It still blows my mind that all of this food I collect every week for my chickens and my family would otherwise be headed for the dumpster. We’ve been picking up free “scraps” from Mr. Produce Guy for over a year now and week after week I am shocked at what’s headed for the trash. Read More >>
How to Get Free Food Week # 15 – Reclaimed Food Show and Tell
Blech. When The Girl and I went to pick up the produce boxes a few days ago all I could see were heaps of lettuce trimmings. The good thing was, chickens love lettuce. The not so good thing, I really have no use for 4 boxes of lettuce leaves. This week we were able to Read More >>
How to Get Free Food Week # 12 – Reclaimed Food Show and Tell
I sent The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird to fetch the free produce from the market this past week. When she walked through the front door with her loot she announced, “There were only 3 boxes.” She looked defeated. Here we are, living in high maintenance suburbia, without a want in the world, and Read More >>
How to Get Free Food Week # 11 – Reclaimed Food Show and Tell
This week was absolutely crazy in the reclaimed food department. ABSOLUTELY CRAZY. I was so caught up in trying to figure out how I was going to use/distribute 15 watermelon halves that I forgot to take a picture of everything we salvaged. In the end The Girl and I were able to save – 15 Read More >>
How to Get Free Food Week # 10 – Reclaimed Food Show and Tell
This past week I was able to pick up 4 boxes of fresh produce that was headed for the dumpster. After The Girl Who Thinks She’s a Bird and I sorted through all of the boxes, we ended up with yet another amazing haul of free fresh fruit and vegetables. Can anyone tell me how Read More >>