makes it the perfect time for you to join us for a Garden Open House from 1 – 4 pm on Saturday, June 15th. We will be...
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Farm Fresh Produce for our Partners
Although I did not grow up on a farm, living in rural Pennsylvania did give me an affinity for nature. As a teenager, I even tried my hand at gardening. My garden prospered with fresh, plump...
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In the Community: Our Garden Grows… Exponentially!
Gonzaga College High School and Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School Volunteers. The head gardener at the Capital Area Food Bank beams when you ask about her job. “My job is difficult but...
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Vote for the CAFB’s Urban Demonstration Garden!
Great news! The Capital Area Food Bank’s Urban Demonstration Garden has been selected by Washington DC Green Festival as a finalist for their Community Award! Green Festival is America’s largest and...
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Garden Classroom Breaking Ground Soon
The Capital Area Food Bank is excited to announce that the outdoor classroom has been selected to be the 2015 Greenbuild Expo Legacy Project! Here’s what the sustainable building community had to say...
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Why are CSAs Important to the CAFB?
Twenty Capital Area Food Bank staff traveled to Clagett Farm on May 7 in Upper Marlboro, Maryland for the organization’s quarterly volunteer day. The Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Clagett Farm is a...
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Greetings from the Urban Demonstration Garden
The edible nasturtium flowers are in full bloom. The CAFB garden is overflowing with greetings. As the summer growing season nears its peak, there are more colors, smells and tastes to enjoy. Here are...
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Greetings from the Urban Demonstration Garden
This week, we are enjoying berries, eggplant, radishes, nasturtiums, peppers, beets, and collards from our Urban Demonstration Garden. Stay tuned for cherry tomatoes, yellow zucchini, broccoli,...
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Greetings From the Urban Demonstration Garden
While the rain may have put a damper on Independence Day plans for some, garden is thriving! New produce on the menu this week includes cherry tomatoes, cucumbers and zucchini. The berries are still...
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Greetings From the Urban Demonstration Garden: Fall Harvest Prep
The garden is abounding in greenery this week – plants are flourishing in the wet weather, and the resulting harvest is prolific. Since March, the Capital Area Food Bank’s Urban Demonstration Garden...
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