| 143. I'm all for it. When you get that started PM me. Until then, I'll post information to help other |
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poor and working class folks.
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| -For anyone who is hungry or eating poorly, I have a secret to share. |
readmoreoften |
Feb-01-09 12:04 AM |
#0 |
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K&N n't |
NMDemDist2 |
Feb-01-09 12:08 AM |
#1 |
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I remember these tips |
DissedByBush |
Feb-01-09 03:51 PM |
#154 |
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Safeway have a lot of good food in the dumpsters behind their stores |
Rosa Luxemburg |
Feb-01-09 12:08 AM |
#2 |
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Avoid restaurants, especially fast food restaurants. |
wake.up.america |
Feb-01-09 12:12 AM |
#3 |
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Cheap grow your own food |
barbiegeek |
Feb-01-09 10:02 AM |
#89 |
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It's easy to grow a LOT of nutritious calories from Irish potatoes or |
kestrel91316 |
Feb-01-09 12:10 PM |
#117 |
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Here in Maine........... |
rucognizant |
Feb-01-09 01:20 PM |
#130 |
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I can't grow ANYTHING in my apartment in CA.......sigh. |
kestrel91316 |
Feb-01-09 06:30 PM |
#165 |
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I wouldn't try to salvage the seeds..... |
bvar22 |
Feb-01-09 12:36 PM |
#124 |
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So glad you brought this to light... |
blossomstar |
Feb-01-09 05:57 PM |
#163 |
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many good modern fruit varieties |
Two Americas |
Feb-01-09 07:10 PM |
#173 |
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right |
Two Americas |
Feb-01-09 07:07 PM |
#170 |
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I collect seeds and save seeds from everything and everywhere, |
Raksha |
Feb-01-09 07:55 PM |
#180 |
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Now is the time to find wild cresses or "creecy greens" |
HillWilliam |
Feb-01-09 10:18 PM |
#188 |
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The spring greens will be popping up soon |
texastoast |
Feb-01-09 12:15 AM |
#4 |
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word of warning about going native |
vadawg |
Feb-01-09 12:31 AM |
#13 |
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And JUST STAY AWAY from plants with carrot-like foliage |
XemaSab |
Feb-01-09 05:18 AM |
#38 |
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thank you. and people still die mixing up comfrey and foxglove. |
NuttyFluffers |
Feb-01-09 07:35 PM |
#176 |
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Yeah, these pictures look awful similar.... |
moriah |
Feb-02-09 06:52 AM |
#201 |
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Picking wild mushrooms? Keep milk thistle extract around for your own safety |
D-Lee |
Feb-01-09 07:16 AM |
#51 |
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and to that, also add n-acytel cysteine |
BuddhaGirl |
Feb-01-09 07:46 PM |
#177 |
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This shouldn't be neccessary in America dammit. But thanks. |
BlooInBloo |
Feb-01-09 12:16 AM |
#5 |
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Exactly what I was thinking... |
MzShellG |
Feb-01-09 07:58 AM |
#54 |
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Are you serious? |
leftstreet |
Feb-01-09 12:18 AM |
#6 |
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with the economy the way it is and food banks running low |
Skittles |
Feb-01-09 12:19 AM |
#7 |
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Being hungry sounds like serious business to me. Throwing out food |
Lex |
Feb-01-09 12:23 AM |
#8 |
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Wouldn't it be a lot easier to just take over the stores? |
leftstreet |
Feb-01-09 12:25 AM |
#9 |
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Not enough people are hungry enough |
undergroundpanther |
Feb-01-09 12:28 AM |
#11 |
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Actually no. |
Lex |
Feb-01-09 12:28 AM |
#12 |
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Good for you-the bad economy must have passed you by. However, a lot of us |
jhrobbins |
Feb-01-09 03:02 AM |
#24 |
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no need to feel guilty in anyway for being online |
Skittles |
Feb-01-09 05:06 AM |
#35 |
