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12/21/2018 / By Mary Miller

The REAL meaning and purpose of expiration dates on food

Food date labels are often a death sentence for the food item in question. They judge the food items with the words “best before,” “use by,” “sell by,” and so on. The numbers written on the tag are an ever-present warning that their time is limited. Little by little, they slowly count down the food’s […]

06/08/2018 / By Zoey Sky

Foraging wild edibles a growing trend – can it also help fight hunger?

It looks like foraging, a crucial survival skill, can soon be used to help fight food insecurity. Foraging has become a profitable craze, and everyone from chefs to cooks to craft brewers are now harvesting wild and local ingredients. Wild edibles like berries, dandelion greens, mushrooms, and nettles are in demand, and a recent peer-reviewed study […]

07/08/2017 / By Rhonda Johansson

Frugal woman manages to quit job and travel the world by eating trash from the dumpster

Dumpster diving isn’t limited to just information espionage. A Portland, Oregon woman began to eat out of the dumpster (which she affectionately called, “dumpster dogging”) to save $30,000 in just eight months — enough cash to leave her job and travel to central America. Amanda Holden, 32, was called the “Dumpster Dog” by her coworkers […]

02/09/2017 / By Lance D Johnson

Zero waste: German supermarket sells only salvaged food

A new kind of supermarket opened in Cologne Germany this year. The supermarket, The Good Food, is different because they only sell salvaged food that would have been thrown away or left to rot. There are now three stores like this one in the European Union. The Good Food is unique because shoppers get to […]

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