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Ever wondered what happens to the food in the supermarket once it reaches its sell-by date? Artist and food blogger Debra Solomon had the same enquiry so she found a way to put this food, which would otherwise be wasted, to good use.
The Lucky Mi Fortune Cooking project is a mobile truck that collects food products that have reached their sell-by date from supermarkets and vegetable markets.
Working with food entrepreneurs, cooking studios and hotel school students, Solomon then develops a recipe for a signature snack using these food sources that are already in the neighbourhood.
Not only is the Lucky Mi Fortune Cooking project a way to reduce food waste, it is also a way to promote the micro-economies around local food and engage the community in issues around food.
The project was started in Rotterdam’s Afrikaanderbuurt in the Netherlands and has been replicated in other locations around the world.
