US & Canada
Al Jazeera: Tackling US food insecurity while catalysing marginalised voters
BendSource: ‘Take What You Need, Give What You Can’
Billings Gazette: Four community fridges to be installed in Billings to address food insecurity
Boston Globe: To combat hunger, neighbors are stocking community fridges on Boston’s streets
CBS News: Communities stock fridges full of free food to help the 54 million Americans facing food insecurity
Christian Science Monitor: Neighbors feeding neighbors: Community fridges strengthen ties
Consumer Reports: How Community Fridges—’Freedges’—Help Feed America
Daily Bulletin: Community refrigerators in Southern California are a source of aid, activism and sometimes anxiety
Dwell Magazine: How Will the Coronavirus Pandemic Change the Way We Eat?
Eastsider LA: East Hollywood street fridge provides cool storage for free food
Eater: Give Some, Take Some: How the Community Fridge Fights Food Insecurity
Food and Wine Game Changers: Fridges for All
Food Network: What Is a Community Fridge and Is It Safe?
Fox News: Free-Food Fridge Movement Helping Struggling Communities | NewsNOW from FOX
FreeThink: “Community Fridges” Are Helping Fight Food Insecurity
Global Citizen: Colorful Community Fridges Are Tackling Food Insecurity in Cities Across the US
Good Men Project: How Plant-Based Community Fridges Are Providing Access to Free Food
Great Lakes Echo (Feb 1, 2022): Community fridges: Radical solutions to food insecurity, waste and cultural stigmas
Grist: Community fridges don’t just fight hunger. They’re also a climate solution.
IECN: Inland Empire Community Fridge opens first refrigerator in Colton
LAist: Officials Are Not Chill About The Community Fridges Popping Up Around LA
LifeHacker: Start a ‘Friendly Fridge’ to Feed Your Neighbors
Mashable: Everything you should know about community fridges, from volunteering to starting your own
Modern Farmer: Got Leftovers? Community Fridges Can Fight Hunger and Food Waste
New York Times: See That Fridge on the Sidewalk? It’s Full of Free Food
NBC News (Nov 23, 2021): Freedges, or ‘free fridges’ continue to expand nationwide
NewsNation (March 8, 2022): Community fridges: A cool idea boosted by COVID crisis
NPR: Freedge Movement: Grassroots Efforts Fight Food Insecurity With Free Refrigerators
Progressive: Community Fridge Program Gets Frozen Out of Las Vegas
ShelterForce: Community Fridges Provide Vital and Visible Relief in the War on Hunger
Spectrum News: LA Community Fridges Spreading, Providing Food to People in Need
Today: What are community fridges? Inside the effort to reduce hunger amid COVID-19
TreeHugger: Community Fridges Are a Grassroots Response to Food Insecurity
Vox: Community fridges are lifelines for the neighborhoods they serve
Washington Post: Tired of waiting on the government, hungry Americans turn to one another for help
Washington Post (2021): 20 million Americans still don’t have enough to eat. A grass-roots movement of free fridges aims to help.
WHYY: Free, healthy food and some gourmet treats in Wilmington’s community fridges
US & Canada, Pre-2020
Land & Laddle: Meet Ernst Bertone of The Freedge, A Community Food-Sharing and Food Waste Prevention Solution in Davis and Beyond
TreeHugger: What Is a Community Fridge? Think Little Free Pantry With Electricity
The Sheaf : Food for thought: An activist’s journey to sustainable food sourcing in Saskatoon
Global News: (N)Ice box set up in Saskatoon
Washingtonian: This Outdoor Refrigerator in Petworth Might Reduce Food Waste
Borderstan: Newly Built ‘Freedge’ in Petworth Dispenses Gratis Grub to All
PoPville: Behold the Free”dge”
The Huffington Post: Spanish Town Installs Communal Fridge To Fight Food Waste
eecosphere: Stop Wasting Food, Start a Community Fridge
TakePart: Community Fridges: The Little Free Library of the Food World
KCET: A Communal Fridge Should Not Be Shut Down
Sacramento Bee: UC Davis students: My fridge is your fridge – until the health department shows up
Davis Vanguard :
Food Waste and Greenhouse Gases
Food sharing article gains traction
CBS 13 Sacramento:
Unlawful Fridge? Yolo County Shuts Down Communal Refrigerator In Davis Yard
Free Community Fridge Idea Taking Hold In Davis
Capital Public Radio: County Officials Condemn Public Fridge
Brasil
G1 – Campinas e Região: Casal instala geladeira comunitária em avenida de Valinhos e ação viraliza na web
CBN Campinas: Por solidariedade, casal disponibiliza geladeira comunitária para pessoas carentes em Valinhos
Correio Popular: Solidariedade cria geladeira para todos em Valinhos
O Imparcial: Água nos trilhos – geladeira para todos
SBT Noticidade Junho 2021 (Youtube)
Portal Morada: Fundador da “Geladeira Comunitário” fala sobre fim do projeto
ACidadeON:
Voluntários querem criar floresta comestível em Araraquara
Geladeira comunitária é retirada temporariamente após briga entre moradores de rua
Geladeira comunitária reduz desperdício e ajuda o próximo em Araraquara
Geladeira comunitária completa 1 ano atendendo pessoas carentes de toda Araraquara
Araraquara ganha geladeira comunitária para atender pessoas com câncer
Geladeira Comunitária deixa de funcionar após quase dois anos
G1 – São Carlos e Araraquara:
Amigos criam geladeira comunitária para reduzir desperdício de alimentos
Geladeira comunitária para pacientes com câncer é inaugurada em Araraquara