If you are in London on Friday November 18 why not head Trafalgar Square and partake in ‘Feeding the 5000′ between 2 noon to 2pm.

The Free Lunch for 5000 is part of a major campaign against food waste run by campaigner Tristram Stuart and charity partners.

All the food being made is derived entirely from ingredients that would otherwise have been wasted, such as fresh but cosmetically imperfect fruit and vegetables.

Feeding the 5000 aims to highlight how easy it is to reduce the unimaginable levels of food waste in the UK and internationally, and how governments, businesses and individuals can help. The event is run by the Feeding the 5000 team, in partnership with FareShare, FoodCycle, Love Food Hate Waste, Friends of the Earth and is supported by the Mayor of London.

In just two hours, charities, volunteers, and the Mayor of London Boris Johnson, will serve a free lunch to 5000 members of the public. The menu will include curry made from ‘mis-shapen’ and wonky vegetables, and a range of cooked dishes prepared live by well known chefs, including Thomasina Miers, Valentine Warner and Arthur Potts Dawson (a previous Daisy ‘Green God’).

The public will be invited to take part in the ‘surplus apple’ pressing and to drink the free juice – with the chance to feed the apple remnants to live pigs in Trafalgar Square, as well as helping to sort through wonky vegetables for delivery to charities. Speakers at the event include the Bishop of London and Rosie Boycott, Chair of London Food.

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