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Open-access #CommunityFridges in Berlin were a social innovation to improve inclusion: they don't require personal connections nor the use of an online service, so they reduce gatekeeping in #FoodSharing (Oona Morrow 2019).
In the USA, some cases reproduced the power imbalances of traditional #FoodAid and displayed white saviorism (Anna Arons 2022).
In Chicago they partnered with Black and Brown people-run orgs (Saria Lofton 2021).
Links to refs: https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Community_fridge&oldid=1267267926#cite_note-47
@nemobis Everyone should be able to afford a fridge and food. A state must ensure this. Such “community solutions” are just an expression of a state not fulfilling its responsibility.
Not to forget “community capitalism”!
@tunda #MutualAid is one piece of the puzzle, not the entire solution. So is the state. Please read the mentioned references to see how the community fridges addressed some of the issues with centralised aid.
@nemobis Is it mapped in OpenStreetMap? It may!
There is a tag "amenity=fridge" I see, it's a proposal.
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dfridge
"access=yes" could be added to signify it's a community fridge.
Edit: there is a much appropried tag: "amenity=food_sharing"!
https://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Tag:amenity%3Dfood_sharing
Already 425 in OpenStreetMap, see just below:
https://overpass-turbo.eu/s/1WBr
@CapitaineMoustache Excellent! I've now added the one community fridge I know about in #Helsinki (I've visited a couple times and always recommend it for random acts of food sharing), so #Finland is no longer at zero on the map. :) https://www.openstreetmap.org/node/12473669811#map=19/60.188401/24.945931
