This year’s Manna Food Center’s Community Food Rescue Week , Oct 20-26, demonstrated how our community is feeding more and wasting less with five public events. The aim of the week is to raise public awareness about food waste, hunger, and recovery in Montgomery County. This year’s events were a great success, enabling us to thank CFR network members, expand the network, celebrate ourContinue Reading
Local Chefs Turned ‘Ugly’ Produce into Delightful Dishes to Raise Awareness of Hunger and Food Waste in Montgomery County Photos from the event are available here. Silver Spring, Maryland — Hundreds of people gathered today to watch two teams of professional and amateur chefs compete in the second annual No Waste, Big Taste: A Rescued Food CookingContinue Reading
The environmental impacts of climate change are all over the headlines and one of its major causes may surprise you—it’s food waste! A recent report by the United Nations IPCC reveals that “if the food wasted around the globe were a country, it would have the 3rd highest climate footprint on the planet behind only China and the U.S.” It turns out thatContinue Reading
September is Food Safety Education month , which is a timely reminder to review some food safety practices for home consumers. Should the jar of jam that you just opened go back in the pantry or in the refrigerator? What about the shelf stable box of Almond milk? Health Perch offers the following guidance on 13 common foods that you shouldContinue Reading
By: Cheryl Kollin, CFR Program Director “Why don’t more people know about Community Food Rescue and the amazing work that you all do distributing recovered food?” I got this question after I made a presentation about CFR at a local conference. It’s true that while food is being recovered and distributed all the time byContinue Reading
Community Food Rescue (CFR) has launched the second year of its gleaning initiative. Gleaning is the harvesting of food that would otherwise go unpicked. The crop is left unharvested when there is so little left behind that it is not economical for the farmer to harvest. Or, in the case of “pick your own farms,”Continue Reading
We are becoming more and more aware of how much food is being wasted—on the farm, at grocery stores and restaurants, and even at home. In fact, a report by ReFED (a multi-stakeholder non-profit organization committed to reducing food waste, found that most– 83% of the 63 million tons of annually-wasted food in the U.S. –happens after production–40%Continue Reading
KindWorks is a fitting name for a non-profit organization with more than 1,600 volunteers who serve a host of needs in Montgomery County. Founded in 2008 as Mover Moms, the organization connects people to activities that support tolerance, combat poverty and hunger, tackle environmental problems, and serve other community needs. Their website and calendar makeContinue Reading
Community Food Rescue (CFR), a program of Manna Food Center, is Montgomery County’s food recovery network. We recover and redistribute all types of surplus and unsold food from grocery stores, restaurants, caterers, farms and institutions to food assistance providers serving people who are food insecure. The commercial kitchen in the Silver Spring United Methodist Church,Continue Reading
By: Andrea Spacht, Sustainable Food Systems Specialist, Healthy People & Thriving Communities Program. Blog Post reprinted with permission from NRDC. Meal prepping was the only way I could get through night classes while working full time. On Sunday afternoon, I would make 5 servings of 2 recipes (one for lunch and the other for dinner)Continue Reading
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