World Disco Soup Day

From the Sustainable Food Center and Slow Food Austin –

Join us for a delicious (and nutritious) FREE LUNCH at World Disco Soup Day 2017 – the largest food waste awareness event on the planet – in Austin on April 29, 2017!

With the help of the Sustainable Food Center, Slow Food Austin is hosting the first ever Disco Soup in Texas on April 29th from 10:30am – 1pm at theSFC Farmers’ Market Downtown (Republic Square Park, 422 Guadalupe St, Austin, TX 78701).

Started by the Slow Food Youth Network, Disco Soup is an event where perfectly edible food on its way to the landfill is rescued, chopped up, and transformed into free meals to hand out to the public. Join us for great food, farmers’ market shopping, and live music by Batty jr. and a currated funky playlist by musician and producer Marshall Lowry! Learn what you can do to eliminate food waste and benefit your local food system in Austin – sign up to volunteer here: https://goo.gl/forms/ZUBjvaONHjGkzMys1

Thanks to the wonderful generosity of TOGOCO: Compostable ToGo Products, we will have compostable silverware and dishes for our Disco Soup feast and festivities! TOGOCO supplies Austin with plant-based, renewable resourced, certified compostable, food-service products. Checkout TOGOCO’s work and great line of products here:http://togoco.net/
Feel free to bring your own plates and dishes as well – we hope to make this event as zero waste as possible!

While parts of the world population suffer from hunger, one third of the food intended for human consumption is being thrown away every year. 1.3 billion of tons of food is being fed to bins. At the same time, according to FAO, we only produce enough food to supply the world’s growing population until 2050. On April 29th we call for attention and action to stop global food waste, by organizing one of the most well known projects of the Slow Food Youth Network: Disco Soup. Join us at Austin’s Disco Soup to enjoy a great meal and learn how we can stop food waste together! Everyone is welcome!