painting courtesy of Keith McHenry
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Created in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1980, Food Not Bombs (FNB) is the brainchild of Keith McHenry and seven other activists. FNB is responsible for starting hundreds of autonomous chapters throughout the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia—where food that would otherwise be thrown out is recovered and transformed into hot vegetarian meals that are then served to the homeless and at protests and other events.
With roots in a variety of social causes—including everything green—it's not surprising that McHenry describes the FNB project as essentially "the food wing of a movement that includes anti-authoritarian music, art, unlicensed radio, zines, squatting, needle exchange, bike and hemp liberation, info shops, computer networking, autonomous decentralized non-hierarchical organizing, consensus decision-making, and sharing a philosophy of tolerance, joy, and free expression." To the skeptical, McHenry explains: "People, through their actions, can change the political agenda."
Interested in getting involved? Click here to learn how to start a local FNB chapter. (And don't forget Bikes not Bombs.)
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