To help fight food insecurity, a community fridge opens in Anchorage’s Mountain View neighborhood

Anchorage’s first community fridge is located in the patio of Umoja CoWorking in the Mountain View neighborhood, photographed on Saturday.

Anchorage’s first community fridge officially opened to the public Saturday. It is located on the Umoja CoWorking patio at 4119 Mountain View Drive and is open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. every day. A 6-by-8-foot weatherproof structure houses two small coolers — donated by the Dimond Boulevard Fred Meyer — and three wire shelving units.

Social worker and Anchorage resident Ziona Brownlow is organizing the community fridge project through her mutual aid cooperative,opted for the Mountain View neighborhood because of community connections and interest in the project. “She’s been doing this since she was little,” Inman said of Brownlow’s activism. “This is just the beginning. That’s a woman on a mission.”Food insecurity on the rise

The community fridge concept differs from the food pantries already serving Anchorage because of the grassroots, volunteer-led nature of the projects that spring up neighborhood by neighborhood, supporters say.Food pantry requirements vary from partner to partner, said Cara Durr, chief of advocacy and public policy at the Food Bank of Alaska.

Good things to share - granola bars, fruit that doesn’t need to be cut up, cheese and cracker packets - anything people can eat on the spot. At least it’s what I saw people taking. And maybe bottles of water. Someone asked if I had any.

I went there for the first time today. It’s at 4119 Mt. View Dr, attached to Umoja CoWork. It’s a good way to share Costco purchases since it’s usually too much - bananas get brown, or oranges and apples get old. So it’s a great way to share. There was steady traffic.

Great initiative 👏🏻👏🏻

why no dented cans? what’s the harm in a dented can. stores sell them, why can’t the pantry take it?

How awesome. I think its great 👌🏼

It sounds like a grass roots effort to develop a communist society.

Well done building commUNITY, Anchorage - this is awesome to see!

Ignore the bootstrappers in the comments, this is collective community action that meaningfully improves material conditions of their neighborhood. This is a very good thing.

Don’t teach the man to fish, just give him the dish. That way he’ll keep coming back and keep you employed.

I give that 2 weeks before that shed has a new purpose.

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