Feeding the 5000

November 26, 2014, Warsaw, Poland

  • Hundreds of kilos of surplus food were used to serve thousands of free meals to show that food is too good to waste
  • Event consisted of chef démos, cooking workshops for kids, composting workshops and various other food waste fighting actions
  • Organising partners included the City of Warsaw, Warwas University of Life Sciences, "Swiat na Tak" Foundation, Warsaw Food Bank, Feedback and FUSIONS

http://goo.gl/JTE4RU

Feeding the 5000

November 22, 2014, Barcelona, Spain Flag of Spain.svg

  • Feast made out of surplus food was made available to members of the public
  • Organisers comprised EI PLAT de Gràcia, PAA-Plataforma Aprofitem els Aliments, La Colmena que dice Si Gàcia, Foodisms by Mayya Papaya, Espigoladors, FeedBack and FUSIONS

http://goo.gl/Z9esxc

 

Feeding the 5000

November 9, 2014, Thessaloniki, Greece

  • Organised a Feeding the 5,000 by FeedBack in partnership with a range of organisations working to tackle food waste
  • 5,000 meals were served to members of the public, sourced entirely from fresh, top quality surplus produce, including misshapen potatoes, wonky carrots and oversized aubergines
  • Partners included Anatoliki AE, WWF Greece, Boroume, slow Food Youth Network Greece , British Council and EU Fusions, with the support of the Municipality of Thessaloniki and Thessaloniki Youth Capital 

 http://feedbackglobal.org/events/feeding-5000-thessaloniki/

 

Feeding the 5000

April 1, 2014 in Brussels, Belgium 

  • Organised by Feeding the 5000
  • Over 6000 people fed with food that would otherwise have been wasted
  • Over 750kg of vegetables used that would have otherwise been discarded

http://www.feeding5k.org/

United Against Food Waste

October 4, 2013 in Copenhagen, Denmark 

  • Organised by SWF / Communiqué
  • The entire value chain represented
  • 6000 visitors were fed with surplus food which would have otherwise been discarded
  • The remaining surplus food was collected for the homeless, and organic waste was collected for conversion into biogas

http://www.unitedagainstfoodwaste.com/

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