Tag: Tamara Weber

Recipe for empathy: These students prepared hundreds of protein-packed, free meals for their food-insecure peers

By Tommy Felts / May 9, 2024

High school students in the Kansas City area are doing their part to stamp out food insecurity one recipe at a time, Tamara Weber shared. Kids Feeding Kids — a sister program of Pete’s Garden, both founded by Weber — partners with high school FACS and CTE culinary classes to teach students about critical topics…

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She sends food to the dinner table, instead of the trash can; how one social venture is saving family mealtime with would-be waste

By Tommy Felts / January 19, 2023

A Kansas City nonprofit’s innovative approach is reducing food waste, fighting food insecurity, and restoring family mealtime. Pete’s Garden, founded in 2019 by Tamara Weber, partners with caterers, restaurants, and food service organizations to save unserved, prepared food that would otherwise be thrown out. Weber and a team of volunteers portion and package that food…

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