Speaker announcement: The Real Junk Food Project

June 13th, 2015 by Jerome Turner in Research | no comments

therealjunkfoodprojectbrumWe’re really pleased to announce that  will be joining us at our Creative Citizens Fair on 27th June.

The Real Junk Food Project is a concept that started in in 2013. The network is expanding rapidly across the U.K. and worldwide, with projects already started in Manchester, Brighton and Bristol. Birmingham, with a cafe in Small Heath, is the latest addition to the network, a collaborative effort by catering professionals, activists and the food industry to bring about a radical change in our food system. 

The talk will cover the main concepts behind the project: intercepting the estimated 15 million tonnes of food that is wasted in Britain each year; creating healthy, nutritious meals for those in need; and the PAYF (pay-as-you-feel) idea ‘that creates a sense of community, and a relationship between the people who run, use, and volunteer in the cafe, that transcends the money economy.’

More details of the event are on our home page.

There are still a few tickets left for the Fair on June 27th – if you’d like to join us.

 

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