Podcasts about martha's table

Kiko kicks off the Food at School series in conversation with leaders from the Capital Area Food Bank and Martha's Table. Through their collaboration on Joyful Food Markets, the non-profits are using elementary schools as a place to provide groceries to families when barriers stand in their way to getting food elsewhere. Sponsored by:

Vernon interviews Ellis Carr, President and CEO of Capital Impact. Vernon and Ellis discuss how Capital Impact effects systemic change - from social systems to government programs - so that all people have paths out of poverty. Ellis Carr has more than 20 years of experience in the financial services and mortgage industries. Mr. Carr served as Capital Impact's Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from July, 2012 until his appointment as President and Chief Executive Officer in May, 2016. Prior to joining Capital Impact, he held various positions in the investments, capital markets, strategy and corporate finance areas within Freddie Mac and in fixed income fund management both domestically and abroad at Deutsche Bank. Mr. Carr is a trustee of the NHP Foundation; the Treasurer and Board member of Martha's Table and Housing Partnership Network (HPN); Vice Chairman and Board member of the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN). In 2015, he was recognized as one of the "Top 40 under 40" business executives by the Washington Business Journal. Mr. Carr graduated from Towson University with an undergraduate degree in accounting, and from Georgetown University with a master's degree in real estate with a concentration in finance.

Hosted by David and Nycci Nellis.On this week's show:* James Beard Award-winning cookbook author Joan Nathan is in for her annual visit to provide news of this year's celebrity chefs/celebrity mixologists, Sips 'n Sups events are the weekend of January 22-23 at the Newseum and in private homes across the City. The even benefits DC Central Kitchen and Martha's Table, two organizations feeding thousands of hungry people in DC every day.* A seventh-generation farmer from Virginia, Forrest Pritchard wrote his first book, a surprise NY Times best seller called Gaining Ground as a crash course on the benefits of sustainable farming. His newest book, Growing Tomorrow, is a deeper drill into sustainable farming, reflecting conversations with and recipes from sustainable farmers.* Winemaker Ted Edwards from legendary, award-winning Freemark Abbey in Napa is stopping in during his easy coast swing to offer tastes and talk of some of his winery's latest and greatest vintages, including the official wine of Super Bowl 50!* Former engineer Anthony Arguin decided one day that locally-sourced and prepared foods and deliciously affordable wines were more of a passion than engineering. So, he opened the Wine-ing Butcher way up north in New Hampshire. There now are three, with Wine-ing Butchers the newest in Ashburn. Anthony is in talking about being a foodie entrepreneur and about his appearance at the Dulles Expo Center on January 22, where he'll appear on the cooking stage.* Brewmaster and mixologist Ben Matz is in from the new Wicked Bloom DC Social Club in NoMa. No surprise, he'll be mixing up samples of his signature cocktails and filling us with info about this cool, new watering hole.

Eating healthy is difficult enough for most. But for some, they need help. Whether it be financial or education, there is a solution. Amy Kurz is the COO of Martha's Table, where she leads administrative and business functions for the organization. Previously, Amy held a variety of positions at the Nonprofit Roundtable of Greater Washington. She is the board chair of Young Playwrights' Theater and lives in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of DC. For 35 years, Martha's Table has worked to build a better future for children, their families and neighbors in the District of Columbia by increasing access to healthy starts, healthy eating and healthy connections.