Free the Food #26 ✔ | "WE ARE MAD" Short Documentary on Dumpster Diving [2018-01-26]

in #photography • 7 years ago

Activism to End The Systematic Food Waste...

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by @reko
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Dumpster diving

The practice of foraging in garbage that has been put out on the street in dumpsters, garbage cans, etc., for discarded items that may still be valuable, useful, or fixable.

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“WE ARE MAD”...

tells the story of a group of young people living in Copenhagen, sourcing the majority of their food supplies from the trash bins of two nearby supermarkets. From organic to conventionally grown fruits and vegetables, cheese, coffee, olive oil, meats of all kind all the way to bottled water and screen wash for your cars - you can find it all!

WE ARE MAD
from Tom Schaefer on Vimeo.

https://www.wisdomofood.com

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Latest Treasures...

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DSCN1433.JPG Delighted after a few really successful dives...

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Current Free Food in Stock:

Cottage Cheese
Pesto
Shrimps
Bread
Coffee
Bananas
Butter
Sugar snaps
Mushrooms
Onion
Tomatoes
Avocados
Carrots
Strawberries
Blueberries
Celery
Clementines
Beetroot
Pomegranate
Chips
Herbs
Beer
Fennel
Head cheese
Chicken
Crème fraîche
Salad
Sun dried tomatoes
Yoghurt
Coleslaw
Cheese
Wheat
Candy
Crispbread
Chestnut cream
Sweet buns
Apples
Crisps
Mozzarella
Flour
Minced meat
Tzatziki
Tacos
Vegan products
Roast beef
Salmon
Onions
Potatoes
Sun dried tomato sauce
Mango/peach sauce
Candle lights
Herbs
Mustard
Herring
Ham
Meatballs
Sausages
Herbs
Lemons
Greens


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Past Treasures:

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Salmon and cucumber is gonna be on the menu here for a while...

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Found some sweet coconut water with peach and mango and also one with coconut water and espresso...nomnom! :)

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Massive amounts of food in stock, this is just a part of it all...

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Introducing Trashwiki, the collaborative world wide guide of creating value from trash! Here you will find plenty of trash-related articles: you can search by specific countries and cities to find the best places in your area!

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Dumpster Diving - Behind the Scenes.

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Was a cold and snowy night here in Gothenburg...

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Lizzy is my loyal partner when diving, always ready to go! :)

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Mission accomplished... ;)

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Why do I Dumpster Dive?

  • Bring awareness on how much food is wasted with our current system...
  • Save the abundance of food that is wasted and share it...
  • Minimizing costs enabling me to be less dependant on Fiat and can Power Up 100%...
  • Great regular exercise and good karma... ;)

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Thursdays Weekly Meet-ups:

We meet up on Thursdays in the middle of the city to share the food we've saved during the week. It's a great way to meet, connect and support each other. We meet between 6-7 pm at the same time as the decentralized farmers market that I've initiated!

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I regularly invite friends over to share the abundance of food, been doing it for many years but now I also of course make sure to introduce them to the Steem blockchain! ;)

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Join my Discord Chat & May the Steem be with you!

thealliancereko

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     7 years ago 

    omg you guys are my heroes!!!

    From organic to conventionally grown fruits and vegetables, cheese, coffee, olive oil, meats of all kind all the way to bottled water and screen wash for your cars - you can find it all!

    what a testament to the world! I am so glad you're putting this info out there on steemit as i'm sure you'll touch a ton of people and make them think differently about waste streams and searching in their local grocer's dumpster ;) hehe <3

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     7 years ago 

    lovely @reko

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     7 years ago 

    wow amazing I'm coming to help you for eat this food huh

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     7 years ago 

    ...and I'll be there to help you. Who will help me? lol

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     7 years ago (edited)

    Amazing post man, I used to do a lot of dumpster diving in places like McDonald's in my country, back when I was younger, never found that amount of food though.

    Always hated the idea of people throwing away food, makes me sick really.

    Edit: Lizzy looks super cute :)

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     7 years ago 

    Food not bombs!

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     7 years ago 

    Nice post.I respect you very much because you contribute to steemit.I will do activities like you.I would like to extend the steemit.

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     7 years ago 

    cool, make sure to drop me a link when u do;)

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     7 years ago 

    Hats off to you and your huge heart for sharing! Loved the video and yes, it's crazy that people don't realize that expiration dates are simply a marketing ploy.

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     7 years ago 

    Yeah we have really lost the trust on our senses which is definitely much more accurate way of deciding if the food is good then an arbitrary date...

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     7 years ago 

    Omg...I don't know about shrimp..or fish of any kind. I have to give it to you though. Steem on!

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     7 years ago 

    lol yeah the ones I found was in some preservatives so shouldn't be a problem, they aoften throw it earlier the the expiry date and it's very cold here in Sweden now...

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     7 years ago (edited)

    That is amazing if you really found all that good food in a dumpster.

    I used to go to the electronic shops like RadioShack to do that as a kid. It was fun to discover the stuff in there and try to bring it back to life. I think a food place would be kind of nasty sometimes.

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     7 years ago 

    yeh some places can ofc be but here in Sweden it's mostly pretty nice and the quality is super!

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     7 years ago 

    That is absolutely amazing!! Who knew you could find so much food thrown away outside of grocery stores?! I applaud you for doing a good deed. If Steemit had awards for giving back to the community I would surely nominate you! Thank you for this post 😊

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