Robert Egger spoke at LB Fresh and BeachGreens' "Backyard Brilliance" event on Saturday Sept. 13th 2014. This is the full talk, before it went into a broader discussion.

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LA Kitchen recovers fresh fruits and vegetables to fuel a culinary arts job training program for men and women coming out of foster care and older men and women returning from incarceration. L.A. Kitchen is currently holding a pilot program at St. Vincent Meals on Wheels, and will move into its own kitchen facility in 2015.

Robert pioneered this model during his 24 year tenure as the President of the DC Central Kitchen, the country’s first “community kitchen”, where food donated by hospitality businesses and farms is used to fuel a nationally recognized culinary arts job training program. Since opening in 1989, the Kitchen (which is a $10 million a year, self-sustaining, social enterprise) has produced over 26 million meals and helped 1,000 men and women gain full time employment. The Kitchen operates its own revenue generating business,Fresh Start Catering, as well as theCampus Kitchens Project, which coordinates similar recycling/meal programs in 33 colleges or high school based kitchens.


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