what's y'alls stance on found, discarded animal-based food?
I'm dumpster diving for the past couple of months. combined with cruising the farmer markets around closing time, I usually score enough food that I have trouble carrying it home. seasonal vegetables and fruit mostly. I know a couple of spots where supermarkets throw away whole loafs of "expired" bread. in the freezer overnight, 7 minutes in the oven at dinner time - perfectly edible.
I've stopped eating meat like five years ago and I abandoned dairy and eggs a year ago. feel fine, lost weight; skin, hair and nails ain't the same but I'll live with it.
occasionally though I come across thrown away, intact meat and/or dairy stuff. like today, almost 5 Kg of some deli meat shit, I imagine it's pink slime inside, haven't opened it. it's past its best use date which don't bother me none. I'm not drawn to it, don't miss the taste or whatever, I'm just bothered by the waste of it.
so I'm not saying I'm gonna be swayed one way or the other but curious what other people think about this. thanks.
the odd assumption you guys are making is you assumed i was talking about a commercial sense. do you not see the conclusions you automatically jumped to without me having not mentioned a single thing about farming involved in the situation.
unless you believe in the ghastly picture that male calves all roam wild with bolts on their head and knoves at their throat.
no ones defending commecialization farming of animals. not even myself.
you do know how a cow has milk, right? She's pregnant or just given birth. They're not gonna let the calf drink the milk, because that milk is for us. Whether that's on a factory farm, or whether that's on a farm where the farmer "cares" about his animals. (protip: he doesn't)