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Have you heard of Baptiste Dubanchet? I hadn’t until I found an article about him on treehugger.com. He’s a French guy that has decided to ride his bike from Paris to Warsaw, Poland eating only what he can find by dumpster diving, eating local restaurant cast-offs, and what is given to him by strangers. He’s Read More >>
This week Mr. Produce guy set aside 3 boxes of “chicken scraps” for me, and honestly, I don’t think I could have asked for a better assortment of fruits and vegetables. After picking through the boxes I was able to salvage about $50? worth of produce that was still edible. Not to shabby if you Read More >>
There were 5 boxes of free food waiting for The Girl and I when we went to the grocery store this week. About half of the watermelon and grapes were still edible. We scored a bunch of fresh mushrooms, cilantro, spinach and 1 green pepper. 3 ears of corn, bean sprouts, strawberries and blueberries. We Read More >>
This past week I hit the jackpot in the reclaimed food department. Melons, lettuce, strawberries, corn and grapes. This whole idea of asking your local grocer for their chicken scraps isn’t a bad gig. Some weeks we make out like bandits, and some weeks the chickens get all the loot. What we obtain, and what Read More >>
We made out like bandits this week with our “free chicken scraps.” I can hardly believe we have been picking up free grocery store cast offs for over 4 months now. Where does the time go? There was a little something for everyone this time around. Buff the Wayward Chicken and her friends enjoyed 2 Read More >>
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