Comments on: Freeganism: What’s Up With That? http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/09/freeganism-whats-up-with-that/ Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:56:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Freeganism: What’s Up With That? by: kimberly http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/09/freeganism-whats-up-with-that/#comment-58111 Mon, 01 Sep 2008 00:18:34 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/09/freeganism-whats-up-with-that/#comment-58111 i think you should check out the project called "food not bombs" before you say that freegans do not work to reduce the imbalance of the homeless and hungry. perhaps most freegans are gathering food for themselves, but some are looking at the well-being of others as well. i think you should check out the project called “food not bombs” before you say that freegans do not work to reduce the imbalance of the homeless and hungry. perhaps most freegans are gathering food for themselves, but some are looking at the well-being of others as well.

]]> Comment on Freeganism: What’s Up With That? by: Carleen http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/09/freeganism-whats-up-with-that/#comment-56810 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:02:44 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/09/freeganism-whats-up-with-that/#comment-56810 Why do you assume 'freegans' actually give a damn about consumerism? -chuckle- I eat discarded food - misshapen vegatables and fruit that have 'unattractive' scars and therefore not good for retail purposes. They are given to our local community care by several grocers, and while the food is technically 'spoiled' in the grocers eyes, it feeds many poor folks (such as I) who may not have the means financially to come across these things. Frankly, I don't care at all about 'saving the environment', or 'consumer waste'. I care about what is going into my mouth. (: Why do you assume ‘freegans’ actually give a damn about consumerism? -chuckle-

I eat discarded food - misshapen vegatables and fruit that have ‘unattractive’ scars and therefore not good for retail purposes.

They are given to our local community care by several grocers, and while the food is technically ’spoiled’ in the grocers eyes, it feeds many poor folks (such as I) who may not have the means financially to come across these things.

Frankly, I don’t care at all about ’saving the environment’, or ‘consumer waste’. I care about what is going into my mouth.

(:

]]> Comment on Freeganism: What’s Up With That? by: TurnTo2 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/09/freeganism-whats-up-with-that/#comment-53746 Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:36:57 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/09/freeganism-whats-up-with-that/#comment-53746 If there are any Ohio Freegans out there please email me. Or if you know of any Ohio Freegans, please contact me. I'm extremely interested in documenting the movement. I'm a consumer reporter and I think the story needs to be told here in my area. My email is koliphant@wdtn.com Thanks! If there are any Ohio Freegans out there please email me. Or if you know of any Ohio Freegans, please contact me. I’m extremely interested in documenting the movement. I’m a consumer reporter and I think the story needs to be told here in my area. My email is koliphant@wdtn.com Thanks!

]]> Comment on Freeganism: What’s Up With That? by: Dumpster Diving for Dinner - Freeganism explored ¦ Crunchy Domestic Goddess http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/09/freeganism-whats-up-with-that/#comment-52441 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:32:30 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/09/freeganism-whats-up-with-that/#comment-52441 [...] Freeganism: What’s Up with That? [...] […] Freeganism: What’s Up with That? […]

]]> Comment on Freeganism: What’s Up With That? by: Finlay http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/09/freeganism-whats-up-with-that/#comment-51934 Mon, 18 Feb 2008 00:42:31 +0000 http://www.tigersandstrawberries.com/2006/02/09/freeganism-whats-up-with-that/#comment-51934 You made some good points. But, as has been said, took too much of the site at face value. There is a later bit on shoplifting (if not on freegan.info) another site. Where it says that it is not a core freegan belief, and if you are going to do it. It should not be any small , organic produce stall. But it should be a disgusting corporate soul destroying supermarket like Wal-Mart (Stateside, I'm British so Wal-Mart is the limit of my knowledge of American supermarkets) or Tesco/Asda over in Britain. There are two main sorts of freegans. There's those who do it on a pure moral basis. Take part in all other activities, share their finds, grow some of their own food ect. Then there are those who (you assume from the website make up the majority) are in it to either be pretentious or just to be parasitic. Also the idea that stealing will hike up prices (as someone else mentioned) would not be the case with a huge corporation. Even if it got so effective they were forced to raise prices, their prices would raise above those already offered by small organic wholefood sellers, making people switch over. Gaining the small, morally shiny people money, and losing even more for the soulless supermarkets that perpetuate the wasteful consumerist society we are trapped in. Thanks You made some good points. But, as has been said, took too much of the site at face value. There is a later bit on shoplifting (if not on freegan.info) another site. Where it says that it is not a core freegan belief, and if you are going to do it. It should not be any small , organic produce stall. But it should be a disgusting corporate soul destroying supermarket like Wal-Mart (Stateside, I’m British so Wal-Mart is the limit of my knowledge of American supermarkets) or Tesco/Asda over in Britain.

There are two main sorts of freegans. There’s those who do it on a pure moral basis. Take part in all other activities, share their finds, grow some of their own food ect. Then there are those who (you assume from the website make up the majority) are in it to either be pretentious or just to be parasitic.
Also the idea that stealing will hike up prices (as someone else mentioned) would not be the case with a huge corporation. Even if it got so effective they were forced to raise prices, their prices would raise above those already offered by small organic wholefood sellers, making people switch over. Gaining the small, morally shiny people money, and losing even more for the soulless supermarkets that perpetuate the wasteful consumerist society we are trapped in.

Thanks

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