Chelle King decided to put a community fridge on her property. As a result, she's fed countless people (from the food insecure to those with the munchies) and has drawn the wrath of her neighbors.
This mutual aid series continues to be one of my favorite things I've ever read. I was very eagerly awaiting this piece on community fridges!
I've managed lots of offices over the years and offices create a lot of food waste so I've always been super thankful to have friendly fridges around to bring leftovers to. I've worked with some to pick up large product donations from my current company (we make food products). At the end of the week, I bring all of the leftover office fruit home with me and drop it in a fridge that I pass on the walk to my apartment so that it doesn't go bad in the office over the weekend. When I closed my offices for covid, all of our uneaten back stock of snacks went in a fridge.
These fridges are probably the easiest and most direct way to engage in mutual aid and I love them so much. Even living in Brooklyn, which is generally liberal, I know that some of the fridges have gotten complaints and have had to move. Chelle King is truly doing some great work by fighting to keep her fridge open!
Yeah, unfortunately NIMBYism is an extremely common liberal phenomenon. It's always disappointing when it happens, but I agree, Chelle is laying the groundwork for more and more people to do this. At some point, hopefully, these fridges won't even be questioned, they'll just be part of any good city.
This mutual aid series continues to be one of my favorite things I've ever read. I was very eagerly awaiting this piece on community fridges!
I've managed lots of offices over the years and offices create a lot of food waste so I've always been super thankful to have friendly fridges around to bring leftovers to. I've worked with some to pick up large product donations from my current company (we make food products). At the end of the week, I bring all of the leftover office fruit home with me and drop it in a fridge that I pass on the walk to my apartment so that it doesn't go bad in the office over the weekend. When I closed my offices for covid, all of our uneaten back stock of snacks went in a fridge.
These fridges are probably the easiest and most direct way to engage in mutual aid and I love them so much. Even living in Brooklyn, which is generally liberal, I know that some of the fridges have gotten complaints and have had to move. Chelle King is truly doing some great work by fighting to keep her fridge open!
Yeah, unfortunately NIMBYism is an extremely common liberal phenomenon. It's always disappointing when it happens, but I agree, Chelle is laying the groundwork for more and more people to do this. At some point, hopefully, these fridges won't even be questioned, they'll just be part of any good city.