The other day I contacted The Real Junk Food Project in Leeds to ask if I could interview them. They were happy to speak to me, so I visited the cafe yesterday. I thought what they do is fantastic and impressed with how well the are doing. They have over 100 other cafe's across the UK and one of the guys I spoke to is heading out to the US to set one up out there. Feeding the hungry and using up food waste is their main concern, not how the place looked. They don't judge people or turn them away. Customers can how in any way they can, whether that's with what money they have or just by helping wash up their dishes. It makes me happy to know that's there's such kind people out there.
It will be a great help towards my dissertation and they told me of some other contacts I could get in touch with. It was interesting to hear what they had to say and what they do compared to
my interview with Love Food, Hate Waste.
I mentioned my practical idea and asked if he had any suggestions. He said what would be great is if they had some kind of imagery that would help communicate what food they are serving, as they have a lot of customers that can't speak English. One of the guys I spoke to goes in to schools to teach children about food waste. Could this be an area to look at?
He recommended I speak to the teacher there.
I did a couple of quick sketches in my visual journal:
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