text: Feeding the 5000 LA | ATOD Magazine: A Taste of Dawn
  After a whirlwind tour of the United States last year, Feeding the 5000 is coming to LA this Spring! Part of the LA Times Food Bowl festival, Feedback joins with some amazing local partners to feed thousands a delicious meal made from top-quality produce that would otherwise have gone to waste.
  May 4 | 11am-4pm
  Thursday, May 4, 2017 – 11am – 4pm
  But there are solutions to help take food waste off the menu, and Feeding the 5000 is coming to LA to make sure everyone knows about them!
  On May 4, Pershing Square will host LA's first Feeding the 5000 festival, a delicious free feast for thousands, made entirely from fresh, top quality produce that would otherwise have gone to waste.
  In addition to the free lunch, there will be a variety of personalities and activities on the day, including top chefs such as Monica May from the Nickel Diner, cooking demonstrations interactive quizzes, stalls featuring a variety of information and personalities from partner organizations, and more. We're encouraging everyone, everywhere to get involved and take food waste off the menu.
  Help make the event happen! Sign up to volunteer here
  At Feeding the 5000 we serve up a delicious communal feast for 5000 people made entirely out of food that would otherwise have been wasted. We have organized over 40 events worldwide and are very excited to take it to LA.
  Want a free meal? All you have to do is show up – the more the merrier!
  DISCO CHOP
  Join us at the Disco Chop at the L.A. Kitchen on May 2nd – a food prep / chopping party where we (safely) combine knives and a DJ! (And possibly even disco balls!)
  Volunteers will head to Alma Backyard Farms, where the formerly incarcerated are empowered and reintegrated through programs in urban farming, food sharing with families in need and horticultural therapy. There they'll glean fruit and vegetables to be part of the Feeding the 5000 feast.
  Help us spread the word! Invite your friends and share the event on Twitter and Facebook.
  Hashtags: #zerowasteLA #foodwaste #offthemenu #f5kUSA
  Hosted by Feedback with support from The Rockefeller Foundation. The meal will be prepared by LA Kitchen using recovered produce sourced by Food Forward, and the event is produced and promoted with the help and collaboration of organizations fighting food waste and hunger across the city including:
  Estimates of global food waste have been as high as 30 or 50 per cent. Although these estimates are based on what has been described as "a weak evidence base" and "inadequate and dated" the evidence shows "there is little doubt that the scale is substantial". The Government Office for Science 2011, Foresight: The Future of Food and Farming.
  SIGN OUR PLEDGE TO REDUCE YOUR FOOD WASTE AND URGE BUSINESSES TO DO THE SAME!
  Food waste uses up to '1.4 billion hectares of land – 28 per cent of the world's agricultural area'. Moreover, "globally, the blue water footprint for the agricultural production of total food waste in 2007 is about 250km3, which is more than 38 times the blue water footprint of USA households. FAO 2013, Food Wastage Footprint: Impacts on Natural Resources