Rubbish served, so good to eat

29-year-old Rafael Fellmar married, he has a small child, but nonetheless he prefers not to work and feed my family a very peculiar way.

While living in Germany, he prefers to collect food from the dumpsters. Do not rush to judge this family, in fact, are not the only people involved in such a strange thing.

According to reports the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, every year is discarded and spoiled food in the amount of $ 1 trillion. With the help of the Internet environment Germans defenders made popular movement "fudshering" ( "food exchange"). People collect food that has been thrown out by employees of supermarkets, and share with other like-minded people.

Another site, which registered about 8,200 people, prompt information about all the dumpsters Germany, here stated that the sausages can be found in the trash bins in Cologne, and some tea in Chemnitz.

But this 29-year-old is a rare exception. Few people in Germany rummaging through garbage cans in search of food for his family. And that's why.

The unemployed and earn little in Germany have the opportunity to take advantage of the so-called points of distribution khalyavnykh products, Tafel. Tafel - table distribution, in English will be food bank, is a network of organizations that mediate between the shops and the needy population. In Germany, these more than 900, is in almost every city. Anyone can buy food there for a nominal fee (0-2 euros). Really need a special certificate from the social agencies that you are poor. Such certificate may be a labor exchange that you are unemployed. Thus the need to climb on the bins in the above-mentioned citizen completely eliminated.

Unloading rolls and bread. Berlin distribution table.

In general, with bakery products strictly. All that was baked in the morning, but the day is not sold, it is subject to ejection. Bakeries themselves willingly take such products back, dried and milled to the animal feed. Naturally, this bread can be there tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. Therefore, part goes to the distribution tables.

Gazelle came with yogurt. Kvakenburgsky distribution table.

Milk, dairy products and yogurt - one of the most popular products in the distribution tables. Due to the short shelf life, there are occasions when a product goes through a period of 2-3 days. Such a product in stores try not to keep on the shelves too high probability that the deposits of longer shelf life, and then there can be problems. Therefore, these products give for free.

The loading of vegetables from the store. Berlin distribution table.

distribution tables have their pirozhkovozy that are paid either from the municipal budget, either by donations or with a nominal fee for the products (1-2 euros). Workers also do not get anything - they are volunteers, working in their spare time, the karma they clean.

Sort vegetables before delivery. Berlin distribution table.

Again sorting. Often all the work to help our, Russian. Reinickendorf, one of Berlin's districts.

On the issue. Salzungen.

You can see that bananas have been dark spots. Generally, handing see to it that the range was maintained until the last visitor. Tables for work a couple of times a week for two hours a day at most. they distribute almost all of the products, but also offended is left for two hours. All just missing.

On the issue. Bergedorf.

Yes, on the distribution of these there are sausages and stew, and sometimes condensed milk. But that can always be found - is the abundance of our, Russian grandparents. But this is not because they do not have enough money for food from the store. And just because this can save money and get the same products. And saved a trip to see Switzerland.

Preparing vegetables for cooking. Salzungen.

In some tables there is not only the distribution of products, but also the distribution of hot freshly prepared food. But t. To. The organization rests on a voluntary basis, it is rare when there is a kitchen.

Issue soup. Bergedorf.

In general, the distribution of the 900 desks in Germany, only 17% have a kitchen. This distribution table has its own kitchen and cook. At meal nobody complains, cooked with love and delicious. This saving is even more impressive because electricity unemployed state does not pay. So cooking at home - this is in addition to spending on food and more spending on electricity, about 10 rubles per kilowatt-hour.

Vegetables cast in the giveaway. Berlin.

I do not know how to be a Jedi to find the difference between vegetables and those who remained in the store.

Christmas in the table of distribution. Blankenhain.

In fact, the German Nikolaus (Santa Claus) granddaughter there, but for the sake of his granddaughter on the distribution of free products found even a few young dads.

Children's kitchen. Dortmund.

On days when there is no food distribution, food is not idle. Cooking classes for children. Also free.

Courses for exchange of experience. Tauerbiskhofskhaym.

If you can not dial the children like courses, be sure to find her grandmother, ready to share the secrets of his cuisine. For this product they buy is not necessary.