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Speak Up for Food Trucks

Breakfast from Sauca

Sauca, one of many mobile purveyors of food in DC.

If you are enjoying the diverse array of food trucks which currently dot DC, especially around lunch time, you may want to speak up– by 5pm today. Yes, the deadline to comment has been extended. The Washington Business Journal explains why you’d want to:

D.C.’s Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs recently proposed regulations regarding the city’s many food carts, as part of a general overhaul the department has been doing regarding street vending in the city. But some business owners are against the regulations, and the food trucks in general, saying they create unfair competition for the existing businesses which draw lunch crowds.

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Rescuing Corn for the City’s Hungry

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Bruno. C. / Flickr

After reading Nina Shen Rastogi’s piece in Slate (“A Rind Is a Terrible Thing To Waste“), I have been extra mindful of the disheartening amount of food we each waste, every day. Combine such mindfulness with news stories about food banks which are struggling to cope with increased demand, and the idea of wasted food seems even more depressing. That’s why stories like this are so wonderful– and important.

This past Saturday, Parker Farms and Bread for the City hosted yet another Glean for the City adventure. Our mission this time around was especially critical – rescuing yellow corn.

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