Freegan-omics: Would You Ever Eat Out of a Dumpster?
SodaHead Living
2010/06/07 12:00:00
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Ever complain that food is just too expensive? According to a growing fringe movement, it’s actually free. You just have to know where to look for it.
Freegans like Kit, who was interviewed by the New York Times Magazine, maintain that our society wastes far too much.
According to the Times, Freeganism is “a bubbling stew of various ideologies, drawing on elements of communism, radical environmentalism, a zealous do-it-yourself work ethic and an old-fashioned frugality.”
Freegans are dedicated to salvaging what others waste and — when possible — living without the use of currency. This means looking for sandwiches in the local dumpster … and perhaps squatting in an abandoned house in your neighborhood.
Tell us: Would you ever go Freegan?
Freegans like Kit, who was interviewed by the New York Times Magazine, maintain that our society wastes far too much.
According to the Times, Freeganism is “a bubbling stew of various ideologies, drawing on elements of communism, radical environmentalism, a zealous do-it-yourself work ethic and an old-fashioned frugality.”
Freegans are dedicated to salvaging what others waste and — when possible — living without the use of currency. This means looking for sandwiches in the local dumpster … and perhaps squatting in an abandoned house in your neighborhood.
Tell us: Would you ever go Freegan?
Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/06/magazine/06Squat...
Top Opinion
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Tucker 2010/06/07 16:07:53It's actually not a bad idea.
All I have to do is just use what I need, that's all. No need to forage.
and we might follow
My longest-term friend whom I love dearly is a dirty hippie who does live like that. One day I was visiting her on this piece of property her parents owned where she was living a farm kind of life. She slaughtered a rooster for dinner and cooked it up in a stew with some veggies she got out of a dumpster. It wasn't half bad... although the rooster had rigger mortised. But hey, that was certainly a culinary experience of its own.
Stores through out produce that has turned a little brown or gotten bruised. Much of it is still edible if you cut the bad parts off (and wash them in a mild bleach solution... my friend isn't THAT dirty.) Boxes and bags that have been damaged all get thrown away even if the product inside is not affected. It's really sad how much food we waste because consumers like me are too picky to pay for bruised fruit or open boxes.
Actually, that could be my friend in that picture. She even dressed like that.
I've eaten a sandwich with this green stuff growing on the bread.