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I've seen people on DU mock others who are poor and post online |
BuelahWitch |
Feb-01-09 06:39 AM |
#48 |
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that's disgraceful |
Skittles |
Feb-01-09 05:50 PM |
#160 |
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Your Internet is the LAST thing you want to give up. |
Why Syzygy |
Feb-01-09 05:51 AM |
#43 |
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I'd frankly PREFER the poor be online learning and communicating |
kestrel91316 |
Feb-01-09 12:12 PM |
#118 |
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yes - plus it's pretty much required for job hunting, school applications, homework, govmt forms... |
Muttocracy |
Feb-01-09 05:54 PM |
#162 |
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This thread glorifies the Capitalist Spirit |
leftstreet |
Feb-01-09 12:39 PM |
#126 |
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How does this "glorify the capitalist spirit"? I'm just suggesting ways that some folks can survive. |
readmoreoften |
Feb-01-09 03:00 PM |
#142 |
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Your OP advocates theft |
leftstreet |
Feb-01-09 05:25 PM |
#159 |
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What the fuck is wrong with you? |
fudge stripe cookays |
Feb-01-09 07:07 PM |
#171 |
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whatever |
leftstreet |
Feb-01-09 07:09 PM |
#172 |
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Oh, I get it. You're so far right that you think eating garbage is 'theft'. |
readmoreoften |
Feb-01-09 10:16 PM |
#186 |
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POOR PEOPLE vs RULING CLASS LAW ENFORCEMENT |
leftstreet |
Feb-01-09 11:25 PM |
#194 |
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I don't watch football, sparky. |
fudge stripe cookays |
Feb-02-09 07:27 PM |
#203 |
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This is why i chirp when i start to come round the back of stores |
vadawg |
Feb-01-09 07:11 PM |
#174 |
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It's not theft. |
Yes We Did |
Feb-01-09 09:38 PM |
#185 |
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Oh yay! A ray of sunshine in the day |
LibraLiz1973 |
Feb-01-09 04:20 PM |
#157 |
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So many people have no idea how quickly "normal" can |
truedelphi |
Feb-01-09 03:02 PM |
#144 |
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I despise that attitude! |
Phentex |
Feb-01-09 06:58 PM |
#167 |
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Please don't feel that way - I see very poor people online at the library - |
Sarah Ibarruri |
Feb-01-09 03:46 PM |
#153 |
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That would put more people out of work. nt |
Why Syzygy |
Feb-01-09 05:42 AM |
#41 |
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well |
ImOnlySleeping |
Feb-01-09 09:14 AM |
#69 |
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Alas, that's when bullets come into the picture... |
Daemonaquila |
Feb-01-09 01:24 PM |
#131 |
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your sense of reality and compassion are non-existent. |
Duppers |
Feb-01-09 02:08 PM |
#138 |
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I'm all for it. When you get that started PM me. Until then, I'll post information to help other |
readmoreoften |
Feb-01-09 03:02 PM |
#143 |
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You get right on that then (nt) |
Posteritatis |
Feb-01-09 04:11 PM |
#156 |
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These wasters of food should be told about Second Harvest. |
jwirr |
Feb-01-09 10:20 AM |
#96 |
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There is nothing wrong with dumpster diving |
tavalon |
Feb-01-09 04:42 AM |
#31 |
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It's a by product after a gang of thugs come in and steal your national treasury. nt |
Why Syzygy |
Feb-01-09 05:40 AM |
#40 |
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Yep..have done it. |
undergroundpanther |
Feb-01-09 12:27 AM |
#10 |
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Not just survive, but thrive |
izquierdista |
Feb-01-09 03:40 AM |
#26 |
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When I Lived in Downtown Albany |
NashVegas |
Feb-01-09 07:16 AM |
#52 |
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On bulky trash day in my neighborhood |
crispini |
Feb-01-09 07:47 AM |
#53 |
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I live in nice north Dallas.. |
