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We will be serving at the bay area anarchist book fair, March 14th and 15th, in Golden Gate Park! If you are interested in helping with these special servings, please email sffnbvolunteers [at] riseup [dot] net.
If you’re visiting from out of town and would like to join SF FNB other times this week, feel free to meet us at the serving location + jump in or email folks listed on the Servings page.
We’ll have several items available for donations, to help us build more bike carts & purchase cooking oil (one of the few things we can’t get for free). SF FNB t-shirts we’re asking $12-$15, patches & stickers $0.50-$1. ALL money after the cost of supplies goes to FNB. Get them at the fair or email sffnbvolunteers at riseup dot net and we can arrange something!
Hello new faces 🙂
Hooray for the new Turkey Fryer!
Heats 15 gallons pot of water in 35 min
Costs ~$15 to refill propane tank @ Action Rental (Orange Building) 11th and Folsom
Safety Tips:
- Keep fryer in full view while burner is on.
- Be aware of stability – may easily tip over
- Place fryer in an open area away from all walls, fences, or other structures including children and animals
- Never use in, on, or under any structure that can catch fire.
- Raise and lower food slowly to reduce splatter and avoid burns.
- Cover bare skin when adding or removing food
- Immediately turn gas off if fire occurs
- Top oil residue can be flammable – take precautions
- Never use water to extinguish a grease fire
For those interested in purchasing cookware:Â save up to 50% @ instawares.com
Rainbow Grocery:
– Days that people picked up were talked about
-We agreed to keep the status quo Ask staff if they have any concerns, ideas
Alternative food sources:
-Farmer’s Markets (late afternoon) are usually generous about donating food
-Produce Alley (Jerrold Ave @ Bay Shore Blvd near Cesar Chavez)
Someone shared — 5-digit SKU identifier starting with numeric:
9 = organic
8 = genetically modified
4 = conventionally grown
Outreach:
-A specialized letter soliciting food/utensils, etc. should be readily accessible – refer to FNB book
-fliering/stickers – Zach and Robert?
-$25 for 250 stickers from stickerguy.com; $10 printing fliers
Bikecart update:
-Bike cart confiscated, Cops claiming to know nothing about the bikecarts’ whereabouts
-We’ll have a new bikecart in 2-weeks
-Ray has offered his services/space to weld the current cart (and mentioned we could build future carts if we paid for welding supplies)
Celebrate the 30th Year Anniversary of FNB @ Soupstock 4/19:
-FNB Sponsor
-Convergence 4/18 discussing food justice, workshops, enigma of plastic spoons, community gardens, local + csa boxes, etc. Location TBA
-Diamond Dave said La Plebe has expressed interest in performing
-Upcoming bi-weekly committee meetings
Special opportunity to hear a presentation from FNB Cofounder Keith McHenry discussing effective community organizing. Contact Taos FNB Collective to schedule this valuable presentation. Phone is 575-776-3880. You can also email Nyna at nyna@foodnotbombs.net
Starting FNB:
-Potential new alternate Sunday location TBA
Really Really Free Market:
-This Sat 1/31 @ El Balazo/Sub Mission
2187 Mission St 1-5pm
-Kitchen @ Zach’s place 10am
Russia FNB:
Thank you Daria for sharing your experiences in Russia!
(Read Daria’s article on SF FNB homepage)
-Tension still exists since St. Petersburg killing 2005
-Help support Russia by posting on their forum @ foodnotbombs.ru
Sunday, January 25th
Station 40 (3030b 16th st, SF, CA)
5PM.
We’ll start the evening off with dinner, have our meeting and a banner making party! Please bring vegan dishes to share and art supplies.
Some of what we will probably talk about:
- checkins and news
- soupstock
- turkey fryer + “safety training”
- presentation about FNB in Russia
- finding a new cook house for saturday
- upcoming events.
the agenda is open so bring your ideas and concerns, add to the discussion. we may even have a fnb movie to play & screen-printing!
if you’re bottom-lining a day or would like to start one, bring some bags & containers to carry stuff — we’ve amassed rice, beans, cups and utensils galore!
Download the flyer or use the E-Card to get the word out!
thanks to maggie for the flyer & art! invite your friends with the card below.
Sunday December 14th, 2008
Station 40 (3030b 16th St @ Mission, SF, CA)
4:00PM – 8:00PM
FREE and open to everyone who’s interested in FNB!
Come for the dessert …. stay for the meeting!
Join your fellow food not bombs organizers and friends for a night of fun and dessert. Whether you’re an old time volunteer or someone new, this is a great opportunity to learn more about what we do, meet your fellow activists, plan for the coming year and help our movement grow.
There will be dessert, an informal meeting, and fun activities (screen printing, a movie?). We encourage you to bring vegan treats to share potluck style, we will make some homemade soy ice cream!
If you have questions or ideas we’d love to hear them! you are welcome to RSVP, we’d love to have an idea of how many people are coming. you can do this on the FNB facebook page or by emailing us at sffnbvolunteers (a) riseup d0t net
Some ideas on what to bring (recovering/dumpstering/creative reuse are always encouraged):
- dumpstered goodies!
- cookies, cupcakes or brownies
- cakes and pies
- fruit
- gluten and/or sugar free confections
- soy ice cream
- donuts and pastry
- candies, chocolate and miscellaneous treats!
activities (other ideas welcome!):
- screen printing — bring a shirt, fabric or something to screen on! we’ll have the FNB logo and possibly other fun designs!
