“Feeding the 5000”: Free Food, DJs, Grocery Giveaways & Talks | Oakland

Submitted by the Event Organizer

Solve food waste, hunger, and climate change while enjoying a delicious free meal, chef demonstrations, music, and activities for all ages at the first Feeding the 5000 in the U.S., a kind of “Woodstock of Food Waste,“ happening in downtown Oakland from noon to 5 pm on Saturday, October 18, 2014.

Free, but an RSVP is required

EndFoodWaste.org hosts this 100% free food waste awareness festival that includes:

• A meal for 5,000 people prepared using quality fresh food that would have otherwise been waste before it hit the stores including “ugly,” but tasty fruit and vegetables that did not meet supermarkets’ strict cosmetic standards
• Grocery giveaways of hundreds of pounds of good tasty produce
• Keynote speeches:
  • Tristram Stuart of Feeding5k.org
  • Dana Gunders of the Natural Resources Defense Council
  • Jonathan Bloom of WastedFood.com
  • Robert Egger, Founder of DC Central Kitchen and now LA Kitchen
• A special presentation and tent/booth experience from Rob Greenfield of Food Waste Fiasco fame, among his many other environmental endeavors
• Presentations by Dana Frasz of Food Shift, People’s Grocery, and St. Vincent de Paul of Alameda County
• Chef demonstrations on how to combat food waste in your kitchen; getting creative with leftovers
• A panel discussion from top food waste experts from around the world
• Activities for every age to educate you and get you more acquainted with how to fight food waste and have a fun tasty time doing it
• Music from DJ FACT.50

Why end food waste? We humans waste over 40% of our food while 80% of freshwater use and 33% of man made emissions are due to our food system. And at the same time we waste, 1 in 6 in the U.S. (1 in 5 in Alameda County) are food insecure or do not know where their next meal is coming from at some point during the year. Feeding the 5000 provides tasty solutions to this massive global food waste and hunger problem.

Disclaimer: Please double check event information with the event organizer as events can be canceled, details can change after they are added to our calendar, and errors do occur.