sendero |
Feb-01-09 08:07 AM |
#55 |
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We have one of those here. |
Le Taz Hot |
Feb-01-09 09:26 AM |
#76 |
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Dang. We have bulky trash day once a month. |
crispini |
Feb-01-09 11:11 AM |
#110 |
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Does that include large appliances, etc.? |
Le Taz Hot |
Feb-01-09 11:34 AM |
#115 |
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I really don't know. I've never seen large appliances... |
crispini |
Feb-01-09 03:38 PM |
#151 |
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I found a picture frame in Philly |
rucognizant |
Feb-01-09 01:29 PM |
#132 |
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We don't have a "bulky trash day" here in Los Angeles, though you can call the |
kestrel91316 |
Feb-01-09 12:17 PM |
#119 |
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as i recall from my 52 years in los angeles, |
barbtries |
Feb-01-09 03:29 PM |
#149 |
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Hah, yeah, it's still like that. |
kestrel91316 |
Feb-01-09 08:03 PM |
#182 |
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That is a habit every one should get into. Our community had a |
jwirr |
Feb-01-09 10:39 AM |
#103 |
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Totally. |
Daemonaquila |
Feb-01-09 01:34 PM |
#134 |
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in my complex |
barbtries |
Feb-01-09 05:19 AM |
#39 |
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In the complex I used to live in we had a give away table. |
jwirr |
Feb-01-09 10:58 AM |
#104 |
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My favorite cardigan sweater (brown 100% merino wool, Italian made, |
kestrel91316 |
Feb-01-09 12:20 PM |
#120 |
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Go to flower shop dumpsters .. |
Why Syzygy |
Feb-01-09 05:47 AM |
#42 |
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We put things by the road for people to take |
shrike |
Feb-01-09 10:27 AM |
#99 |
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I found a little shelf with a cupboard in my apt. complex's dumpster |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Feb-02-09 10:26 PM |
#204 |
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Good advice. |
ThomCat |
Feb-01-09 12:39 AM |
#14 |
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I know at least where I live there are a LOT of laws dictating what can and cannot be donated |
grace0418 |
Feb-01-09 01:22 AM |
#17 |
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Hunters here are frustrated about not being able to donate the meat |
Ilsa |
Feb-01-09 09:21 AM |
#71 |
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Where? |
Why Syzygy |
Feb-01-09 09:46 AM |
#81 |
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I'm in south Texas. nt |
Ilsa |
Feb-01-09 10:21 PM |
#189 |
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Many states have a venison donation program |
DissedByBush |
Feb-01-09 08:03 PM |
#183 |
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Thanks for this information. |
SheilaT |
Feb-01-09 07:03 PM |
#168 |
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My church's meal programs regularly get donations of bread and desserts |
Lydia Leftcoast |
Feb-02-09 10:30 PM |
#205 |
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Another idea involving household items: |
Contrary1 |
Feb-01-09 12:50 AM |
#15 |
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Check out Freecycle.org n/t |
emlev |
Feb-01-09 02:46 AM |
#23 |
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I belong to the local Freecycle group. |
Contrary1 |
Feb-01-09 03:52 AM |
#27 |
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We've given away a couple of things on Freecycle |
pipi_k |
Feb-01-09 08:56 AM |
#65 |
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Brilliant point of resource. |
The Doctor. |
Feb-01-09 01:03 AM |
#16 |
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Thank you. nt |
satya |
Feb-01-09 01:28 AM |
#19 |
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K&R |
BrklynLiberal |
Feb-01-09 01:23 AM |
#18 |
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K&R |
me b zola |
Feb-01-09 02:18 AM |
#20 |
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YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT WHOLE FOODS MARKET LOL |
LoZoccolo |
Feb-01-09 02:27 AM |
#21 |
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You know what? |
Luminous Animal |
Feb-01-09 03:11 AM |
#25 |
