29 Tonnes of Carrots Dumped on London Street Surprises People

Twitter users reacted with carrot puns.

(Photo: Twitter/GeorgeGreenwood)

On Wednesday, residents of London woke up to a street filled with carrots. A confusing sight, many took to social media to share videos of the same. Twitter user @GeorgeGreenwood shared a video and tweeted, "Does anyone know why a significant volume of carrots has just been dumped on Goldsmiths university campus?"

Turns out, the carrot dump was an art installation meant to create awareness about food wastage in the UK. The installation is called 'Grounding' and is the creation of artist and MFA student Rafael Perez Evans. According to Goldsmiths, a public research university in London, Perez' art installation will be removed at the end of the exhibition and the carrots will be donated to farm animals.

A statement by the artist reads, "The produce in the piece are unwanted carrots, carrots that the food industry in the UK deems not worthy of shelves, the full 29 tonnes of vegetables will be collected after the exhibition and sent to feed animals."

Many social media users took the opportunity to poke fun and make some carrot puns.

A bunny pun, of course

This one takes the cake..