Foodsaving is the act of using food to feed humans instead of disposing of it. It can be achieved by

• sharing left-over food with friends, neighbors and strangers
• establishing cooperations with supermarkets, restaurants etc
• dumpster diving at supermarket bins

Foodsaving usually doesn't involve paying for food, but rather collecting food that nobody is buying.

Why foodsaving?

The production of food for humans uses scarce resources like drinkable water and fossil fuel. Therefore, food is valuable and should be used as efficiently as possible. Unfortunately, research has shown that about one third of all produced food is not used to feed humans, but rather goes into waste. The reasons for this are manifold, e.g. laziness, high costs, lack of knowledge and low awareness.

The foodsaving and -sharing movement raises awareness of food waste and takes measures to reduce it.