Celebrity chef José Andrés is opening a kitchen in D.C. to provide cooked meals for federal workers and their families whose incomes are disrupted by the ongoing government shutdown.
As the stalemate continues over the reopening of federal government, restaurants in Washington, D.C. are offering discounted meals and drinks to government employees whose incomes have been disrupted by the shutdown.
Washington, D.C. has come out as the worst city overall for healthy eating with only 3.11 healthy restaurants per 100,000 people in its city limits, according to a report by Vitagene.
D.C. Council has voted for broader vegetarian meal options in public schools for children. The positive vote is likely to make Washington, D.C. the first state in the U.S. requiring schools to keep meat-free lunch alternatives for students.
Starting from January 2019, local families living in food deserts in Washington, D.C. will be offered $2.50 Lyft Shared rides to local grocery stores for a six-month pilot period, transportation company Lyft has announced.