Most large Festivals festivals as we know them today produce a tremendous amounts amount of waste, the most distressing of which is food waste. Edibles are thrown away on a large scale in many aspects areas of festival culture:
the The food the visitors bring is often more than sufficient in amount and a lot is left on the campgrounds.
food Food stalls often have difficulty in bringing and producing the right amounts as their sales are hard to calculate and very dependent dependend on the weather, so most will rather bring too much then too less.
backstage Backstage catering can be a large producer of food waste as a certain abundance is often expected in these areas.
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We as foodsharing try to find solutions to minimize food waste in all these sectors together with the festival host. Solutions can be:
creating Creating “food sharing stations” on the festival grounds where the visitors can bring left over leftover food and people who have not brought enough food can take what they need.
collecting Collecting the food, that’s left behind at the camping areas by volunteers. These The saved food can be given to organizations nearby who that care for the needy or to local foodsharing groups, that will make sure the food is brought to where it is needed
Collecting the excess from food stalls and backstage catering and either distributing it at the above-mentioned sharing stations, or giving it to above-mentioned organizations
In addition to these services we are also interested to sensibilize toin sensibilizing people on for the matter of food waste.
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