Feeding the 5000...with food waste! :: wasteaction.org.uk

On Wednesday 16th December, Trafalgar Square hosted a free feast of biblical proportions...
A partnership of campaigners, charities and prominent supporters served lunch to 5000 members of the public to highlight the problem of food waste, and the many practical ways to solve it.

Rich countries like the UK currently waste up to half of their food supplies. All the food handed out on the day to passers-by will be made from fresh and nutritious ingredients that otherwise would have been wasted.

The menu included hot soups made from vegetables cast out because they are not cosmetically perfect, a range of sandwiches and freshly-made fruit smoothies, pressed on the day by customised bicycles.

Organised by the author and food waste campaigner Tristram Stuart, Feeding the 5000 will highlight the work of the partner organisations, Save the Children; ActionAid; This is Rubbish; and FareShare.

For more info www.feeding5k.org