Inspiring

I was watching Chef at Large a while ago with Chef Michael Smith, and he was visiting the D. C. Central Food Kitchen in Washington, D. C.

This organization - from what I gathered - takes food that would otherwise be wasted (from restaurants, hotels etc.) and uses it to produce good meals for thousands of needy locals and also provides training in their establishment for unemployed people. Apparently 1/4 of our food is unnecessarily going to waste. ONE QUARTER! The mind boggles.

The Kitchen's mission is to use food as a tool to:

Strengthen Bodies, by safely recovering unserved food from local foodservice businesses to feed children and adults at partner agencies throughout the greater Washington area

Empower Minds, by providing culinary job training for unemployed men and women and community service opportunities for youth and adults

Build Communities, by providing working examples, innovative solutions, and shared technology to a cooperative and effective national network of programs that use food to make change in their communities. trouble being employed.

The founder, Robert Egger, and his staff, are truly inspirational. I was left quite gobsmacked at the difference one person and one great idea and a lot of collaboraters can have.