(Watch for the awesome Donald Trump smackdown at the 5:00 mark.)
Okay well I am now appropriately chastised for not finishing my chicken Canadian bacon and pepperjack cheese omelet from earlier today.
I think if we are honest we probably all have to admit that we are guilty in some measure of doing this ourselves.
Years ago I knew a man who used to drive from grocery store to grocery store, and bakery to bakery, gathering up all of the food they were about to discard and taking it to soup kitchens and homeless shelters.
He did this on his own time and never asked for any compensation.
When I asked him why he felt compelled to spend so many hours doing this, he told me "Because Jesse, I have gone to bed hungry listening to my children cry because they did not get enough to eat that day. And once you have been through something like that you not only never want to go through it again, but you never want anybody else to go through it either."
A very profound statement, from a very kind man.
A very kind man indeed. Coming from a dirt poor family, I am befuddled at how some of my siblings became comfortable in life and never looked back, rather became the "pull your self up by your own Bootstrap's" types, while others have never forgotten what we endured and have tried to lift others, when given the opportunity.
ReplyDeleteOne of the "bootstrap" mentality is a big Palinbot.
I am grateful for people like this every day. May he know the peace of God which passes all understanding. (sorry, Gryph)
ReplyDeleteWay back when ballpoints were rare, I learned about how laws were made. I said then and say now, this amendment to a bill crap has to stop. Single issue, vote up or down. Move on. I think I'm still proud of my country, but it's getting harder every day.
ReplyDeleteWe all, myself included, can do better. No one should go without food in this country. The supermarkets gather information about our habits, and arrange their stores, ads, and sales to THEIR advantage.
ReplyDeleteI've learned to eat imperfect fruit because my parents have an extensive garden and fruit trees and I would get it for free.
ReplyDeleteThere is a company in California that is experimenting with selling imperfect fruit for a third of the cost of the perfect stuff in several stores near food deserts. The theory is that those with limited incomes would then be able to afford fresh fruits and vegetables. I only wish they were near where I live.
That said, nothing goes to waste at the farmer's markets. If something does end up spoiled or rotten it is recycled.
I do the same with my food "waste". I vermicompost and I use the compost. So banana peels and apple cores aren't thrown away. I've reduced my weekly trash and so am working at not contributing to the local land fill. I even grate the rind and save the seeds from my lemons and oranges and freeze it. I've been saving the pith too to make my own pectin for jams.
We waste a lot through affluence and laziness.
I hope the representative from Minnesota tries again with his food bill.