- movie? — if you’ve got ideas let us know.
informal meeting
- check-ins with various servings
- finding a new cook house for saturday
- reviving the soupstock music festival for spring (see pictures of sleater-kinney/fugazi in soupstock 00!)
- food not bombs and disaster response (what should we do in an earthquake?)
- should we do some skillshares / workshops? (home canning, vegan dessert making, how to start a FNB chapter, etc?)
- ideas for events to serve at (last year we did the anarchist book fair, transmarch, protests, RRFM and others)
- proposal: FNB should buy a turkey fryer (aka high powered gas burner) ~$50 / and a larger, reusable propane tank ($20-$60) for outdoor/mobile events
- add your agenda items!
At this very moment crews are disassembling and hauling away the Victory Garden that has stood in front of San Francisco City Hall for several months. Though private funds initially paid for the projects construction (some estimates put the cost at $180,000), we ask how the mayor and city could allow this expensive, temporary gesture without providing a concrete plan to address real food security needs of nearby low-income communities.
As the mayor has begun to talk up plans to “green” civic center with solar panels, wind turbines and living roofs we question how these benefits will serve existing low-income neighborhood, and worry that instead they will be a vehicle for gentrification and displacement. We challenge the mayor to embrace a notion of sustainability beyond ‘green’ consumption and fixtures by building this city to support our environment and the people who live and work here. We say let’s bring an end to the greenwashing (see bus stop with living roof) and put in place meaningful and low cost steps that can benefit the adjacent communities.
Instead of a pricey show garden dedicate open space in civic center to permanent, public gardens. Relax zoning and regulations to allow easier creation of personal gardens. Provide incentives or encourage landlords to allow tenants to utilize empty space in apartment back yards, empty lots, on structurally sound roofs. Keep rent low for the Heart of the City Farmers Market.
Sick of Soup? Bored of bagels?
Today, Wednesday, November 5th, Food Not Bombs
will be hosting a special event, Deep Fried Not Bombs.
Join us to nurse your post-election hangover
or just to say fuck the system and US wars.
Bring (vegetarian) food you’d like to batter, fry and share , a cold beer*,
and enjoy the icy San Francisco evening with piping hot food from the fryer.
Some Suggestions: Onions, Zucchini, Mushrooms,
Broccoli & Cauliflower, Tofu, eggplant, Peppers, potatoes,
samosas, dumplings, ravioli, curry puffs, fake meat, etc
We will provide canola oil, vegan batter, the stove
and some veggies to start things off!
Wed Nov 5, Serving starts at ~ 5:20 PM
UN Plaza (1150 Market St) near the fountain/UN Flag
Free and Open to all who are hungry!
Optional RSVP on Myspace & Facebook
(if it’s raining we will likely postpone to a later date)
*beer suggestion for effect. food not bombs does not necessarily
endorse, encourage or recommend drinking in public.
It was an amazingly beautiful day at Dolores Park this past Saturday with a turnout of hundreds to celebrate the life and work of Kirsten Brydum at SF’s largest ever Really Really FREE Market! Food Not Bombs came out to serve grilled vegetable kabobs with Teriyaki sauce, apple crisp pies, a giant vegetable bean and rice soup, and bread and cookies! Remaining food was given away in freebie grocery fashion as the serving table was overflowing with other goodies people had brought out to gift!
Thank you to everyone who helped us make this happen (FNB volunteers, folks from the Heart of the City Farmers Market, Rainbow, etc). It was an amazing and unforgettable day in Dolores Park!
Please join SF Food Not Bombs this Saturday, October 26th
at the Really Really Free Market in Dolores Park.
We hope to be cooking outside and will be
there from 12-6pm, until the food runs out!
The Anti-War Committee is organizing a national day of action, October 13th, in support of RNC arrestees. They are encouraging calls to St Paul officials to demand that all charges are dropped. Eight St Paul activists now face the ambiguous felony charge of “conspiracy to riot.” Those being prosecuted include independent media and Minneapolis/St Paul Food Not Bombs volunteers.
FoodNotBombs.net is coordinating an action called Cooks Not Terrorists on October 26th, the anniversary of the PATRIOT Act to protest raids, infiltration and harassment of the Food Not Bombs movement in Minneapolis/St Paul and beyond.
Please read below for more details.
Friends and loved ones of will be gathering October 9th in memory of local activist and organizer Kirsten Brydum. The format will be very informal and people will be cooking a little extra at Thursday Food Not Bombs to bring to the memorial. Everyone is welcome to come out and help!
Kirsten Brydum’s Memorial
October 9, Thursday
Art SF – 110 capp st. @ 16th st.,
7-on: sharing space, adding to the altars
8p – on: sharing stories, memories, thoughts, music
in typical Kirsten fashion:
everyone is welcome and appreciated
bring whatever gifts you want to contribute
everything will be done giftluck / potluck style
feel free to bring:
-items to add to the altars
-stories to tell about Kirsten
-instruments to add music to the mix
-food and/or drinks to share with others
-a bowl, cup, and utensils to partake of other’s gifts
-pictures of Kirsten (a projector is likely available too)
-anything else that feels important to share in this time
if out of town feel free to send anything that you want shared to
firebrandart [at] yahoo.com
San Francisco Food Not Bombs 
