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Offline zyxy

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dumpster diving for food
« on: March 14, 2009, 11:28:34 PM »
i'm new to it myself - recently tried it for the first time in another borough, not sure how i'd like it ... it was so awesome, i wanna start freeganing food around the hood. i live at 85/roosevelt. vegetarian, have bike, will travel.

criticism of dumpster diving ... well i guess it's a community board, but i'm not really listening/responding here.
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Re: dumpster diving for food
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2009, 11:36:27 PM »
Quote from: zyxy on March 14, 2009, 11:28:34 PM
i'm new to it myself - recently tried it for the first time in another borough, not sure how i'd like it ... it was so awesome, i wanna start freeganing food around the hood. i live at 85/roosevelt. vegetarian, have bike, will travel.

criticism of dumpster diving ... well i guess it's a community board, but i'm not really listening/responding here.

If you're not listening/responding here, why are you posting? 

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Re: dumpster diving for food
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2009, 12:17:18 AM »
oh  :D hehe i mean to say, i am listening for people who ARE interested.  :rockon:
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Re: dumpster diving for food
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2009, 12:17:10 PM »
Welcome zyxy.

I'm curious about what this entails... restaurant leftovers?
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Re: dumpster diving for food
« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2009, 07:26:33 PM »
Dumpster diving for food sounds dangerous to me.
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Re: dumpster diving for food
« Reply #5 on: March 17, 2009, 09:05:27 PM »
i guess dumpster diving could be anywhere including restaurants. i'm thinking bakeries and grocery stores. you know how it's most profitable for them to keep the shelves constantly stocked, well that means when new stuff comes in they just dump the "old" stuff, although which is it's perfectly fine. it's funny, in the second it moves from inside to outside, somehow we decided it's "garbage," although one second ago we were paying money for it.
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Re: dumpster diving for food
« Reply #6 on: March 19, 2009, 09:04:04 PM »
I saw this on Oprah and one of the news shows. Apparently alot of people do it-including affluential folks. Is it for me no but I am all for not wasting-especially food. Im curious though what have you been able to recover from your dives?
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Re: dumpster diving for food
« Reply #7 on: March 27, 2009, 06:40:30 PM »
look up "food not bombs" for more info behind the thinking of dumpster diving...zyxy, you should focus on queuing people into WHY the should "dumpster dive" and the sort of impact that activity can have on the community... reclaiming edible food that is destined for the garbage is what NYC's city harvest program does in order to feed hundreds of hungry new yorkers... dive all you want, but be accountable...
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Re: dumpster diving for food
« Reply #8 on: March 28, 2009, 06:02:58 PM »
Dunkin donuts throws out there dougnuts but i dont know there schedule, and a bakery on nothern blvd and 81st street throws old hard bread out at 2ish 3ish in the morning (some water in a spray bottle and an oven will bring the bread back to normal lol) im not sure about the fruit stores but on 78th and 37th ave i forgot what day but produce is also thrown out. if your really going to do this i suggest you scope these establishments out so you can learn the garbage days and what is thrown out.  best of luck.

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Re: dumpster diving for food
« Reply #9 on: March 28, 2009, 09:47:28 PM »
Dumpster diving....far out man.......just like Oscar The Grouch!

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Re: dumpster diving for food
« Reply #10 on: April 03, 2009, 01:42:07 PM »
Hey, my name is Vladic, I'm a reporter for Queens Tribune... when are you doing this? How many people do this? I'd be happy to do a story about it, please get in touch.

Vladic Ravich
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Re: dumpster diving for food
« Reply #11 on: November 30, 2014, 10:32:05 PM »
Hello, everyone. I'm not sure when this post went up but I have been organizing with a Freegan group in Manhattan for some time now:
http://www.meetup.com/dumpsterdiving-4/
We in Jackson Heights can absolutely do the same: I encourage anyone interested to reply.

Thank you.
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Re: dumpster diving for food
« Reply #12 on: November 30, 2014, 10:55:51 PM »
Forgive me, I should add:
We are having a meetup for dumpster diving tomorrow, Monday, 12/1:
Wall Street Atrium
60 Wall Street, New York, NY
>>7 train--> 2,3 (Times Sq. - 42nd St.) OR 4,5 (Grand Central - 42nd St) --> Wall St.
Walk south from Pine St. to Wall St, make left. Walk to middle of block. **If you walk from Pine and see Cedar St, you're going the wrong way.

I implore all: join MeetUp.com, sign up (RSVP) for the event. Use this opportunity to construct a group here in JH.
http://www.meetup.com/dumpsterdiving-4/
My name is Alexia (female); I will be there @9pm.
@7:30 - meet the group, ask questions.

**Lastly,
http://freegan.info/what-is-a-freegan/freegan-events-in-new-york/
Main group page; enjoy.

Remember, we can have the same in JH. MeetUp tomorrow.
>>Come prepared with plastic bags (for sanitation) AND big reusable bags (we do end up w/ a lot).

~Thank you,
Alexia
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