

Right now we’re both gardening –trying to go full-scale urban farm, in fact, but not there yet– and participating deeply in local mutual aid networks and the gift economy.
Dumpster diving just isn’t where it’s at, anymore, for food. Most grocers willingly participate in “grocery rescue” programs, which usually routes unsold food to pantries, community kitchens, love fridges, and mutual aid “free stores”. They get tax write-offs and save on their garbage bill, volunteers take away old baked goods, sketchy produce, and nearly-expired prepared or preserved foods.
And of course, eating less meat and getting a greater percentage of it from local farms.
Are you sorting by “new” or “active”? And if it’s not either of those then there’s your problem.