The return of the freegan

[Victor Steinbok]

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> In a wealthy country like Canada you would think that no one, save for
> a few homeless, would search through dumpsters for food. And, you
> would be wrong.
> In communities across the continent you may find people going through
> the garbage. They call themselves "freegans" -- the word compounded
> from "free" and "vegan"-- and they gather edible food from the garbage
> bins of grocery stores or food stands that would otherwise have been
> thrown away. Freegans aim to spend little or no money purchasing food
> and other goods, not through financial need but to try to address
> issues of over-consumption and excess.

Is it prime time yet?

     VS-)

On 11/21/2010 7:12 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
> At 6:36 PM -0500 11/21/10, Victor Steinbok wrote:
>> Not quite as imaginative as "locavore", but here's "freegan".
>>
>> http://freegan.info
> Maybe it's not ready for prime time yet, or maybe it already jumped
> the shark (or the tofark), but it was definitely a contender on our
> list at a meeting several years ago. I can't remember if it actually
> won best in category.  (It certainly didn't win best in show.)  Ben
> or someone else will have the details.  I always liked it because it
> looks like a typo for "Fregean".
>
> Larry

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