I have to be honest, I really hoped it would be more of a challenge to feed myself entirely on food that was diverted from waste streams. It was SUPER easy! Not only did I have plenty of food – I had choices! I shared food with my partner, friends, and random people on the internet because I had TOO MUCH free food.
That is a pretty shocking thing to be able to say and a reflection on how broken our food systems are.
On the plus side, I have loads of fun, ate plenty of delicious food, and saved myself a few hundred euros doing Freegan February.
Where did I get all my waste-diverted food from?
One of the main reasons that Freegan February was so easy this year is because of OLIO. I have written about the pros and cons of OLIO on this blog, but from the free food perspective, it is excellent. Between the 10% of my collections that I kept and the food I collected from other OLIO volunteers, I barely needed to look elsewhere. This made up at least 80% of my food in February.
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Wasteless Wanderess 