By: Sara Ost

Sara Ost — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 20:37:43 +0000

Papa, urban foraging and dumpster diving are in fact two distinct subcultures/activities. Plenty of neighborhoods have fruit trees, even in cities. 😉

By: ToddC

ToddC — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:33:50 +0000

I’ve switched (a long while ago now) to a everything is ok to eat, so long as I’ve prepared the meal with my owns hands from as raw ingredients as possible diet. Turns out to be a diet heavy in plants, be they grain, vegetables, nuts, or fruit. I certainly have not given up meat or dairy, however eatting more than a 1/2 pound of meat in one week is extremely rare. Dairy products I am careful to purchase organic. It’s been an amazing change over the years, really, almost as if I have been two different people. I’ve learned quite a bit over the years about diet, cooking, exercise and maintaining health in the process. Now with all that said, can we please stop spreading the “It’s healthier to graze” myth? Frequency of meals makes absolutely no difference physiologically. Now as for wallet advice, eating organic will decidely not make a light impact on the wallet, even with complete elemination of meat from the diet. For example, I bought some pinto beans yesterday, just a pound. $1.19 for bulk non-organic pinto beans, but I paid $3.29 for a pound of organic. Not an unusual difference in price.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 11:26:28 +0000

I don’t see how eating emu and bison is supposed to be easier on your wallet.

Also: only varmints and homeless forage in urban environments… papa ain’t no dumpster-diver.

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