| 183. Many states have a venison donation program |
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And many food pantries will accept them otherwise. Through Wisconsin's program hunters donated over 400,000 pounds of venison to food pantries last year, 2.8 million pounds since 2000, and that's the weight of the processed meat. All they have to do is drop the deer off at a participating processor.
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Dont forget your animals.... |
Bigmack |
Feb-01-09 11:18 AM |
#112 |
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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 |
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Diggers. |
TacticalPeek |
Feb-01-09 12:51 PM |
#128 |
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K&R |
varelse |
Feb-01-09 12:53 PM |
#129 |
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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 |
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Frugal recipes |
chill_wind |
Feb-01-09 03:45 PM |
#152 |
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It's a sin to see so much food go to waste. |
Beacool |
Feb-01-09 04:07 PM |
#155 |
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"Have the healthy people eat first as a precaution." |
Dennis Donovan |
Feb-01-09 05:51 PM |
#161 |
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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 |
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A little tip on veggie washing. |
madeline_con |
Feb-01-09 07:56 PM |
#181 |
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K & R, bookmarked. |
Raksha |
Feb-01-09 08:08 PM |
#184 |
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thank you. |
shireen |
Feb-01-09 10:16 PM |
#187 |
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BE CAREFUL TRYING THIS |
SoCalDem |
Feb-01-09 10:23 PM |
#190 |
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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 |
#200 |
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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 |
#202 |
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Very good. Everyone should read this. |
sakabatou |
Feb-01-09 10:33 PM |
#191 |
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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 |
#193 |
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another tip slightly off subject but saves heaps of cash.... |
Swagman |
Feb-01-09 11:39 PM |
#196 |
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How To Survive A Depression |
Concerned Canuck |
Feb-04-09 02:04 AM |
#206 |
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