For July’s blog post, we reached out to Wendy Smith (left), Program Director/volunteer Coordinator of Interfaith Works Residences (IWR.) The Community Food Rescue team has been working with Wendy since this past April, when a regular food run from Chick-Fil-A on Tech Road was directed to the residences. This generous food run was made possible by Food Donation Connection , an internationalContinue Reading
The holidays are the season of giving; giving love and giving thanks. The holidays are also about helping those in need. Read below to hear about one such giving story. We reached out to our Community Food Rescue network to see if any of our donors had extra or special donations they could post to their ChowMatch accountContinue Reading
We celebrated Fall with DMV Food Recovery Week on Oct 16-22, and what a week it was! In partnership with this year’s co-hosts — the DC Food Recovery Working Group , the Prince George’s Food Equity Council , and the Montgomery County Food Council — we had 10 public events focused within Washington D.C. and Montgomery and Prince George’s counties. Twenty-six organizations, businesses, and government agencies participated in hosting and presenting events. ThreeContinue Reading
By Cheryl Kollin, CFR program director I was scanning the Washington Post last fall and read with great interest the article, “ Extreme weather and climate this summer challenged Mid-Atlantic farmers ”. The story featured Tom Farquhar of Sandy Spring Gardens , one of Montgomery County’s Farm to Food Bank farmers. I asked Tom how the article came about. He told me, “I contacted the Post afterContinue Reading
On a sunny and brisk October morning, locals gathered in Downtown Silver Spring to watch two teams of professional and amateur chefs compete in the third annual No Waste, Big Taste: A Rescued Food Cooking Competition. The competition, organized by Manna Food Center (Manna) and co-hosted by Downtown Silver Spring , was the final event of DMV Food Recovery Week . Chef Jennifer O’Brien, representingContinue Reading
This fall finds us 18 months into the COVID-19 pandemic. I was recently asked how our community is doing—whether food insecurity is easing, plateauing, or rising. Locally, Manna Food Center reports that food insecurity has nearly doubled among those it serves in Montgomery County since the start of the pandemic. Manna expects that while vaccines signal hope, theContinue Reading
The Islamic Center of Maryland’s (ICM) Social Service Food Pantry provides a monthly food box for community families in Gaithersburg who need assistance. They regularly receive food from Manna Food Center , Community Food Rescue , and others for their food boxes. In mid-May, they also wanted to help people to get the Covid-19 vaccine. Adileh Sharieff, an ICM Board member, related how they got creative.
The Montgomery County Farm to Food Bank program buys local, fresh, and nutritious produce, meat and eggs for our neighbors who experience hunger. Thanks to a grant from Montgomery County and the Greater Washington Community Foundation , the program provides a much-needed financial boost to local farmers, especially in the wake of COVID-19. Of the 23 dedicated farmers who have joined the Farm to Food BankContinue Reading
The Montgomery County Farm to Food Bank program , born last year at the height of the global pandemic to help both farmers and people who are food insecure, was an idea that continues to flourish. Thanks to Montgomery County and Greater Washington Community Foundation , Manna Food Center received a grant to purchase freshly harvested produce, eggs, and meat from local farms. These products are then donated toContinue Reading
By Cheryl Kollin, Program Director, Community Food Rescue The one-year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic provides a point in time to reflect on how this global crisis has jolted each of us personally and drastically affected our community. In her article for Food Tank, Food (In)Security and Waste: Lessons Learned from the Pandemic , author Marie Mourad, PhD, offers insightful observations about theContinue Reading
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