Brainfood

06/01/2018

To our supporters near and far, thank you for every young person you've guided to Brainfood's doors over the past 19 years, for your donations made in solidarity with our work, for volunteering your time supporting the growth of our programs and youth garden, and for each bag of Brainfood Homegrown popcorn you purchased from our young entrepreneurs.

It's with a heavy heart we share that Brainfood is no longer able to sustain operations due to changes in funding, and we're suspending programs for now with the hope of finding a new home for them in the future. If you or someone in your network has the resources to host a dynamic, hands-on youth program, help us along the next step of our journey by dropping us a line at [email protected].

Thank you, sincerely, for your support, for believing in the unlimited potential of our young people, and for helping us build a community that made us hopeful and proud.

05/16/2018

All 5 of our student cohorts came together to celebrate their year of growth and accomplishments--and participate in a friendly cooking competition! Congratulations to our 2017-2018 Cooks in Training and Community Cooking Coaches!

05/11/2018

From garden field trips to guest chefs, it's been a full and exciting spring at Brainfood! Check out our latest blog post to get a glimpse of what our teen chefs have been up to in Brainfood programs since March.

05/08/2018

Our spirits and stomachs are still full after our graduation celebration on Thursday! Full of delicious food made by our teen chefs, pride for all of their growth and accomplishments this year, gratitude for our incredible team of volunteers and weekly classroom assistants, and joy for another wonderful program year.

Congratulations to team "DMV Chefs," this year's winners of our cooking competition! We truly do not have all of the words to encompass our feelings after such a great year and special event! A huge thank you to all who helped make this magic and madness happen.

05/01/2018

There's still time to support the coolest local food CSA in DC! Sign up for 6 weeks of summer food bliss, all while supporting young local entrepreneurs and producers.

Each week, you'll receive a collection of prepared foods and locally grown produce, plus a helpful recipe packet to give you tips on how to use your fresh fruit and veggies. You can meet and mingle with our teen chefs when you pick up your box and learn more about their made-from-scratch food products!

Get more info and fill out our interest form online: brain-food.org/brainfood-csa

04/27/2018

We had some amazing guest chefs in our Brainfood kitchens this week leading workshops! Thanks to Domenica Marchetti of Domenica Cooks and Chef Matt Baker, Executive Chef/Owner at Gravitas for visiting and guiding Brainfood students through fresh pasta making and homemade poke bowls! We also had the honor to welcome Chefs Matt Adler and Patrick Curran from Alta Strada/Casolare Ristorante & Bar, in addition to a Brainfood graduate who just published her own online vegan cookbook. Thanks to everyone in our community who supports our work and the amazing young people we have the pleasure to serve everyday.

04/26/2018

It's a beautiful day in the Brainfood Youth Garden! The fig tree is starting to come to life, resident mason bees are setting up shop in our homemade bee house, and the grounds are covered in cherry blossoms.

04/21/2018

Now's your chance to support the coolest local food CSA in DC! You can sign up for 6 weeks of summer food bliss, all while supporting young local entrepreneurs and producers.

Each week, you'll receive a collection of prepared foods and locally grown produce, plus a helpful recipe packet to give you tips on how to use your fresh fruit and veggies. You can meet and mingle with our teen chefs when you pick up your box and learn more about their made-from-scratch food products. Get more info and fill out our interest form here!

04/19/2018

A big thank you to all our donors and supporters who helped us reach our spring fundraising campaign goal! Your efforts were integral in making our spring celebrations a reality.

These donations will go towards chef coats for our Cooking Coaches and our year-end cooking competition + graduation celebration for all Brainfood students. We greatly appreciate this community effort, and thank you for continuing to support and celebrate DC youth!

04/17/2018

Brainfood's graduation is right around the corner, and we're looking for enthusiastic volunteers to help us celebrate our students and pull off our annual youth-led cooking competition!

Do you have any availability between 2:00-7:30 PM on Thursday, May 3 to join us in Chinatown? Email [email protected] for more info and to RSVP by this Friday, April 20!

04/14/2018

Thanks to our current Cooks in Training Intern, Emily Murtaugh, for offering an inside scoop and sharing about her experience so far on our team! Read on to learn more about her favorite Brainfood class and how she's getting other students from her college involved with Brainfood programs.

A Day in the Week of a Brainfood Intern Emily Murtaugh, Cooks in Training Emily is from Long Beach, California and is a junior at American University. She is studying Anthropology with a minor in Statistics and International Relations. She is interested in alternative forms of education, youth devel...