There was a community garden at our community fridge's host site for like a decade (? Not sure exactly)
The building was recently sold and the new pastor decided to flatten it with no community input and is now using it as a parking lot.
People grew food here.
They still have not contacted us and I'm really concerned we will just show up one day to the fridge gone. Need to figure something out.
#CommunityFridges #MutualAid
DOES YOUR WORKPLACE WASTE FOOD?
Reclaim it for your hungry neighbors by bringing it to your local community fridge!
-there is no minimum donation, and you can bring food one time or on a regular basis
-all fridges have their own rules regarding food safety, check in with organizers or look for signage if you're not sure! use common sense/don't ever leave half-eaten/opened/rotten food!
-community fridges are filling a major gap in food access, and need support now more than ever.
fuck means testing, fuck top-down charity models, we keep us fed!
List of Community Fridges in Massachusetts: http://tinyurl.com/macommunityfridges
#CommunityFridge #CommunityFridges #MutualAid #SolidarityNotCharity
Hey #WorcesterMA!
Support your community fridges and get some hot chocolate while you're at it!
February 1, from 1-4pm
https://www.downtownworcester.org/things-to-do/downtown-worcester-winter-festival/
Open-access #CommunityFridges in Berlin were a social innovation to improve inclusion: they don't require personal connections nor the use of an online service, so they reduce gatekeeping in #FoodSharing (Oona Morrow 2019).
In the USA, some cases reproduced the power imbalances of traditional #FoodAid and displayed white saviorism (Anna Arons 2022).
In Chicago they partnered with Black and Brown people-run orgs (Saria Lofton 2021).
Links to refs: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Community_fridge&oldid=1267267926#cite_note-47
Vesna Prekopic: "Ännu har vi inte kylskåp uppställda på gatorna i Sverige, men den dagen de behövs är det just för att verklighetens folk i praktiken inte betytt något på länge".
Fast vi har det redan på sätt och vis: t.ex. Matmissionen med sina butiker för människor med låg inkomst.
https://www.dn.se/kultur/vesna-prekopic-varfor-ses-inte-den-vaxande-fattigdomen-som-ett-problem/
https://www.stadsmissionen.se/vad-vi-gor/matmissionen/matmissionen-vara-butiker
#matmissionen #fattigdom #poverty #charity #communityfridges
Rise in community fridges in Atlantic Canada sign of government support falling short
Community fridges or pantries, typically run by volunteers or community groups, are monitored storage spaces that offer free, fresh and non-perishable food.
#globalnews #Canada #CommunityFridges #fooddonations
https://globalnews.ca/news/10308043/rise-community-fridges-atlantic-canada/
Rise in community fridges in Atlantic Canada sign of government support falling short
Community fridges or pantries, typically run by volunteers or community groups, are monitored storage spaces that offer free, fresh and non-perishable food.
#globalnews #Canada #CommunityFridges #fooddonations
https://globalnews.ca/news/10308043/rise-community-fridges-atlantic-canada/
Rise in community fridges in Atlantic Canada sign of government support falling short
Community fridges or pantries, typically run by volunteers or community groups, are monitored storage spaces that offer free, fresh and non-perishable food.
#globalnews #Canada #CommunityFridges #fooddonations
https://globalnews.ca/news/10308043/rise-community-fridges-atlantic-canada/
Rise in community fridges in Atlantic Canada sign of government support falling short
Community fridges or pantries, typically run by volunteers or community groups, are monitored storage spaces that offer free, fresh and non-perishable food.
#globalnews #Canada #CommunityFridges #fooddonations
https://globalnews.ca/news/10308043/rise-community-fridges-atlantic-canada/
Food, an issue of social justice: Food movements, public policy, and inequality
Issue linked on page six of our Fall 2023 Newsletter
https://foodstudies.info/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Fall-2023-Newsletter-CAFS.pdf
#OpenAccess #OpenAccessJournal #Food #FoodStudies #FoodResearch #FoodMovements #SocialMovements #Inequality #PublicPolicy #Quebec #France #Switzerland #SchoolLunches #UrbanAgriculture #CommunityFridges #EmergencyFood #IndigenousFoodSovereignty #GreenGentrification
And if you need help feeding yourself and your family because of the rising #costofliving and #food being just incredibly expensive, please know that there may be #communityfridges in your area.
They offer anonymous help, no questions asked.
You just walk by and take what you like.
Everyone needs a bit of support and a leg up once in a while.
❤️🍪
While food banks continue to face record demand, a number of community fridges and cupboards have popped up in eastern PEI to help feed families in their local areas...
How are communities addressing rising food prices? With solidarity, imagination & care while building better, more resilient local food systems.
The latest in our series on communities tackling the #costofliving crisis centres on food.
And it's a tasty menu of community-led actions, from #CommunityFridges, social supermarkets, neighbours forming food buying co-ops, groups growing food for anyone to harvest and more.
This is your uplifting read to start the weekend! https://transitiontogether.org.uk/eat-grow-share-communities-building-food-resilience/
#Communityfridges offer free food — from fresh produce to home-cooked meals — along with sanitary products and other health-related supplies to communities in need, no questions asked.
Normally run by volunteers or individuals, the fridges are publicly accessible, and supplies are almost completely sourced from local generosity...
https://mashable.com/article/how-to-get-involved-community-fridge
