The Real Junk Food Project cafés rescue food waste from supermarkets or restaurants, and turn them into meals. The dishes are safe to eat, but the cafés are not allowed to sell them directly. They operate on a pay-as-you-feel basis instead: you can eat for free, but are also welcome to give a donation of however much you can afford.
Naturally they feed people who have barely eaten for days, but that’s not the whole picture.
It’s all about showing people how ridiculous it is to throw away perfectly good food just because of a date on the package. The movements are picking up proper steam, and everyone is eating garbage now: picture people in suits and a Danish prince.
I talked to one of the project’s directors, and wrote a piece for Yakuzuzu Magazine. Read the whole article: Ready to Binner-Party