Comments on: Dumpster Diving for Dinner – Freeganism explored http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2008/02/28/dumpster-diving-for-dinner-freeganism-explored/ Just another mama musing about her kids, Attachment Parenting, green living, activism, living with an anxiety disorder, and life in general Thu, 09 Feb 2012 14:32:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Austin http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2008/02/28/dumpster-diving-for-dinner-freeganism-explored/comment-page-1/#comment-28718 Austin Tue, 06 Sep 2011 21:15:24 +0000 http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2008/02/28/dumpster-diving-for-dinner-freeganism-explored/#comment-28718 For a long time, I've taken scrap metals out of dumpsters for resale to "the can man." Recently I went dumpster diving at the end of the semester on a University campus. So much great stuff was there. Furniture, board games, dishes, clothes, you name it. I picked out some recyclable stuff and also food. The first time I took the food, I donated almost all of it to a homeless shelter, but kept a can of Spaghetti-Os for myself. After eating it, I realized that "dumpstered" food can be good. Especially if it's canned! You just have to get over the mental block. Since then I've eaten more food from dumpsters, not because I need to save money, but to help cut down on waste. I haven't yet crossed over into non-packaged foods, but I think I will soon when the weather cools down and things don't rot instantly in the 100° weather. I would like to offer a word of encouragement to anyone thinking of getting a meal from a dumpster. For a long time, I’ve taken scrap metals out of dumpsters for resale to “the can man.” Recently I went dumpster diving at the end of the semester on a University campus. So much great stuff was there. Furniture, board games, dishes, clothes, you name it. I picked out some recyclable stuff and also food. The first time I took the food, I donated almost all of it to a homeless shelter, but kept a can of Spaghetti-Os for myself. After eating it, I realized that “dumpstered” food can be good. Especially if it’s canned! You just have to get over the mental block.

Since then I’ve eaten more food from dumpsters, not because I need to save money, but to help cut down on waste. I haven’t yet crossed over into non-packaged foods, but I think I will soon when the weather cools down and things don’t rot instantly in the 100° weather.

I would like to offer a word of encouragement to anyone thinking of getting a meal from a dumpster.

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]]> By: Jarred http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2008/02/28/dumpster-diving-for-dinner-freeganism-explored/comment-page-1/#comment-18761 Jarred Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:50:18 +0000 http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2008/02/28/dumpster-diving-for-dinner-freeganism-explored/#comment-18761 I made some french toast with bread out of Panera's dumpster this morning. I made some french toast with bread out of Panera’s dumpster this morning.

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]]> By: Alysha http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2008/02/28/dumpster-diving-for-dinner-freeganism-explored/comment-page-1/#comment-10704 Alysha Tue, 11 Mar 2008 01:18:23 +0000 http://crunchydomesticgoddess.com/2008/02/28/dumpster-diving-for-dinner-freeganism-explored/#comment-10704 Well I also watched that show. Me and my boyfriend decided that we would check it out. So last night at about 1 I had to go get a few things from the store and I noticed they were taking stuff off the shelves. So I went home and talked to him about it and we geared up and went to check it out. We ended up finding bags of apples with one bad apple in them. Sealed boxes of bakery items. Fresh subs all still in the packaging along with a ton of eggs other apples. Oranges, green and red peppers, a whole trash bag full of peaches, bags of carrots, and carrots and broccoli mixes. I will have to say I wasn't big on the digging part but I was upset to see what all we had found. In on night we found at least $60 worth of food. All of it had a sell by date of that day. So its not like the food was bad by any means. So I took it all home and washed it all. We in no way need to be searching for food and we shared a laugh talking about if someone seen up they wouldn't know what to think with us both having over $100 shoes on and drving a $15,000 car. I will have to say I think I'm hooked. I'm cheap with about everything but my shoes. No shame in saving things from being waisted. Well I also watched that show. Me and my boyfriend decided that we would check it out. So last night at about 1 I had to go get a few things from the store and I noticed they were taking stuff off the shelves. So I went home and talked to him about it and we geared up and went to check it out. We ended up finding bags of apples with one bad apple in them. Sealed boxes of bakery items. Fresh subs all still in the packaging along with a ton of eggs other apples. Oranges, green and red peppers, a whole trash bag full of peaches, bags of carrots, and carrots and broccoli mixes. I will have to say I wasn’t big on the digging part but I was upset to see what all we had found. In on night we found at least $60 worth of food. All of it had a sell by date of that day. So its not like the food was bad by any means. So I took it all home and washed it all. We in no way need to be searching for food and we shared a laugh talking about if someone seen up they wouldn’t know what to think with us both having over $100 shoes on and drving a $15,000 car. I will have to say I think I’m hooked. I’m cheap with about everything but my shoes. No shame in saving things from being waisted.

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