LET’S Feed the Homies

mission

Err’body Eats counteracts food waste and empowers food insecure communities to live more sustainable lives by supplying accessible instructional videos for health-conscious meals, offering composite wellness workshops for families, and creating youth programming centered on urban agriculture and eco friendly culinary practices with the aim to increase employment and education opportunities while decreasing health inequity.

vision

It is our hope to develop an all inclusive arts, tech and research based community center. In this space, a community kitchen will allow our team to have an opportunity to consistently prepare meals with and for the food insecure population while arming individuals with a wellness oriented education. This space can also serve as a cultural hub, an incubator, and maker space for local burgeoning endeavors.—Ultimately feeding the spirits and appetites of our homies.

history

In the fall of 2019, Err’body Eats started as an idea to be a sustainable after-hours restaurant. We wanted to give others in the Washington D.C. area access to global foods that are good to you and good for you, even after midnight. The global crisis put our plans of opening a small eatery in March 2020 to a halt and allowed us to reevaluate our purpose. It didn’t feel right to put our efforts into selling food when so many people in D.C. were going hungry. Instead, we’d raise awareness and give it away! Our team is dedicated to feeding the community and the art of “waste not, want not,” cuisine that they were raised on.

Upon black plight being highlighted & going into protest, during the summer of 2020, we reaffirmed that our place in the revolution was feeding the streets. The team started prepping 25 meals in their home kitchens & distributing them weekly with water or Gatorade & toiletries at various tent camps with a small team of volunteers.

By August 2020,  Err’body Eats Feeds the Homies was instated as a nonprofit and able to streamline systems to feed people in D.C. wards 1, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 through the summer of 2021. Since then the team has been able to distribute over 30,000 meals with 1000 extensive PPE kits, replace stolen tents or backpacks and spend time with our homies to ensure they feel seen.

During the fall of 2021, the executive decision was made to start a chapter in New Orleans by studying the needs of its people and how Err’body Eats could create impact in another beloved location. The New Orleans team was able to raise funds, accept produce donations from Grow Dat Youth Farm, continue meal giveaways, receive grant funding, and focus on ways to be a viable option for New Orleans natives.

The summer of 2022 brought Err’body Eats work full circle when the founder, Courtney, was given an opportunity to move back to The Bronx where she first learned the importance of community service. The team has spent the past year focused on research, development, and fundraising. This time has allowed them to hone in on composite wellness being paramount. Meals, yes, but nurturing communities beyond meals, is what the team recognized as a catalyst to less recidivism when it came to encouraging a sustainable, healthier lifestyle. For 2023 and 2024 the Err’body Eats team is working towards wellness workshops and activations in D.C. and NYC in order to join forces with their partners to continue working against food and health disparities in these areas.