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Hobart Food Not Bombs has been running successfully for over a year now! Every Tuesday afternoon at 5.30pm you can find yummy warm (vegan) food for free at Franklin Square. If you haven't visited Food Not Bombs in Hobart yet, come along and partake in a real alternative to the capitalist system that keeps so many people hungry around the world, but somehow manages to find plenty of money for bombs. From April 1st Food Not Bombs will be joined by the Really Really Free Market (RRFM) - a small market where EVERYTHING IS FREE (and no, it's not an April fools joke!). RRFM will join Food Not Bombs on the first Tuesday of every month, so come along some time, have a rummage, get something for free, or even bring something nice (no junk thanks) to give away.
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Food Not Bombs is an all volunteer global movement that shares free vegetarian meals in protest to war and poverty. Each chapter collects surplus food that would otherwise go to waste from grocery stores, bakeries and markets, sometimes incorporating dumpster diving, then prepares it into community meals which are served for free to anyone who is hungry. The central beliefs of the group are:
* If governments and corporations around the world spent as much time and energy on feeding people as they do on war, no one would go hungry.
* There is enough food in the world to feed everyone, but so much of it goes to waste needlessly, as a direct result of capitalism and militarism.
* Vegan food is both healthy and nonviolent.
Food Not Bombs works to call attention to poverty and homelessness in society by sharing food in public places and facilitating gatherings of poor, homeless and other disenfranchised people. CHECK OUT http://www.foodnotbombs.com for more info.
The Really, Really Free Market (RRFM) movement is a non-hierarchical collective of individuals who form a temporary market based on an alternative gift economy. The RRFM movement aims to counteract capitalism in a non-reactionary way. It holds as a major goal to build a community based on sharing resources, caring for one another and improving the collective lives of all. Markets often vary in character, but they generally offer both goods and services. Participants bring unneeded items, food, skills and talents such as entertainment or haircuts. A RRFM may take place in an open community space such as a public park or community commons.