freegan/dumpstering

JingleMuffin

anyone else do this? or know of any good spots in the Twin city (MN) metro area? we've been doing this for a couple months now and love it!

Skych123

no idea what that is

HelloSweetie4

no idea what that is

bascially, you don't buy your food (or as little as possible). You go the dumpsters of resturant and markets and try to find food that they had to throw out, but is still good. Surprisingly, because of health standards, a lot of good food gets thrown out. I find it very interesting, but I don't think I could do it , personally.

jericamom

Is that like dumpster diving? (That's what we call it around here.)

JingleMuffin

yep I do it because a lot of really good food gets into landfills and its an absolute waste. 50% of what the U.S. produces each year is thrown away. half. thats money waste and food waste. and i hate it so im trying to stop it. in my house we have zero food waste and we get more than half of our food from the dumpster. its actually pretty exciting. and i know im doing good for the environment. The most obese nation in the world throws away half of its food. all the while there are starvign people that live in our country. Just doing what i can to minimize the impact.

Sarah_Super

I'm not in the U.S so can't share decent locations there but I can attest to how awesome skipdiving is!

We do it at the larger supermarkets here (UK) and get loads of veg, bread, flowers etc - it feels good knowing we're creating less waste, and of course it's good on the bank balance

People ask me if I worry about getting ill and I find that funny ... 'sell by' and eat by are not the same thing. Generally fresh food that is thrown away has anywhere between 2 days and a week left before its past its useable date, and non-fresh food like tins and stuff are fine too, they just get thrown away because they're dented or something has been spilt on the packaging.

More skipdiving, less waste, happier planet

JingleMuffin

agreed, now that ive started, i dont think ill ever stop