FUN FACT: Since 2020, the Detroit Black Farmer Land Fund has given out 239 financial awards to Black farmers in Detroit
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You’ve probably visited a local restaurant or cafe in Detroit that uses compostable food packaging. When you were done, you probably threw it in the trash.
Hundreds of eateries in the metro Detroit area use compostable food products to be more environmentally friendly and eliminate plastic waste, but these items often meet the same fate as their plastic counterparts – a landfill where the waste contributes to greenhouse gas emissions and climate change.
The items need to be composted in a specialized industrial process, which many people aren’t aware of. Others who are aware say it’s too complicated or costly to properly dispose of the items without a city-supported composting program and regulations that support industrial composting.
Right now, compostable food packaging is somewhat of a hoax, but if disposed of properly, it could create a nutrient-rich soil additive while reducing plastic waste and methane emissions.
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JB
- Detroit’s Da Bomb Taco truck is expanding with a carryout spot in Ferndale.
- Peace Tree Parks is having a virtual informational meeting for chefs in need of a local kitchen space.
- Indian Village Market is expected to close at the end of the month.
- The Detroit People’s Food Co-op is hosting Detroit SOUP April 24 for food and hospitality entrepreneurs to pitch their business ideas.
- Bev’s Bagels is opening in the former location of the Detroit Institute of Bagels.
- Slows Bar BQ is expanding to the suburbs.
- Mediterranean fast-casual restaurant CAVA is opening a location in downtown Detroit at 636 Woodward Ave.
- Detroit’s Midwest Tireman neighborhood is getting a new community garden with the groundbreaking on April 26.
- JP Makes and Bakes has a happy hour where all items in the case are 30% off from 2-3 p.m., the days the bakery is open.
- A culinary scholarship was created in honor of the late Detroit chef Maxcel Hardy.
- Owner of Woodbridge Pub Yianni Linardakis is opening “Toum and Tatziki” across the street from the pub, according to the Woodbridge Citizens’ Council.
The weekly schedule of pop-ups, food events and more. Click on the calendar below created by Bekah Galang.
- Summertown Fresh Bar is hiring cafe staff.
- Junk Food and Friends is hiring a food truck worker.