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This might be a good place to remind everyone |
Why Syzygy |
Feb-01-09 06:00 AM |
#44 |
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don't speak for me |
ImOnlySleeping |
Feb-01-09 09:22 AM |
#72 |
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US Laws, I guess. |
Why Syzygy |
Feb-01-09 09:25 AM |
#75 |
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Let's see, |
Le Taz Hot |
Feb-01-09 09:34 AM |
#77 |
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I saw people in Las Vegas go to jail |
Why Syzygy |
Feb-01-09 09:48 AM |
#82 |
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And what are you doing about it? |
Le Taz Hot |
Feb-01-09 09:55 AM |
#87 |
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If you lived in San Francisco, |
Why Syzygy |
Feb-01-09 09:58 AM |
#88 |
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Hey, you guys keep voting her in. |
Le Taz Hot |
Feb-01-09 10:18 AM |
#94 |
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Guess I'm just from the school of CYA. |
Why Syzygy |
Feb-01-09 10:29 AM |
#100 |
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Wouldn't do any good |
izquierdista |
Feb-02-09 02:27 AM |
#199 |
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Holy shit! Great advice! Thank you for posting! k+r, n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Feb-01-09 02:28 AM |
#22 |
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gleaning |
Two Americas |
Feb-01-09 03:55 AM |
#28 |
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k&r n/t |
Joe the Liberal |
Feb-01-09 03:56 AM |
#29 |
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oh, and "seconds" |
Two Americas |
Feb-01-09 04:11 AM |
#30 |
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See post 13 for public safety message. |
vadawg |
Feb-01-09 04:46 AM |
#33 |
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yes |
Two Americas |
Feb-01-09 05:14 AM |
#36 |
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Oh, my god yes! |
tavalon |
Feb-01-09 04:49 AM |
#34 |
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you bet |
Two Americas |
Feb-01-09 05:15 AM |
#37 |
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Great advice for more rural people, TA! |
readmoreoften |
Feb-01-09 02:42 PM |
#140 |
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urban people |
Two Americas |
Feb-01-09 07:05 PM |
#169 |
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Good to know. |
readmoreoften |
Feb-01-09 11:39 PM |
#195 |
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I buy bushels of ugly fruit at the farmers market and then dehydrate it. |
wildeyed |
Feb-01-09 03:36 PM |
#150 |
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great idea! nt |
maryf |
Feb-01-09 12:25 PM |
#121 |
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Gleaning...thus this famous picture |
dixiegrrrrl |
Feb-01-09 03:19 PM |
#147 |
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Try finding or growing nettles. |
Irreverend IX |
Feb-01-09 04:43 AM |
#32 |
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Nettles are loaded with calcium |
Why Syzygy |
Feb-01-09 06:07 AM |
#45 |
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I've found and eaten wild lambs quarters right here in Los Angeles. |
kestrel91316 |
Feb-01-09 12:27 PM |
#122 |
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they're also great |
druidity33 |
Feb-01-09 06:37 AM |
#46 |
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Damn! |
Le Taz Hot |
Feb-01-09 09:38 AM |
#78 |
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Similar to spinach |
Fedja |
Feb-02-09 12:48 AM |
#198 |
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to say nothing of the exquisite flower it produces. |
ooglymoogly |
Feb-01-09 10:11 AM |
#92 |
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My problem is getting 'em to stop. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Feb-01-09 11:08 AM |
#108 |
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They are nutritious and the cheapest thing in the world |
truedelphi |
Feb-01-09 03:04 PM |
#145 |
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I used to do volunteer work for local food pantries... |
Hubert Flottz |
Feb-01-09 06:38 AM |
#47 |
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I "stole" bags of dry leaves! |
RedCloud |
Feb-01-09 06:59 AM |
#49 |
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How did you bury them? |
eilen |
Feb-01-09 08:29 AM |
#59 |
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Please be careful around trash compacters. |
HereSince1628 |
Feb-01-09 07:09 AM |
#50 |
