No Freegan Boxes 28th April

Hi everyone, Due to preparations for the upcoming elections, some of Ladywood Health and Community Centre will be out of use for us for a few days - including the hall we use for Freegan Boxes. We looked into alternative spaces, but there were just too many logistical issues to overcome in time, so we have … Continue reading *No Freegan Boxes 28th April*

Easter Closures

How does the Easter Bunny lose the weight it put on over Christmas? - Eggsercise! Just to let you all know that the TRJFP Brum Volunteers will be taking a well-earned rest over the Bank Holiday period. Ladywood Café will be closed on Friday 14th April (Good Friday), and Kings Heath Café will be closed on … Continue reading Easter Closures

Cancelling your Freegan Box

Hello, us again! Two blog posts in two days. Aren't you lucky! Just wanted to let everyone know of the new procedure for cancelling your Freegan Box. If you need to cancel your Freegan Box for any reason, be that temporarily or permanently, please either: email cancelmyfreeganbox@gmail.com or text 0782 157 23 20 Giving us … Continue reading Cancelling your Freegan Box

Freegan Boxes

*****URGENT NOTICE***** Please be aware, that due to currently overwhelming demand, we are placing new requests for Freegan Box deliveries onto a waiting list. Collection requests will still be processed as normal. We're really sorry to have to do this, but we've become a victim of our own success!! When we started this, we had … Continue reading Freegan Boxes

Fridays with TRJFP Brum

Friday’s one of our busiest days here at The Real Junk Food Project Brum. Not only do we have our regular Friday café at Ladywood Health and Community Centre, we also intercept the majority of our fresh fruit and vegetables from the wholesale market and run our ‘Freegan Box’ scheme. Me and my fellow barrow … Continue reading Fridays with TRJFP Brum

The EU Food Challenge- Let’s food together!

I love food. A lot. I'll be honest, it's was my intial reason for getting involved with the Real Junk Food Project, I hate to see it thrown away, because I want to EAT it! Another great love of mine is travel. I'm lucky enough to have visited some beautiful places around the world, met … Continue reading The EU Food Challenge- Let’s food together!

The Real Junk Food Project Birmingham- A Blog

A big thankyou to all you patient people who have subscribed and waited for The Real Junk Food Project blog! We hope to unpack for you the bizarro world of food waste as well as give a window into one of Birmingham's most eclectic volunteering experiences, with a whole host of blog contributors as well … Continue reading The Real Junk Food Project Birmingham- A Blog

Where were we last weekend?

What were the Real Junk Food Project Brum team doing last saturday? We were catering for the final 2015 SOUNDkitchen SONIC picnic of course! The SONICpicnic is one of Birmingham's only dedicated showcases for experimental electronic music, and for their last event of the year they decided to book us, one of Birmingham's only dedicated … Continue reading Where were we last weekend?

A Grand Day Out Gleaning

This week TRJFP Brum went on an adventure to the countryside! Joining forces with Feedback, we provided a delicious lunch for all of the lovely volunteers, as well as pitching in with the gleaning ourselves. What is gleaning, I hear you ask? Gleaning is the age-old practice of harvesting leftover crops. The UK Gleaning Network … Continue reading A Grand Day Out Gleaning

So spaghetti doesn’t grow on trees and pasta isn’t made from meat?!

One of the best April fools jokes ever was played by the BBC when they reported on the growing of “spaghetti bushes”, showing bushes covered in spaghetti that was said to be drying in the sun after harvesting. Considering this was 1957, people could be forgiven for being taken in by this. However, it seems … Continue reading So spaghetti doesn’t grow on trees and pasta isn’t made from meat?!