Food (Dewey Square)
This is the page for the Food Working Group at Occupy Boston.
About the Food Working Group and Food Tent
The Food Working Group runs the Food Tent at Occupy Boston. We are the primary source for collecting, preparing, and serving food and drink to the protestors and guests at Occupy Boston. We serve free food and drink every day and can take-away groceries as our capacity allows. We usually close the tent down in the late hours of the night (around midnight or 1am) until the early morning, but drinks are available 24/7.
Want to join or volunteer with the Food Working Group?
The Food Working Group is open to all.
Help is needed both offsite and at the Food Tent itself. One of the best things you can do, is cook meals on your own and bring them to Occupy Boston's food tent.
If you'd like to help at the Food Tent, come stop by the Food Tent, introduce yourself, and ask to speak with a Food Tent volunteer who understands our ways of doing things there. They'll give you a quick training on our procedures (greeting donors, wearing gloves, serving guests ourselves, asking guests to use hand sanitizer, how much food to offer people, our washing system, tent organization of supplies, etc) and they you can start helping right away.
The food tent constantly needs volunteers to do the following:
- serve food.
- wash dishes.
- organize our supplies.
- keep the general food tent area clean.
Volunteering with the Food Working Group is a great way to meet people at Occupy Boston. Just about EVERYONE stops by the food tent for a bite to eat or something to drink!
Food Working Group Meetings
The Food Working Group meets Mondays from 6pm-7pm in the Greenway Park between Congress Street and Pearl Street. In case of rain, we meet in the upstairs eating area of South Station.
Want to Donate? - Our Needs... - updated 11/4/11
Please bring all donations to the Food Tent at Dewey Square.
Our resources are quite limited on-site, so we strongly urge those interested in donating food to donate prepared foods and Drinks. However, certain Ingredients are always helpful as well.
Prepared Foods which are ready to eat are the best thing you can donate! Here are some good ideas:
- Prepared and pre-wrapped sandwiches
- Premade vegetarian dishes (for example, chilli, pasta, dahl, beans and rice, and so on)
- Salads
- One-pot dishes
- Beans
- Soups
- Warm meats
- Cooked rice
- Cooked pasta
- Cold cuts
- Cold fruits
- Cooked vegetables
- Baked goods
- Cream cheese, hummus, peanut butter, jelly
- * - Please list the ingredients in dishes when possible and avoid common allergens (eggs, nuts, dairy, wheat etc.)!
Drink Requests
- Bottled Water (in high demand!)
- Hot Coffee
- Coffee Grounds (pre-ground coffee only please)
- Juice
Ingredients which will be used by volunteers to cook hot meals:
- Produce (greens, carrots, broccoli, etc.)
- Potatoes
- Canned beans
- Canned tomatoes
- Brown rice
- Lentils
- Hard cheese (cheddar, muenster, etc.)
- Soy sauce, tamari
- Oil (canola, olive)
Material Requests
- Serving utensils
- Napkins
- Reusable bowls, cups, mugs and containers
- Trash Bags
Contact Us
Email us with any questions at occupyboston.food@gmail.com
We can answer any questions you have about donating food, volunteering, interviews regarding Food at Occupy Boston, advice for other Occupations, etc.