RE-OCCUPY MAY DAY 2014

Food Not Bombs has participated in many marches, rallies and other actions short in duration. Occupying public space is one of the most effective nonviolent direct actions we have participated with. This year we can make our occupations an example of the future we know is possible. We can form affinity groups to provide better corrodination and internal support. Visit our page on affinity group to learn more. We can also start with the principle of occupation as theater until we have reclaimed public space.

Food Not Bombs has provided food and logistical support for many occupations over the years. Developig a strategy to re-occupy public space could be the most important action so far. The current uprising is the most impressive to date. We hope you will join us in helping provide food to your local occupation. We have a list of items needed to feed an occupation of 500 people for each week. We also have information below on how to participate in the General Assemblies, form an affinity group and other aspects of the occupations. Please call us at 1-800-884-1136 for more information.



Our knowledge of the details required to safely provide meals for long term occupations started in the summer of 1989 even though we had delivered meals to Reagan Ranch in 1983. That occupation is featured in the video ACROSS FROM CITY HALL which you can view here on our website. We also provided meals at the Reagan Ranch Occupation on the Boston Commons, cooked and shared food for 100 days during the Orange Revolution in the Ukraine, a two month Peace Camp on the West Bank in Palestine, Camp Casey outside the summer home of George Bush in Crawford, Texas and a 600 day occupation for farm workers rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina Square in Sarajevo. We also called for several occupations in the United States which failed to have much impact. You can visit the website we made for the 2008 occupation outside the White House here.





You can watch the video about the 1989 Occupation in San Francisco called Across From City Hall here



PRINT OUT OUR OCCUPATION FLYER

This includes the diagram on how to organize your kitchen to help provide food for the spring occupations.



YOU CAN PROVIDE MEALS AT YOUR OCCUPATION







BREAKFAST

LUNCH AND DINNER

To make it easy to provide so many meals have pasta, rice and/or beans cooking in a huge pot. For pasta tomatoes or tomato sauce is great to add to the vegetable stew. Add some salt, pepper and other spices to the stew as it is cooking. When it is ready your servers can place the pasta, rice and or beans on each plate and add the stew on top. As you gain practice and recover new ingredient you can start to be even more creative so those participating in the occupation don't get board with the food.

To get more information on how to prepare meals for your occupation please review our book Hungry For Peace.









SANITATION

THREE BUCKET DISH WASHING STATION





To learn more about food safety please visit our webpage:



MORE ABOUT FOOD SAFTEY FOR YOUR KITCHEN



SUGGESTED SUPPLIES TO HELP YOU FEED YOUR OCCUPATION OF 500

100 to 300 vegan or vegetarian pizzas per day

30 pounds of coffee

300 to 500 pounds of potatoes

300 to 500 pounds of rice

300 to 500 pounds of oats

300 to 500 pounds of beans

300 to 500 pounds of pasta

300 to 500 pounds of oats

10 to 20 cases of garlic

10 to 20 cases of onions

10 to 20 cases of broccoli

10 to 20 cases of chard

10 to 20 cases of carrots

10 to 20 cases of cabbage

10 to 20 cases of peppers

10 to 20 cases of lettuces

10 to 20 cases of bananas

10 to 20 cases of apples

10 to 20 cases of oranges

10 to 20 cases of tomato paste

25 to 50 pounds of sugar

25 to 50 pounds of creamer

10 to 25 pounds of salt

5 to 10 gallons of cooking oil

1 case of pepper

1 case of coriander

1 case of oregano

1 case of basil

2 to 4 6 foot folding tables

2 iron 30,000 btu propane stoves

3 60 quart cooking pots

10 gallon coffee urn

10 gallon urn for tea

10 plastic buckets

5 gallons of bleach, vinegar, or hydrogen peroxide

10 cooking knives

10 serving spoons

5 cutting boards

5 5 gallon bins to hold cut vegetables

20 sponges

3 5 gallon tanks of propane

5 5 gallon water jugs

3 large fishing coolers

4 to 6 Portable toilets

access to water

MAKING DECISIONS BY CONSENSUS AT THE GENERAL ASSEMBLIES