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Thanks for sharing.. |
sendero |
Feb-01-09 08:11 AM |
#56 |
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Ah, dumpster diving. Helped me and many of my friends in college/grad school. nt |
Veritas_et_Aequitas |
Feb-01-09 08:12 AM |
#57 |
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The bible calls this gleaning. |
intheflow |
Feb-01-09 08:12 AM |
#58 |
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Ah, the Gleaners... depicting this is a wonderful painting! |
MrMickeysMom |
Feb-01-09 09:07 AM |
#67 |
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You can have this one. |
Why Syzygy |
Feb-01-09 10:23 AM |
#97 |
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Thank you! |
MrMickeysMom |
Feb-01-09 11:04 AM |
#106 |
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I had never seriously considered the name of that painting until now. |
uppityperson |
Feb-01-09 01:45 PM |
#135 |
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FREEGANS |
progressoid |
Feb-01-09 08:30 AM |
#60 |
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Why don't these stores donate some of this extra to the food pantries? |
wildeyed |
Feb-01-09 08:43 AM |
#61 |
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Tax laws. |
Why Syzygy |
Feb-01-09 09:52 AM |
#86 |
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I think many of them do donate to food pantries. |
Raksha |
Feb-01-09 07:46 PM |
#178 |
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Some do, but I think the policies vary widely store to store. |
Daemonaquila |
Feb-01-09 07:54 PM |
#179 |
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Whoever thought that in the land of the free and the home of the brave |
Faith No More |
Feb-01-09 08:51 AM |
#62 |
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As a country we have been guilty of |
Le Taz Hot |
Feb-01-09 09:44 AM |
#79 |
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My family consider me to be fanatic but my father who lived during |
jwirr |
Feb-01-09 11:22 AM |
#113 |
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You know what else gets discarded that is shameful? |
pipi_k |
Feb-01-09 08:51 AM |
#63 |
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Also supplies like unopened diapers, hospital beds and other furniture. |
jwirr |
Feb-01-09 11:29 AM |
#114 |
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Deleted sub-thread |
Name removed |
Feb-01-09 08:52 AM |
#64 |
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My mom used to work in the dining hall of a college, they had to throw it away... |
originalpckelly |
Feb-01-09 09:06 AM |
#66 |
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I used to work in a college dining center as well. |
dakota_democrat |
Feb-01-09 05:24 PM |
#158 |
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You have got to do what you have got to do to survive in these dark times |
ooglymoogly |
Feb-01-09 09:14 AM |
#68 |
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I am willing to help anyone that needs it |
MajPayne2 |
Feb-01-09 09:15 AM |
#70 |
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May the goddess bless you. |
Le Taz Hot |
Feb-01-09 09:49 AM |
#84 |
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You are one of the nicest people I have ever met in my life to do that |
NNN0LHI |
Feb-01-09 10:25 AM |
#98 |
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K&R Brilliant post. Very helpful. nt |
Ilsa |
Feb-01-09 09:24 AM |
#73 |
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Deleted sub-thread |
Name removed |
Feb-01-09 09:24 AM |
#74 |
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K&R People have been doing this for years. |
pleah |
Feb-01-09 09:45 AM |
#80 |
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K & R nt |
Christa |
Feb-01-09 09:49 AM |
#83 |
| -
501c3 |
conscious evolution |
Feb-01-09 09:50 AM |
#85 |
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Rather than pick it out of the garbage... |
gorfle |
Feb-01-09 10:03 AM |
#90 |
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I'd have to ay that this is the most agreeable DU post + follow ups |
MUAD_DIB |
Feb-01-09 10:06 AM |
#91 |
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That's one of the best thing about living near a college town |
pipi_k |
Feb-01-09 10:18 AM |
#95 |
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I am starting up a company ... "Dumpster Divers Inc" ...with workers from China, India and Mexico. |
L0oniX |
Feb-01-09 10:17 AM |
#93 |
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Demand dginity, have a demonstration. |
