Freegan

First I must admit that I am watching Oprah (sorry Brandon) the reason being is the topic.

Freeganism is an anti-consumerism lifestyle whereby people employ alternative living strategies based on "limited participation in the conventional economy and minimal consumption of resources. Freegans embrace community, generosity, social concern, freedom, cooperation, and sharing in opposition to a society based on materialism, moral apathy, competition, conformity, and greed."[1] The lifestyle involves salvaging discarded, unspoiled food from supermarket dumpsters that have passed their sell by date, but are still edible and nutritious. They salvage the food not because they are poor or homeless, but as a political statement.[2][3]

The word "freegan" is a portmanteau of "free" and "vegan".[4] Freeganism started in the mid 1990s, out of the antiglobalization and environmentalist movements. Groups such as Food Not Bombs served free vegetarian and vegan food that was salvaged from food market trash by dumpster diving. The movement also has elements of Diggers, an anarchist street theater group based in Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco in the 1960s, that gave away rescued food.[4](Wikipedia)

For more info check out...

http://freegan.info/
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/21/garden/21freegan.html?pagewanted=1&_r=1
http://www.freegankitchen.com/


There is soooo much more info out there, but I will let those of you who are intrigued do the homework. I have not made up my mind on this, but it sure makes you think.

So what do you think?