A rose by any other name would smell just as sweet. And whether you call it “polenta” or “grits” [or a name of your own invention], a bowl of creamy, garlicky corn pudding just tastes good. Polenta is an flavorful, creamy base for just about anything – stews, sauces, sauteed vegetables, or our BBQ black eyed […]
Oxfam America is recruiting volunteer leaders of various ages and professional backgrounds for their free national advocacy training in Washington D.C. April 24-28, 2015 and year of local leadership in 15 US cities (including Minneapolis/St. Paul). They will also provide online training and opportunities to meet others who are active in your city. It’s a […]
Eat for Equity Featured in Oprah Magazine Eat for Equity is “deliciously reinventing the charity dinner.” Eat for Equity and its co-founder, Emily Torgrimson, are featured in the November issue of Oprah Magazine. “Food with Thought” tells the story of Eat for Equity’s beginnings with a pot of jambalaya to its recent cross-country tour and […]
Hello Bay Area Volunteers! The Bay Area E4E is looking for a few additional organizers to help plan upcoming E4E events in the Bay Area. Currently, we have one active organizer (Jonas) and a few volunteers who are willing to work at the events, but could use a few extra people to plan, organize and […]
We’re taught as kids to distrust the stranger, to be skeptical of help that comes from the unknown, and of help that comes without expectation of return. We begin to assume that if someone helps us, then they must want something back. And yet on this trip, I’ve learned to trust in the stranger and […]
Thirty minutes outside of Madison, a hard working crew is building a new Dane County park. They’re building trails through the woods, clearing honeysuckle, buckthorn and other invasive species to make gently sloping paths overlooking the lake. They’re clearing garbage and old farm machinery from the woods. They’re planting cover crops and the seeds to […]
Our first stop on the tour feels like the first step of a year-long experiment. And in many ways, it parallels a much earlier test that led Eat for Equity to host rotating dinners. The first Eat for Equity dinners in Boston were all hosted at the cooperative house where I lived. And in Minneapolis, […]
Our next dinner will be January 25 or February 1. Stay tuned for details!
“We don’t want a bigger slice of the pie. We want a different pie.” – Winona LaDuke, whose nonprofit was one of Eat for Equity’s benefitting organizations Eat for Equity is baking a new kind of pie. We’re making it from scratch, and building a culture of generosity through sustainable community feasts. We’re rolling it out together, […]
Let me take you on a tour of the tiny house that You built. Almost 50 people built this Home together. Thanks and appreciation for Aaron B., Aaron S., Abby, Adam, Alison, Ann, Anna, Brian, Brianna, Caroline, Celia, Clara, Cody, Dimple, Eddie and Seward Redesign, Emily T., Emily U., Emilie, Greg and Treshby, Heidi, Iris, […]
