Comments on: Freegans Say No To Waste By Dumpster Diving http://www.foodrenegade.com/freegans-say-no-to-waste-by-dumpster-diving/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:06:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jonathan http://www.foodrenegade.com/freegans-say-no-to-waste-by-dumpster-diving/#comment-849641 Jonathan Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:03:02 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=868#comment-849641 Hi Tailor, I am currently doing a research paper on freeganism and I would be very interested in conducting a short interview with you. We could meet anywhere that is convinient. I would not take much of your time. An interview would really help me with my paper since there has not been that much research conducted on this form of lifestyle. Thanks! Hi Tailor, I am currently doing a research paper on freeganism and I would be very interested in conducting a short interview with you. We could meet anywhere that is convinient. I would not take much of your time. An interview would really help me with my paper since there has not been that much research conducted on this form of lifestyle.

Thanks!

]]> By: Tailor Dresden http://www.foodrenegade.com/freegans-say-no-to-waste-by-dumpster-diving/#comment-429676 Tailor Dresden Tue, 05 Jul 2011 15:53:49 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=868#comment-429676 Hi there, I know you posted this a while ago, but I recently moved to Montreal and have been looking for a group of freegans since I got here without success. If you could remember the name of the group or get me in contact with some one I would be very grateful! -Tailor Hi there,

I know you posted this a while ago, but I recently moved to Montreal and have been looking for a group of freegans since I got here without success. If you could remember the name of the group or get me in contact with some one I would be very grateful!

-Tailor

]]> By: Eff http://www.foodrenegade.com/freegans-say-no-to-waste-by-dumpster-diving/#comment-341154 Eff Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:38:40 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=868#comment-341154 All-new Docu-Reality Series Seeking People who eat for FREE! Do you get a thrill out of spending little to no money on food? Do you dedicate your life to scoring meals in clever ways? Have you perfected the art of dumpster diving, coupon clipping to an obsessive degree or bartering your way to a full stomach? Do you crash events, meetings and open houses just for the free feast? Do you live in a big city, but manage to spend little money in gastronomical gains? This all-new docu-series for a major cable network will explore the lives of people who have mastered the art of EATING FOR FREE. We will follow individuals who dedicate their lives to acquiring food in crafty ways and revel in the thrill of their success. Ideally we are looking for candidates who proudly do this as a 'life-style' and not just as an occasional side interest. If you are a resourceful renegade who has forged a way of living that enables you to eat practically for free, whatever your reason/strategy may be, we want to MEET YOU! To be considered, please send us your name and contact info, along with a brief bio explaining your specific situation and approach to eating for free. Make sure to include a recent photo of yourself and send in an email to: effcasting@gmail.com. Please put "EFF CASTING" in the subject line of your email submission. All-new Docu-Reality Series Seeking People who eat for FREE!
Do you get a thrill out of spending little to no money on food?
Do you dedicate your life to scoring meals in clever ways?
Have you perfected the art of dumpster diving, coupon clipping to an obsessive degree or bartering your way to a full stomach?
Do you crash events, meetings and open houses just for the free feast?
Do you live in a big city, but manage to spend little money in gastronomical gains?

This all-new docu-series for a major cable network will explore the lives of people who have mastered the art of EATING FOR FREE. We will follow individuals who dedicate their lives to acquiring food in crafty ways and revel in the thrill of their success. Ideally we are looking for candidates who proudly do this as a ‘life-style’ and not just as an occasional side interest. If you are a resourceful renegade who has forged a way of living that enables you to eat practically for free, whatever your reason/strategy may be, we want to MEET YOU!

To be considered, please send us your name and contact info, along with a brief bio explaining your specific situation and approach to eating for free. Make sure to include a recent photo of yourself and send in an email to: effcasting@gmail.com. Please put “EFF CASTING” in the subject line of your email submission.

]]> By: Kee Heywood http://www.foodrenegade.com/freegans-say-no-to-waste-by-dumpster-diving/#comment-13477 Kee Heywood Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:40:00 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=868#comment-13477 Hi everybody! I'm a film student at the San Francisco Academy of Art University. Dumpster diving has interested me for several years now, and I've done a little bit of it myself. I was hoping to produce a short documentary on freeganism and dumpster diving around the city, and was wondering if anybody knew of any regular groups or individuals who could help me out. I'd appreciate the help! Thanks! -Kee Hi everybody!

I’m a film student at the San Francisco Academy of Art University. Dumpster diving has interested me for several years now, and I’ve done a little bit of it myself. I was hoping to produce a short documentary on freeganism and dumpster diving around the city, and was wondering if anybody knew of any regular groups or individuals who could help me out. I’d appreciate the help! Thanks!

