Washington DC will allot $4 million for the Streatery Winter Ready Grant Program which aims to grant $6,000 for restaurants in winterizing their dining areas.
DC Restaurant Week allows diners to buy 3-course lunches for $22 and 3-course dinners for $35 or $55 at 200 restaurants in the DMV area from August 17-30.
Anela Malik, a DC-based food blogger, teamed up with HalfSmoke and Raise Nation LLC, to organize sweepstakes to support Black-owned restaurants in the city.
DC's chef José Andrés started a new initiative as part of his relief efforts, this time for the Lebanese capital, Beirut, which was hit by a huge blast.
The Health and Medicine Division of the National Academies of Sciences (NASEM) will hold a virtual workshop on the future of the food system on July 22.