Author Archives: brumfnb
Homelessness in Birmingham
Birmingham has the highest rate of homelessness in the country and the West Midlands the highest rate of any region outside of London. With hostels and housing services struggling to keep up with the demand for shelter and support due … Continue reading
Welfare & Benefits Conference – Tues 10th July
Food not Bombs will be providing a free vegan meal at the Welfare & Benefits Conference in Birmingham on Tuesday 10th July as our way of supporting and showing solidarity with people on benefits who are facing cuts to the … Continue reading
Brum FnB at the Birmingham Social Centre
Birmingham Food not Bombs is now operating out of the Birmingham Social Centre. We start cooking food at 10:00am Sunday at the Social Centre then hand out the food at 13:00 at Holloway Circus roundabout outside the Radison hotel. Food … Continue reading
Food is a right not a privilege – statement of solidarity
Birmingham Food Not Bombs would like to issue a statement of solidarity to all groups and people around the world who have been arrested for sharing food with the hungry. There’s been a worrying trend recently in America of new … Continue reading
Food Waste
Our capitalist society and culture is a shockingly energy intensive and wasteful one. The indirect relationship between producer and consumer (all the extra layers on top of the producer) means most people have no idea how much energy goes into … Continue reading
Why Vegan?
The animal industry is ecologically destructive and highly wasteful whilst consuming the worlds resources and stealing from the worlds poor. During the 1980’s Ethiopian famine more grain was exported from the country for livestock feed than was raised as food … Continue reading
Second Brum FNB event
On Sunday Birmingham Food not Bombs put on its second event, we were distributing free food from 1:00pm onwards in Pigeon Park (St Philips Cathedral). This weeks menu consisted of two different varieties of vegan curry with rice, tea, coffee, … Continue reading
Video – FNB in Victoria Square
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Feeding the 99%
Birmingham Food not Bombs was officially re-launched on Sunday as the group spent several hours in Victoria Square distributing free food. We wanted to show solidarity with the Occupy Birmingham protest camp in Victoria Square so chose that location for … Continue reading