-Kee

]]> By: Erin Facet http://www.foodrenegade.com/freegans-say-no-to-waste-by-dumpster-diving/#comment-2073 Erin Facet Thu, 29 Jul 2010 23:47:52 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=868#comment-2073 So! I was at a party on Saturday! I couldn't believe the food that was thrown into the garbage! Then there was the woman who stood chatting while water ran down the drain! Meantime horses are being murdered in the roundups all over the country! Where can I find a Freegan group in San Francisco? I want to join the revolution! Erin So! I was at a party on Saturday! I couldn’t believe the food that was thrown into the garbage! Then there was the woman who stood chatting while water ran down the drain! Meantime horses are being murdered in the roundups all over the country!

Where can I find a Freegan group in San Francisco? I want to join the revolution!

Erin

]]> By: Salt Lake City Caterer http://www.foodrenegade.com/freegans-say-no-to-waste-by-dumpster-diving/#comment-2072 Salt Lake City Caterer Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:14:36 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=868#comment-2072 That is pretty crazy that 50% of good food is wasted. I think the problem is that most people wouldn't know where to take the food to give it away or are too lazy to take it somewhere. -Jack That is pretty crazy that 50% of good food is wasted. I think the problem is that most people wouldn’t know where to take the food to give it away or are too lazy to take it somewhere.
-Jack

]]> By: Jen http://www.foodrenegade.com/freegans-say-no-to-waste-by-dumpster-diving/#comment-2071 Jen Sat, 23 May 2009 15:22:07 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=868#comment-2071 Christina, I recently purchased some Garden Of Eatin Blue Corn chips from my organic delivery service. I couldn't see the ingredients online before I bought them (although I probably could have found them at the company website). They're made with organic blue corn, so I think that's fine. However, they do contain canola oil and/or safflower oil, and/or sunflower oil. They are mechanically expressed oils, so no chemicals. The bag also states that there are no GMO ingredients. What concerns me though, is that "spices" and "natural flavor" are ingredients, and we all know what that probably means... MSG. Yuck! I won't be purchasing them again. Christina, I recently purchased some Garden Of Eatin Blue Corn chips from my organic delivery service. I couldn’t see the ingredients online before I bought them (although I probably could have found them at the company website). They’re made with organic blue corn, so I think that’s fine. However, they do contain canola oil and/or safflower oil, and/or sunflower oil. They are mechanically expressed oils, so no chemicals. The bag also states that there are no GMO ingredients. What concerns me though, is that “spices” and “natural flavor” are ingredients, and we all know what that probably means… MSG. Yuck! I won’t be purchasing them again.

]]> By: EcoYogini http://www.foodrenegade.com/freegans-say-no-to-waste-by-dumpster-diving/#comment-2070 EcoYogini Sat, 23 May 2009 13:14:25 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=868#comment-2070 While living in Montreal one of my grad student friends began dumpster diving- she called herself a "freegan" and there was an entire group organized in Montreal that did that. I think it is interesting that while the media is going on about low food supply, world hunger, huge corporations are throwing out perfectly good food. My fiance worked for a huge supermarket chain in BC, and he said that they threw out TONS of fresh produce and perfectly good food. They weren't even allowed to donate this food to homeless shelters or food banks. Honestly, I think legislation to stop this kind of huge corporate waste would be helpful- perhaps requiring that food be sorted and donated to homeless shelters or food banks with only the truly "bad" food being composted. Unfortunately, despite being provincially mandated that Nova Scotians must compost (we have a compost pick up system) by law, larger corporations are exempt. Those that could make the most difference don't have to abide by recycling and composting laws. It's so frustrating. <abbr><em>EcoYogini While living in Montreal one of my grad student friends began dumpster diving- she called herself a “freegan” and there was an entire group organized in Montreal that did that.

I think it is interesting that while the media is going on about low food supply, world hunger, huge corporations are throwing out perfectly good food. My fiance worked for a huge supermarket chain in BC, and he said that they threw out TONS of fresh produce and perfectly good food. They weren’t even allowed to donate this food to homeless shelters or food banks.

Honestly, I think legislation to stop this kind of huge corporate waste would be helpful- perhaps requiring that food be sorted and donated to homeless shelters or food banks with only the truly “bad” food being composted.

Unfortunately, despite being provincially mandated that Nova Scotians must compost (we have a compost pick up system) by law, larger corporations are exempt. Those that could make the most difference don’t have to abide by recycling and composting laws. It’s so frustrating.

