dumpster diving adventures at 12am
nyu celebrating earthweek:
when we lined up all the good produce we had found: 8 artichoke hearts, bags of baby carrots, heaps of cherry tomatoes, broccoli, really good pain quotidien bread and bagels from bagel bob's, a dented box of cereal, onions, shallots--i felt it was a bittersweet moment. on the one hand, i'm sooooo happy that it's free. but on the other hand, why is this beautiful, unblemished produce being thrown out? animals killed for no reason, trees cut down just to be thrown into a landfill? most of the time, it's because they don't have enough room on the shelves.
stores overbuy for the illusion of abundance. and big chains often throw out more than they sell. conclusion: if you are buying your food, you are paying too much!
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Comment by Sarah on August 7, 2008 at 8:50pm - I've never taken the dive, but would if I had a partner in crime. Want to hit Mrs. Greens in Briarcliff?
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Comment by barbie on April 30, 2008 at 11:14pm - I cant wait to go dumpster diving again to feed the homeless.
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Comment by the rachel on April 30, 2008 at 9:08pm - My husband and I both dumpster a lot, it's actually the one thing that keeps us from being 100% raw, because it's just so painful to see so much food going to waste. Most of my furniture is dumpstered, as well as a lot of my clothes believe it or not, and I don't dress like a hobo allll the time... ;) Let's be friends!
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Comment by jaye on April 30, 2008 at 7:23pm - One of the most kind wonderful women I have ever met is a dumpster diver. She would get paid to go through apartment trash bins and sort everything. She would recycle and keep what she found. It was 10 years ago and I was amazed at all the stuff she found. Everytime I went to her house I would leave with some little treasure she thought was perfect for me. I also left with a full belly. I never questioned what was from dumpster or not. I knew the food was made with much love and joy. If it was good enough for her it was good enough for me. It really was a special time in my life.
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Comment by Charles on April 30, 2008 at 3:04pm - That's awesome that you did that. I couldn't, just because I'm a freak about having organic food. If there was organic produce in there, though, I'd totally go for it.
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