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I think I’d rather cough up the money on the inside of the store. Perhaps some problems in the global distribution of wealth and food call for a systemic, rather than personal/dietary, response.
Personal/dietary response can certainly influence systemic change through market forces such as demand. If more people contribute to this effort, food producers would be forced to address their inefficiencies. Am I suggesting “freeganism,” as it is also called, will work? I honestly don’t know. Certainly not on its own. But I do know that movements benefit from greater diversity in tactics. This is just one of many that can and should be taken up by those brave (and perhaps weird) enough to do it.
On a personal/micro level, I can understand its attraction. There is a significant population of people who do it near me in Portland, ME. Not only can you find abundant, free and nutritious food… but it comes with a fresh, juvenile, stick-it-to-the-man sensation (especially when Whole Foods Market calls the cops on you while you robin-hood your loot to family and the local soup kitchen) and I think that empowers people in a radical, but nonviolent way.
There are lot of foods that are wasted and lot of people are needs food. We must be responsible and think all the things around us are very important. We should analyze the important of each things surrounds us.