Free the Food #36 ✔ | One Man's Trash is Another Man's Treasure [2018-04-10]

in steem •  6 years ago  (edited)

“Respect for Food is a Respect for Life for who we are and what we do”

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by @reko
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Found such an abundance of food the last few days that I plan to set up a table in the middle of town giving away free chocolate / coffee bean truffles and coffee drinks / juice while promoting the STEEM blockchain @markwhittam style!^^

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Latest Update:

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Heading out in the dark night on my small bike that I found in a container!^^

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Outside our house after a successful food rescue mission!

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Bags full of food and a tired Lizzy after tonight's adventure...

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All this food is just from one of our local shops in one single day...

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Current Free Food in Stock:

Blueberry juice
Carrot juice
Mandarin juice
Chocolate oat milk
Pomegranate
Avocado
Onions
Tomatoes
Peppers
Bread
Coffee
Coffee drinks
Mushrooms
Carrots
Herbs
Chicken
Crème fraîche
Salad
Sun dried tomatoes
Yoghurt
Wheat
Apples
Crisps
Flour
Salmon
Garlic
Potatoes
Mustard
Lemons
Etc...


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Past Treasures:

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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.

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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Why do I Dumpster Dive?


| Bring awareness on how much food is wasted with our current system |
| No costs enabling me to minimize my dependency on Fiat |
| Save the abundance of food that is wasted and share it |
| No need to power down my Steem Power |
| 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've got great plans for 2018 and beyond and intend to work hard to achieve it. The Steem blockchain is the perfect place to create positive change as it rewards individuals that contribute to the community and humanity at large. I am wholeheartedly dedicated to this platform and my intention is to create solutions to our current predicament and unite humankind once and for all

I regularly invite people over to share the abundance which I've been doing for many by now and nowadays I of course take the opportunity to introduce them to the Steem blockchain!^^

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CHEERS, STAY TUNED & MAY THE STEEM BE WITH YOU...


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Bravo, it would be a shame to see so much food go to waste.
Nice little project, keep up the great work.

thx!!^^

  ·  6 years ago (edited)

From the bottom of my heart, I must say this is the best initiative ever. It breaks my heart when I see food get wasted while others have little or nothing to eat.

I attended a function over the weekend and was pained that while some people were picking at their food, one particular lady who was a gatecrasher wanted some food but was turned down.

It really got me thinking why anyone would refuse someone a plate of food just because he/she is of a lower class. But then, what do I know. More kudos to you for this nice initiative. Acts like this makes me believe that humanity isn't doomed.

thanks @mayib we're far from doomed and together we'll bring in a new golden age...

  ·  6 years ago (edited)

This is the best and most selfless initiative I've ever seen since joining Steemit. Now, this post really deserves an upvote!
Keep up the good work bro.
You are a genuine samaritan in times of outrageous egocentrism.

thanks bro, together we'll turn this ship around!^^

There is so much waste of good food. Where millions of people do not even get a piece of bread daily on the other side some people absolutely have no value for the amount of food they get.
Retailers hoard and consumers with heavy pockets don't value :-(
I feel in your country may be there is an excess supply, Have you thought of sending this to countries where there is so much lack of food and basic necessities.

Knowledge will erase all starvation in the coming years... The lack thereof is the reason why people are starving as is, not lack of resources. The change will come from the people not from the extremely centralized system we currently live in. It will be truly amazing to be apart of this transition into a new far more decentralized paradigm, a new golden age of humanity! :)

This is pretty cool! Good for you. While I don't want to do it, I feel happy each time I see one of your food forging posts. Nice haul, nice photos.

thanks @whatsup! Glad I can put a smile on your face. I won't stop shining a light on the insanity until we have a change. Another way to be a part of the change is stop supporting the stores that are a part of this.

Hardest up from me! 👍 never ever though that people wasting so much food!!! Crazy!

Follow / Resteem and up from me!

crazy indeed...thanks!

Awesome. Just, awesome.
We try to reduce waste as much a possible at the restaurant. Shocking what retailers do with their excess food stuffs.

it is indeed and they are trying to hide it as well blaming the consumers but they are not gonna get away with it for much longer...

Great bro..

