Comments on: A Freegan Feast for 500 http://www.off-grid.net/2009/11/11/a-freegan-feast-for-500/ renewable energy,survival,save money,self build,Green homes,Solar power, cheap power, 12 volt, Solar panels, Wind power, peak oil, Batteries, Inverter, Generator, Rainwater harvesting, survivalist, prepper, self-sufficient, vans, yurts, yachts, RVs Sat, 11 Feb 2012 04:28:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: wayne http://www.off-grid.net/2009/11/11/a-freegan-feast-for-500/comment-page-1/#comment-242966 wayne Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:24:54 +0000 http://www.off-grid.net/?p=4199#comment-242966 There is always a lot of foodstuffs being tossed away, often for reasons that have little to do with true food safety. Stores are always having to get rid of canned foods, for example, because the expiration date on the lids has passed... yet the food inside is perfectly safe to eat. Most canned items in my own pantry that I've discovered after opening to be a year or so past the expiration date have been okay - the exception being condensed/evaporated milks, which achieve the texture of vaseline, ugh! Then there's that 10-year-old can of sardines I'm afraid to open... There is always a lot of foodstuffs being tossed away, often for reasons that have little to do with true food safety. Stores are always having to get rid of canned foods, for example, because the expiration date on the lids has passed… yet the food inside is perfectly safe to eat. Most canned items in my own pantry that I’ve discovered after opening to be a year or so past the expiration date have been okay – the exception being condensed/evaporated milks, which achieve the texture of vaseline, ugh!
Then there’s that 10-year-old can of sardines I’m afraid to open…

]]> By: Niall http://www.off-grid.net/2009/11/11/a-freegan-feast-for-500/comment-page-1/#comment-242253 Niall Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:15:45 +0000 http://www.off-grid.net/?p=4199#comment-242253 > you not only encourage but, in essence, want OTHERS to over buy or waste something so you can live off them. That's a bit strong, he neither says or implies that. All he's doing is using an existing resource that would otherwise be thrown away. Obviously this isn't a sustainable lifestyle for everyone, but at least it raises awareness of the amount of food produced that gets casually wasted on a daily basis. > you not only encourage but, in essence, want OTHERS to over buy or waste something so you can live off them.

That’s a bit strong, he neither says or implies that. All he’s doing is using an existing resource that would otherwise be thrown away. Obviously this isn’t a sustainable lifestyle for everyone, but at least it raises awareness of the amount of food produced that gets casually wasted on a daily basis.

]]> By: Li Ki http://www.off-grid.net/2009/11/11/a-freegan-feast-for-500/comment-page-1/#comment-242235 Li Ki Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:44:00 +0000 http://www.off-grid.net/?p=4199#comment-242235 Feeling good that your freegan way is a great way to live? Snap out of it. You are giving both off the gridders and greenies a bad name. Instead of giving viable options for cutting back, being frugal and not wasting, you not only encourage but, in essence, want OTHERS to over buy or waste something so you can live off them. You just don't say it out loud except to admit that you live off industrial society a bit. Showing people how to live on less, how to compost that wasted food to give back to the soil or giving it to the truly needy or poor, now those would be accomplishments to crow about. Feeling good that your freegan way is a great way to live? Snap out of it. You are giving both off the gridders and greenies a bad name.
Instead of giving viable options for cutting back, being frugal and not wasting, you not only encourage but, in essence, want OTHERS to over buy or waste something so you can live off them. You just don’t say it out loud except to admit that you live off industrial society a bit.
Showing people how to live on less, how to compost that wasted food to give back to the soil or giving it to the truly needy or poor, now those would be accomplishments to crow about.

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