Trinity Lutheran Church - 1323 Central Avenue, Alameda, CA 94501 - (510) 522-5220

March 2, 2013 – Today we went to the annual Crab Feed at Trinity Lutheran Church, so we had to blog about it. Many organizations in Alameda have crab feeds and the discarded shells can all be placed in the compost bins for collection from ACI. Trinity has been composting its crab shells for many years, but we don’t know about all of the other crab feeds. Sounds like a project for MASC!

 We had:

§  Green salad

§  Fresh bread (donated by Semifreddi’s – thanks!)

§  Potato salad (house-made with fresh Yukon gold potatoes selected by a professional green grocer, who also plays the flute at church)

§  All-you-can-eat crab! – The crab comes pre-cracked and chilled. At Trinity they serve it in reusable plastic buckets (Zero Waste) and provide little paper bags taped on the edge of the table at each place, so that you can dispose of your crab shells appropriately (and the whole bag is composted). The crab was wonderful. There are two types of crab pickers, those that pick their crab and eat it as they go along and others (like Greta and her cousin Elizabeth)  who pick a whole big pile of crab and eat it all at once. Each picker thinks their style is best.

§  Roast chicken – There is always an alternative menu item for those (like Pepe) that don’t prefer to pick their own crab. Pepe said it was excellent.

Compost Report – Trinity has taken part in the CASA (Community Action for a Sustainable Alameda) Faith-Based Initiative, which assists all faith organizations in Alameda to recycle and compost and reduce their carbon footprint. Trinity has formed a Green Committee which meets regularly to implement sustainability programs throughout the church community and to assist its congregation to undertake these practices at their homes and places of business. Trinity has been recycling and composting for many years and last year expanded recycling and composting in their sanctuary, fellowship hall, kitchens and restrooms (where paper towels are being diverted for composting). If your house of worship is interested in getting some help to expand recycling and composting contact CASA at info@casa-alameda.org.