Part 1: Overview of Food Recovery in DC

Currently in the US, 40% of all of our food produced ends up in the dump, while 13% of all homes nationwide are food insecure. In 2015, over 40 different nonprofits, for-profits, government agencies, and food banks, all working on food recovery in the greater DC area, formed the DC Food Recovery Working Group (dcfoodrecovery.wordpress.com) to promote the numerous food recovery programs happening while coordinating citywide food recovery initiatives. In this class, we will discuss all the different local opportunities in DC for consumers and businesses to recover their food and make a difference.

Part 2: Edible Alternatives in the Garden

The majority of what we grow in our gardens is edible yet we only eat a small part of each plant. Do you want to learn what flowers are delicious in a salad? What stalks make a great hummus or pesto? What seeds are good pickled? Which weeds are more nutritious than your crops? Then this class is for you. Learn to maximize your garden harvests or supermarket produce by using the parts of your plants you didn’t realize could be not only edible but delicious. Class includes many recipes!