Comments on: In Response http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/12/04/in-response/ a look at how America squanders nearly half of its food Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:47:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Turkey trash | 1800blogger http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/12/04/in-response/#comment-55794 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 04:51:38 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/12/04/in-response/#comment-55794 [...] A very friendly coworker brought me some sweet potato pie today.  Traveling with my dad and sister for Thanksgiving was fun, but I have to admit I missed all the traditional foods.  Especially the pie.  I was kind of surprised at first that she still had pie, a full week later.  But when I think about it, nearly every family I know makes huge meals for Thanksgiving and the leftovers are just as much a part of the ritual as the meal itself.  Jonathan Bloom over at Wasted Food wrote about this on nytimes.com before the holiday and today responded to some of the questions generated by readers. [...] […] A very friendly coworker brought me some sweet potato pie today.  Traveling with my dad and sister for Thanksgiving was fun, but I have to admit I missed all the traditional foods.  Especially the pie.  I was kind of surprised at first that she still had pie, a full week later.  But when I think about it, nearly every family I know makes huge meals for Thanksgiving and the leftovers are just as much a part of the ritual as the meal itself.  Jonathan Bloom over at Wasted Food wrote about this on nytimes.com before the holiday and today responded to some of the questions generated by readers. […]

]]> by: Turkey trash « everydaytrash http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/12/04/in-response/#comment-55785 Fri, 05 Dec 2008 01:10:17 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/12/04/in-response/#comment-55785 [...] Turkey trash By everydaytrash A very friendly coworker brought me some sweet potato pie today.  Traveling with my dad and sister for Thanksgiving was fun, but I have to admit I missed all the traditional foods.  Especially the pie.  I was kind of surprised at first that she still had pie, a full week later.  But when I think about it, nearly every family I know makes huge meals for Thanksgiving and the leftovers are just as much a part of the ritual as the meal itself.  Jonathan Bloom over at Wasted Food wrote about this on nytimes.com before the holiday and today responded to some of the questions generated by readers. [...] […] Turkey trash By everydaytrash A very friendly coworker brought me some sweet potato pie today.  Traveling with my dad and sister for Thanksgiving was fun, but I have to admit I missed all the traditional foods.  Especially the pie.  I was kind of surprised at first that she still had pie, a full week later.  But when I think about it, nearly every family I know makes huge meals for Thanksgiving and the leftovers are just as much a part of the ritual as the meal itself.  Jonathan Bloom over at Wasted Food wrote about this on nytimes.com before the holiday and today responded to some of the questions generated by readers. […]

]]> by: Dan Livingston http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/12/04/in-response/#comment-55756 Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:52:21 +0000 http://www.wastedfood.com/2008/12/04/in-response/#comment-55756 Jon, Honestly, I have a hard time talking about this topic without being at least a little sarcastic, and in your writing you have a little bit of a sarcastic--yet humorous--style. It just seems that many people that shoot back at me when I'm talking about dealing with food waste, are coming from a particular ethical outlook based on capitalist ideals--the right to work for what you eat, the right to eat what you've worked for in any way you please, the right to distribute it to whomever in whichever way you please, the god-like standards on sanitation etc. I just can't help but be a little sarcastic in my conversations, because part of it just seems ridiculous: that how you feel about food should be more important than folks getting the food that they need. Regarding #42, don't let them get you down. Your style is unique and your writings a constitution of sorts for the freegan cause. Not that I figured you were failing in your resolve, but I thought I should give you a pat on the back anyway. Coming from a dumpster-diving world into a professional food-recovery world, it's nice to see that there are others out there with that guerrilla recovery attitude. Peace and Love, Dan Jon,
Honestly, I have a hard time talking about this topic without being at least a little sarcastic, and in your writing you have a little bit of a sarcastic–yet humorous–style. It just seems that many people that shoot back at me when I’m talking about dealing with food waste, are coming from a particular ethical outlook based on capitalist ideals–the right to work for what you eat, the right to eat what you’ve worked for in any way you please, the right to distribute it to whomever in whichever way you please, the god-like standards on sanitation etc. I just can’t help but be a little sarcastic in my conversations, because part of it just seems ridiculous: that how you feel about food should be more important than folks getting the food that they need.

Regarding #42, don’t let them get you down. Your style is unique and your writings a constitution of sorts for the freegan cause. Not that I figured you were failing in your resolve, but I thought I should give you a pat on the back anyway. Coming from a dumpster-diving world into a professional food-recovery world, it’s nice to see that there are others out there with that guerrilla recovery attitude.
Peace and Love,
Dan

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