EcoYogini

]]> By: Walter Jeffries http://www.foodrenegade.com/freegans-say-no-to-waste-by-dumpster-diving/#comment-2069 Walter Jeffries Fri, 22 May 2009 23:00:06 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=868#comment-2069 Fortunately many companies are doing something with their excess. This week we got 800 lbs of butter from a local dairy. We get about 1,400 gallons a day of whey from a cheese maker. We pickup 800 lbs a week of pressed apples from a local cider maker. Last month I got 30,000 lbs of cottage cheese. An ice cream maker gave us two tons of out dated peanut butter - as if peanut butter ever goes bad! Fortunately they called us instead of paying tipping fees to dump it in the dump. We're happy to get it and it is great food for our pigs. Our pigs eat about 90% of their diet by dry weight from pasture in the summer and hay in the winter. About 7% comes from local dairies and the remaining 3% is good stuff like excess pumpkins, beets, turnips we grow and good stuff like the peanut butter and apple pomace. It's not waste, it's a resource! Cheers -Walter Sugar Mountain Farm in the mountains of Vermont http://SugarMtnFarm.com/blog/ http://HollyGraphicArt.com/ http://NoNAIS.org Fortunately many companies are doing something with their excess. This week we got 800 lbs of butter from a local dairy. We get about 1,400 gallons a day of whey from a cheese maker. We pickup 800 lbs a week of pressed apples from a local cider maker. Last month I got 30,000 lbs of cottage cheese. An ice cream maker gave us two tons of out dated peanut butter – as if peanut butter ever goes bad! Fortunately they called us instead of paying tipping fees to dump it in the dump. We’re happy to get it and it is great food for our pigs. Our pigs eat about 90% of their diet by dry weight from pasture in the summer and hay in the winter. About 7% comes from local dairies and the remaining 3% is good stuff like excess pumpkins, beets, turnips we grow and good stuff like the peanut butter and apple pomace.

It’s not waste, it’s a resource!

Cheers

-Walter
Sugar Mountain Farm
in the mountains of Vermont
http://SugarMtnFarm.com/blog/
http://HollyGraphicArt.com/
http://NoNAIS.org

]]> By: Christina http://www.foodrenegade.com/freegans-say-no-to-waste-by-dumpster-diving/#comment-2068 Christina Fri, 22 May 2009 19:13:12 +0000 http://www.foodrenegade.com/?p=868#comment-2068 Cheeseslave, I agree with you that there's not MUCH real food at Kroger's, but ours here does have a health food section with a few things and tons of produce (both organic and conventionally grown). For some reason, the majority of what our Kroger's throws out in abundance is the perfectly-good produce. My family member who's a dumpster-diver is not into health food, but had to buy an extra fridge/freezer and a juicer just to process all the produce he gets. And our family gets the rest of the real food (mostly produce). :) He keeps all the processed junk he finds and shares it with others who don't care what they eat. And because the health food section at Kroger's has little traffic, many things from there get tossed as well because they expire before purchased. Last week it was a load of Garden of Eden blue chips along with all the perfect produce at Kroger's (which I have tried to research to see if the blue chips are reasonably healthy as an occasional treat and can't come up with anything online about "blue corn" -- anyone know?). P.S. We had a gathering at our house a while back of about 25 people. My dumpster-diving family member brought a large gorgeous fruit platter to go along with the meal. I looked at him and said, "Wow! That's really pretty." He whispered back at me, "Dumpster." ;) It's become the family joke. We heart dumpster food. Well, REAL food from the dumpster anyway! Cheeseslave,
I agree with you that there’s not MUCH real food at Kroger’s, but ours here does have a health food section with a few things and tons of produce (both organic and conventionally grown). For some reason, the majority of what our Kroger’s throws out in abundance is the perfectly-good produce. My family member who’s a dumpster-diver is not into health food, but had to buy an extra fridge/freezer and a juicer just to process all the produce he gets. And our family gets the rest of the real food (mostly produce). :) He keeps all the processed junk he finds and shares it with others who don’t care what they eat. And because the health food section at Kroger’s has little traffic, many things from there get tossed as well because they expire before purchased. Last week it was a load of Garden of Eden blue chips along with all the perfect produce at Kroger’s (which I have tried to research to see if the blue chips are reasonably healthy as an occasional treat and can’t come up with anything online about “blue corn” — anyone know?).

P.S. We had a gathering at our house a while back of about 25 people. My dumpster-diving family member brought a large gorgeous fruit platter to go along with the meal. I looked at him and said, “Wow! That’s really pretty.” He whispered back at me, “Dumpster.” ;)

It’s become the family joke. We heart dumpster food. Well, REAL food from the dumpster anyway!

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