.... callchet .... |
Feb-01-09 10:35 AM |
#101 |
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Another hint for those with limited income who need electronics and furniture. |
Berry Cool |
Feb-01-09 10:39 AM |
#102 |
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They also often have a free press newsletter for students only offering |
jwirr |
Feb-01-09 11:37 AM |
#116 |
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Recommended. I can think of few more ecologically positive activities than dumpster diving. |
lumberjack_jeff |
Feb-01-09 11:04 AM |
#105 |
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K,R,&bookmarked nt |
tbyg52 |
Feb-01-09 11:06 AM |
#107 |
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Great ideas! My uncle worked at a landfill a few years ago and |
azmouse |
Feb-01-09 11:10 AM |
#109 |
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the thing i miss most about moving out of chicago are the alleys... |
dysfunctional press |
Feb-01-09 11:18 AM |
#111 |
| -
Dont forget your animals.... |
Bigmack |
Feb-01-09 11:18 AM |
#112 |
| -
K & R nt. |
maryf |
Feb-01-09 12:27 PM |
#123 |
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I volunteer at a Food Pantry. We get a lot of stuff from a food distributer. |
trickyguy |
Feb-01-09 12:38 PM |
#125 |
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This is wonderful to pass along. For those who read this, turn up their noses and sniff that this |
1Hippiechick |
Feb-01-09 12:41 PM |
#127 |
| -
Diggers. |
TacticalPeek |
Feb-01-09 12:51 PM |
#128 |
| -
K&R |
varelse |
Feb-01-09 12:53 PM |
#129 |
| -
They should be donating this to the Food Shelves. |
glinda |
Feb-01-09 01:29 PM |
#133 |
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A lot of it does get to places like this |
NNN0LHI |
Feb-01-09 03:17 PM |
#146 |
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Coffee places (esp private ones) usually have lots of used grounds for composting. |
uppityperson |
Feb-01-09 01:48 PM |
#136 |
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I live right next to a grocery store and dumper-dive all the time. |
Odin2005 |
Feb-01-09 01:58 PM |
#137 |
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The main dumpster in my town regularly feeds about a hundred people I'd guess. |
readmoreoften |
Feb-01-09 02:48 PM |
#141 |
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Eat for less than $1 a day on a vegan diet |
nankerphelge |
Feb-01-09 02:39 PM |
#139 |
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Beautiful, beautiful, compassionate post. Thank you. It should be |
Mike 03 |
Feb-01-09 03:20 PM |
#148 |
| -
Frugal recipes |
chill_wind |
Feb-01-09 03:45 PM |
#152 |
| -
It's a sin to see so much food go to waste. |
Beacool |
Feb-01-09 04:07 PM |
#155 |
| -
"Have the healthy people eat first as a precaution." |
Dennis Donovan |
Feb-01-09 05:51 PM |
#161 |
| -
I knew that things were bad back home. But now I'm starting to think that I have no idea |
Number23 |
Feb-01-09 06:11 PM |
#164 |
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Kick! And thanks for the Tips AND the CAUTIONS in this Thread... |
KoKo |
Feb-01-09 06:48 PM |
#166 |
| -
Vender Warehouses |
thrift_store_angel |
Feb-01-09 07:18 PM |
#175 |
| -
A little tip on veggie washing. |
madeline_con |
Feb-01-09 07:56 PM |
#181 |
| -
K & R, bookmarked. |
Raksha |
Feb-01-09 08:08 PM |
#184 |
| -
thank you. |
shireen |
Feb-01-09 10:16 PM |
#187 |
| -
BE CAREFUL TRYING THIS |
SoCalDem |
Feb-01-09 10:23 PM |
#190 |
| -
here is the problem |
Two Americas |
Feb-02-09 12:14 AM |
#197 |
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and then there's The Grapes of Wrath... |
Phentex |
Feb-02-09 06:20 AM |
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Of course , I've read it.. My POINT was that people who try this |
SoCalDem |
Feb-02-09 03:05 PM |
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Very good. Everyone should read this. |
sakabatou |
Feb-01-09 10:33 PM |
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I wish we could have a forum dedicated to surviving the Bush economy. |
EmeraldCityGrl |
Feb-01-09 11:04 PM |
#192 |
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I have been dumpstering for decades but most of these centers have Crusher systems |
slampoet |
Feb-01-09 11:10 PM |
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another tip slightly off subject but saves heaps of cash.... |
Swagman |
Feb-01-09 11:39 PM |
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How To Survive A Depression |
Concerned Canuck |
Feb-04-09 02:04 AM |
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