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We are working with the Annapolis Rotary to make the 70th Annual Crab Feast a "Bay Responsible," Zero-Waste event through our Responsible Events & Festivals Program (The Green REF... Make the Right Call).
About the Crab Feast: Close to 2500 feasters are expected to enjoy the bounty of the summer at the Navy Marine Corps Memorial Stadium from 5 - 8 p.m. on Friday, August 7.
We will be there making sure that recyclables go into our blue Keep America Beautiful bins and that compostables go into Veteran Compost's totes. This year ALL waste/trash will fit into one of these categories so NOTHING will go to the landfill!
We enlisted the help of Leonard Paper of Baltimore to provide all compostable tableware.Within two months all that food waste will become wonderful compost for local gardens.
What will be composted?
Crab shells, corn cobs, watermelon rinds, hotdog leftovers, soup cups, crab trays, BBQ plates, soup spoons, crab knives, paper towels, brown paper on the tables and even the mallets!
What will be recycled?
Beer cups, beverage cans and bottles.
About the summer's bounty
Sadly, the crab catch in the Chesapeake is not big enough to provide all the crabs needed for this event at a reasonable price. So most of the crabs - all #1 males will come from other states. But they will be steamed by Shoreline Seafood of Gambrills in the traditional Chesapeake way, "Hot and Old Bay Seasoned."
The corn is all from the Eastern Shore as are the watermelons.
Here's the menu - all you can eat and drink
- Steamed male crabs
- Maryland vegetable crab soup
- Sweet Maryland corn on the cob
- Beef barbecue sandwiches
- All-American hot dogs
Draft beer
Soft drinks - Bake sale sweet goodies and a cake raffle
- Watermelon slices from the Mar-Del Watermelon Association
We ask that feasters take only what they can eat as this event is Bay Responsible.
Feasters in the Preferred Dining area will also enjoy Maryland wines from
- Great Frogs Winery, Annapolis
- Knob Hall Winery, Clear Spring
- Fort Leonard Winery, Leonardtown
- Linganore Winecellars, Mt. Airy (a Maryland Green Travel Partner)
Help Us with Greening
Volunteer - Although the Rotarians do a great a great job of running this huge event, Annapolis Green needs help getting the message out to the feasters. We need smiling folks standing by our bins making sure folks put their waste in the right bins and even explaining why. We also need folks to greet feasters as they wait in line to get in - again with our message - and to staff our information table. You'll have a great time and yes, you too, will savor the summer's bounty! Let us know right away if you'd like to help. bay@annapolisgreen.com
Be a bushel sponsor - Buy a bushel
The goal of the annual Rotary Crab Feast is to raise funds for local non-profit organizations. All proceeds go to these worthy causes. The biggest expenditure for the Crab Feast is the crabs themselves. Each bushel costs approximately $200 and Rotary orders more than 340 bushels. So, to maximize the amount that can go to charity, Rotary has announced a new sponsorship campaign: Bushel Sponsor!
The sponsorship cost is $200 per bushel and there are benefits associated with the sponsorship including tickets to the Crab Feast. Read more: http://www.annapolisrotary.org/crab-feast-sponsorship
The event will be held rain or shine as the seating is under cover.
Buy tickets online
And speaking of beautification, we owe Brad Kuklinski of Greenstreet Growers a big thanks for dressing up a bike with greenery at the entrance of Green Drinks as an example of store-by-store 
beautification. We set this up to bring attention to the Design District's 
The Oyster Recovery Partnership folks were at Green Drinks in full force with a terrific display all about the wonderful job that organization does to bring back the oyster population in the Bay. Even "Shelly" the oyster showed up! Thank you to Paul Schurick, Bryan Gomes, and all the other enthusiastic ORP staff. 
And here's a big thanks to award-winning singer-songwriter-guitarist Dirk Schwenk who set the mood with his beautiful music. 
Adding to the fun, one of the Gallery shop owners, photographer Steve Seamans, had a photo booth going. Among those enjoying the fun were Carol and Cory Bonney. You just never know what's going to happen at Green Drinks!
