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If the Americans proceed with what appears to be a cruel and mindless plan (surely emanating from Dick Cheney)
For a new wave of ethical eaters, grocery carts are giving way to garbage bags. JENN GEAREY investigates the new junk food
JENN GEAREY
The Globe and Mail
January 15, 2006
Forget buying brie from local producers. Or stocking up on strictly organic oranges. Or even insisting on cruelty-free tofu chops instead of four-legged fry-ups. The latest wave of ethical eaters are opting out of the grocery-food chain entirely — and into dumpster dining.
Called freegans, urban foragers, opportunivores, these social activists are so repulsed by the food waste in developed countries — and the larger politics of the food industry — they rifle through trash cans to salvage “corporate leftovers” for their meals.
