Fight Waste with Taste, Free Lunch for 5000, Trafalgar Square, London, December 16

Don't get mad, get cooking, could be the slogan of Feeding the 5000 which decided to bring attention to the insane amount of food wasted in the UK and other countries.

Rather than plan a march and shout angry slogans, they decided to prove their argument by inviting 5000 people for a Free Lunch in Trafalgar Square on Wednesday, December 16, 2009 from 12:00 Noon to 2:00 PM.

No need for me to rewrite how they will make it all happen as they put it very clearly:

"In the days and weeks before 16th December Feeding the 5000 will receive tonnes of generously donated fresh produce from farms, packers and markets – from the tonnes of produce that are ‘outgraded’ for being cosmetically imperfect and which would have been wasted though they are still good to eat.

The produce will be delivered to the food depot of our main partner, FareShare. From there it will be taken to the commercial kitchens which have been kindly given over to us for the event. Here it will be prepared into soup and other food for the day by an army of volunteers trained in food handling and preparation.

The food will be delivered by FareShare to Trafalgar Square on the 16th December and prepared in time for the free lunch, starting at 12 noon. Meanwhile, smoothies from fresh surplus fruit will be made by a team of bicycle-powered smoothie makers and handed out to passers-by.

Leading chefs, including Thomasina Miers, will perform live cooking demonstrations and there will be speakers from the food and farming industries as well as civic and spiritual leaders, including the Bishop of London."

Short version is 'Feed Bellies not Garbage Bins'

Having lunch with 4,999 other people and Nelson makes for a special day.

What we are trying to do with our Menu for Hope 6 fundraiser, only on a larger scale.