Freegans!

Did you see Oprah today! FREEGANISM! I had heard of it, but now that I'm on a campaign against acquisition and also that my family and I are all doing the Food Stamp Challenge ($1 per meal per person until Easter), it really spoke to me. And I never watch Oprah, so it must have been divine intervention for me to be home in the room with the TV, with the kids momentarily occupied elsewhere and a basket of laundry to fold.

Go here to read the story on Oprah.

The first guest quit her six-figure job when she realized that most of her money went for stuff - stuff that didn't make her happy, anyway. Now she and her husband spend only $10-$20 per week on food - the rest they get free in trash piles outside grocery stores in New York. No wait - it's not even rotting food! She said she got a dozen (well 11, actually) eggs that were not expired because one of them was broken. Fresh fruit and produce, boxes of dried cereal, POUNDS of gourmet coffee beans - all on their way to the landfill. Most of it doesn't even go to the hungry because it's easier for store personnel to throw it out.