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Re: Food is free if you know where to look

#31

There's also https://mundraub.org/map , a map that shows free fruits (mainly in Germany).

Unfortunately they do not open source their code. Also I found this one: "Wir gendern nicht, weil wir bei der Umerziehung des Menschen durch Sprachmanipulation nicht mitmachen wollen und weil die Mehrheit von euch dies laut Umfrage auch so sieht."

You omitted this part of the quote: " Wir duzen dich als mundräuber oder mundräuberin. Unsere Geschäftspartner aus Kommunen und Unternehmen siezen wir."

Re: Food is free if you know where to look

#32
Today I've read an article about how Spanish farmers let fruit rot on the tree, since prices are so low that they can't cover the cost of labour.

Someone asked on the comments why they don't just let people go and grab as much fruit as they want, if it's going to waste anyway. The answer might be 'because regulations'. If you got a farm and people pick up fruit for free, does it count as unpaid labour? Could you get sued? People rather not take the risk. Not to mention the implications of allowing random people to freely roam your property, etc.

Re: Food is free if you know where to look

#33

Someone should do this for tech meetups with free pizza and beer. I practically lived on those my first year in the bay area. If you're smart you can eat for free every night of the week in exchange for listening to a few boring lightning talks and recruiter pitches.

Terrible nutrition though, most def not how to run your body optimally. Freeganing can save you bank. Hit up the nicer grocery stores: Whole Foods, Trader Joes, Lunardi's, Nob Hill. Find out their schedules for throwing away perfectly good food because the arbitrary/conservative date on it "expired." One of my friends frequently scores expensive cuts of filet mignon steaks that they just toss (I'm vegetarian when it…

Many farms are near polluted places - especially airports and big streets where people wouldn't want to live. So you won't really escape the pollution - but maybe the chance of eating car exhausts is better than the guarantee of eating them. Then again, you don't know what else happened with processed/supermarket food before it reaches you.

Re: Food is free if you know where to look

#34

Today I've read an article about how Spanish farmers let fruit rot on the tree, since prices are so low that they can't cover the cost of labour. Someone asked on the comments why they don't just let people go and grab as much fruit as they want, if it's going to waste anyway. The answer might be 'because regulations'. If you got a farm and people pick up fruit for free, does it count as unpaid labour? Could you get…

I’m sure they have to worry about damage to the trees as well.

Re: Food is free if you know where to look

#35

Today I've read an article about how Spanish farmers let fruit rot on the tree, since prices are so low that they can't cover the cost of labour. Someone asked on the comments why they don't just let people go and grab as much fruit as they want, if it's going to waste anyway. The answer might be 'because regulations'. If you got a farm and people pick up fruit for free, does it count as unpaid labour? Could you get…

In the UK there are farms that let you go round picking strawberries or other fruits. And people pay for the experience. I'm not sure that regulations come in to it.

Re: Food is free if you know where to look

#36

Someone should do this for tech meetups with free pizza and beer. I practically lived on those my first year in the bay area. If you're smart you can eat for free every night of the week in exchange for listening to a few boring lightning talks and recruiter pitches.

Terrible nutrition though, most def not how to run your body optimally. Freeganing can save you bank. Hit up the nicer grocery stores: Whole Foods, Trader Joes, Lunardi's, Nob Hill. Find out their schedules for throwing away perfectly good food because the arbitrary/conservative date on it "expired." One of my friends frequently scores expensive cuts of filet mignon steaks that they just toss (I'm vegetarian when it…

If Hacker News is anything to go buy, running "optimally" is a scam.

Re: Food is free if you know where to look

#38
post #19

I see it has listed a fruit tree in my yard... Is there a way to revoke that? I've given permission to my neighbors to pick as long as they knock, not to randoms.

Isn't it usually legal to pick fruit if it overhangs on to public land? Otherwise normal trespassing laws apply.

Re: Food is free if you know where to look

#40
post #29

Someone should do this for tech meetups with free pizza and beer. I practically lived on those my first year in the bay area. If you're smart you can eat for free every night of the week in exchange for listening to a few boring lightning talks and recruiter pitches.

But, you have to pay the taxi/train/Uber to go to every event across the city, right?

I use a bicycle but I'd only do this if I enjoy it anyway, otherwise you're just paying with your time instead of money which is actually a worse deal.
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