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It was another awesome possum week in the reclaimed produce department. Every week people ask how I am able to get all this produce for free. And the answer is really, really simple. I just asked. “While I was out running errands, I stopped by my favorite produce market to inquire about possibly picking up “scraps” for Read More >>
It was like Christmas I tell you. Spring is here and it was pretty obvious that people are in the mood to buy fresh fruits and vegetables again. I hope you are sitting down, because the pictures of the free food we were able to pick up from Mr. Produce Guy this week pretty much speak for Read More >>
It was a fantastic week in the reclaimed foods department at my local market. Fantastic! We were able to salvage: 2 personal watermelons 2 cantaloupes 3 heads of lettuce 1 banana 8 apples 3 pears 6 pounds of potatoes Wahoooo! Talk about a nice variety of free food. The chickens were pretty happy with their Read More >>
There was a big variety of free fresh produce for both the chickens and my family this week in the 3 reclaimed produce boxes we picked up from Mr. Produce Guy. This whole reclaimed produce thing started last April {you can read about it HERE} and after doing it for about 10 months now I Read More >>
Apparently everyone and their brother bought fruits and vegetables for Super Bowl party platters over the weekend because there were only 2 boxes of “chicken scraps” this week. However, I was pretty hopeful when I saw the 2 reclaimed produce boxes. Once I started going though the fruits and vegetables though, I noticed the lettuce was all Read More >>
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