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This past week was a great one in the free food department. I know I’ve said it a hundred million times, but isn’t it amazing how much food gets thrown out by grocery stores each week? The picture you see above is just what one store tossed in about 3 hours. Imagine what a weeks Read More >>
It’s a good thing our backyard pet chickens will eat just about anything, because this week there was a total hodge podge of discarded fruits and vegetables from Mr. Produce Guy. Where else in the world are you going to find totally edible papaya, avocados, grapes, lettuce, heirloom tomatoes and apples tossed to the curb Read More >>
Holy crackers people. Hole. Lee. Crackers. Do you know anyone who would pay $4.99 for a head of cauliflower? I sure don’t. I mean c’mon, how are people suppose to eat their veggies when they are so expensive? Cilantro $2.49 a bunch!! A packet of seeds costs about half that. How about $5.49 for a 14 Read More >>
This week there was a little bit of everything in our free produce scrap boxes. Mr. Produce Guy knows our chickens LOVE lettuce and so we typically end up with at least one full box of leafy greens. There were also organic apples, organic strawberries and even some cut cantaloupe melon this time around. Now Read More >>
I don’t know about you, but I think it’s totally worth it to stop by my local grocery store once a week to pick up “scrap produce.” Even if we do end up giving most of it to our flock of backyard chickens, I still think it’s kind of fun. One of these days I’m Read More >>
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