Websites we used, that you can use too!
Here we will list our resources so that you can check them out as well!
Keenan, Chris. Simple Ways to Reduce Everyday Waste: Part I (December 28, 2011). Retrieved April 26, 2012.
http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2011/12/28/reduce-food-waste-part-1/
Keenan, Chris. Simple Ways to Reduce Everyday Waste: Part II (December 30, 2011). Retrieved April 26, 2012.
http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2011/12/30/reduce-food-waste/
Freegan.info, strategies for sustainable living beyond capitalism (2008). Public Domain. Retrieved: April 17, 2012, http://freegan.info/
United States Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (September 16, 2011). Food Product Dating. Retrieved: April 27, 2012.
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Factsheets/Food_Product_dating/index.asp
United States Environmental Protection Agency: Basic Information about Food Waste (April 9, 2012). Retrieved: April 27, 2012. http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/organics/food/fd-basic.htm
United States Environmental Protection Agency: Food Donation: Feed People- Not Landfills (February 17, 2012). Retrieved: April 20, 2012. http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/organics/food/fd-donate.htm
United States Environmental Protection Agency: Generators of Food Waste (April 26, 2012). Retrieved: April 27, 2012.http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/organics/food/fd-gener.htm#food-hier
Still Tasty, Your Ultimate Shelf Life Guide (2012). Retrieved April 16, 2012. http://www.stilltasty.com/
Video Interviews:
All video interviewers wished to remain anonymous
http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2011/12/28/reduce-food-waste-part-1/
- This site (and its sister site.. part II-below) gave a a lot of useful information on ways that we can conserve our food, change our lifestyle in small ways to save food, and adjust our planning in order to buy less and in the right places.
Keenan, Chris. Simple Ways to Reduce Everyday Waste: Part II (December 30, 2011). Retrieved April 26, 2012.
http://eatdrinkbetter.com/2011/12/30/reduce-food-waste/
- (see above)
Freegan.info, strategies for sustainable living beyond capitalism (2008). Public Domain. Retrieved: April 17, 2012, http://freegan.info/
- This site was very instrumental in our research on Freeganism. We were able to really get a feel for the lifestyle... their philosophy, their beliefs, and their ways of thinking in order to understand why they choose the life they do and the reasoning behind it.
United States Department of Agriculture, Food Safety and Inspection Service (September 16, 2011). Food Product Dating. Retrieved: April 27, 2012.
http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Factsheets/Food_Product_dating/index.asp
- This site is where we found charts concerning the storage of various fresh and uncooked products, as well as, sealed processed products.
United States Environmental Protection Agency: Basic Information about Food Waste (April 9, 2012). Retrieved: April 27, 2012. http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/organics/food/fd-basic.htm
- This site provided us with charts concerning the amount of waste and what exactly is being discarded yearly.
United States Environmental Protection Agency: Food Donation: Feed People- Not Landfills (February 17, 2012). Retrieved: April 20, 2012. http://www.epa.gov/osw/conserve/materials/organics/food/fd-donate.htm
- On this particular site we found the The “Bill Emerson Good Samaritan Food Donation Act”, which protects those who donate food from being sewed if the food is spoiled or has gone bad. This Act relinquishes liability.
United States Environmental Protection Agency: Generators of Food Waste (April 26, 2012). Retrieved: April 27, 2012.
- This site provided us with ways in which you can dispose of your food in a much less wasteful way. Giving it to animals is one option, a compost, etc.
Still Tasty, Your Ultimate Shelf Life Guide (2012). Retrieved April 16, 2012. http://www.stilltasty.com/
- This site was used for providing us with information regarding shelf life, expiration dates, and what is considered edible. This was important to our project because many Freegans believe that expiration dates are merely a suggestion, while (who are less conscious of food waste) waste mass amounts of food because of the label.
Video Interviews:
All video interviewers wished to remain anonymous
- The interviews concerning the rotten apple gave us insight into the American life that is not concerned with a "Freegan-inspired" way of living and of people who, at times, can be wasteful of perfectly consumable food
- The interview that contained the woman's refrigerator, showed us a glimpse into a real "Freegan way of living." Perhaps this woman did not realize that she was facilitating this lifestyle, but we learned a lot from her meager ways.