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  ·  6 years ago (edited)

heheheh ty @veerall

@reko hope am invited to your free food?

heheehe ofc bro

I respect!

thx man! :)

For real

I wish i could taste these organic foods. This is awesome to see natural elements even in photos. Awesome post indeed.

thank you @shohana1!^^

Well done keep the good work up bravo!!!!

thanks @rodmack, will do! :)

This is really something else, man.. I used to work at a Sam's Club so I know it happens... Good lord! and there's people starving out there... America's priorities are jacked up, all the waste is a symptom of our consumerism.. I don't know but this is definitely good karma... What an adventure, thanks for letting us know whats possible :)

thank you @newtreehints. will keep pushing the boundaries of what's possible going forward so stay tuned!^^

That is a act of God . To recognize that those foods some consider as waste can save a life. Hope it gets to save someone in need. Thanks for being kind

  ·  6 years ago (edited)

Great job .. great ideas .. maybe meet up one day in this market when I am back if I dropped by Göteborg. Any chat Chanel ?

yes for sure! You can reach me here, discord, [email protected] or FB group "REKO Göteborg"! ^^

Great 👍🏼
Wish to see you soon in real world 😎😍
@josteem
Mvh/
John

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Definitely in all over the world food becomes spoiled but can't reached in the poor population mouth we should preserve food for needy peoples which are unable to afford but thanks @reko for this awareness & for giving us lovely Blockchain but would you like to tell me how I can run #Steemengine In Steemengine can I post food related please tell me because I want to grow better .

just login on SteemFollower and SteemEngine and you get more exposure for your latest post. The more SP you have the better though as it gives you more visibility! :)

I am working in the food industry , day by day we throw so many food away just because 1 tomato in a 500g bag is bad .. this makes me so sad :/ but will we don t throw it all away , for legal reasons we can t donate meat and fish but the rest we spend to poor people :)

that's great, here we can give away as long as it hasn't passe the "latest consumption date".

I have met a couple of backpackers who solely live on hitchhiking and dumpster diving.

Is it really dumpster, it all loks quite fresh and good. To be honest, I kinda want to eat a lot out of it.

I think there should be better system in place to declare any food as expired than the marked expiry date.

Wow Look at all that good food ! Well done @reko !
I saw one time at Discovery Channel a pig farmer who was collecting all the food that remained from restaurants and boiled it and feed it to his pigs.
He was even finding bread with caviar, fresh vegetables and a lot of fruit plus milk a lot of milk.
His pigs were healthy and fat !

Hoarding food which is very important in the winter and summer or should pay more attention to food fresh.

@reka i think reka invite all steemit user ..... :)
Good stuff and do well good and pray success in your life

genial, @reko, buen provecho!

Wow such a nice natural source of food. It's really an outstanding one welldone @reko

Great work you do in favor of those who have less, you have a huge heart full of solidarity .. I congratulate you and I follow you.
I invite you to give me a little pass through my publications and give me your support ... Thanks.

Wow.. this is for sure (great) treasure ! :) Best wishes and thank you for sharing <3

@reko people like you restore my faith in humanity

Great work, I wish there were more people in the world like you. God Bless

Well done. It is ashamed how much food is thrown while some people are starving. I always feel angry at the idea that stores prefer to throw food rather than give it to those most in need. Your good work makes a lot of people happy and returns faith to humanity.

Where the heck do you find all this food?

all stores basically throw away shiploads of food every single day so it's not even hard to find....

What a waste.

Good

Wow!! Mind blowing to see all those photos back to back. I think you have also found a really creative way to promote Steemit.

Ah! That is very similar to what we used to do. Some friends used to have dumpster diving parties where they’d invite students to dumpster dive with them and then eat everything together with the neighbors and invite all the local homeless. Eventually people started getting arrested for it and the project was shut down....

As long as you can do it safely keep doing it! Find more people to join you! Turn it into a party!

wonderful post. A lot of food item. I like this foods. It is very healthy and comfortable food.

amazing very excited?

wow so much food
@reko

Love what you do, sir. Keep it up.

Not bad i should think about trying it myself.

I love what you are doing here. There is a bit of a stigma around dumpster diving in the UK, but it is crazy how much good food is thrown away.

They should give it to the homeless or food banks.

hahahahahahaha

hehehe glad u like it;)

true being walking this earth

good luck

ty

Wow, man this is awesome! Especially sharing part. I dumpster dive as well but that huge ammount of food is rarity (and I'm glad it is so). I like lessering dependency on fiat part :P cheers

Good work men! That is a loud of food! Save the planet!

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