The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved: Inside America’s Underground Food Movements

By Sandor Ellix Katz

Summarized with permission of Chelsea Green.
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Scavenging and Recycling as a Means to Eat

• Gleaning is the practice, recognized by common law, of people going into fields post-harvest and picking up what was left.
• Dumpster diving is not just for the homeless: Food Not Bombs (FNB), is a grassroots organization that regularly feeds the homeless, has found this as one of their viable ways to procure food that is still edible, for free, for their meals to be served. Some people practicing this proudly refer to themselves as "freegans" or "opportunivores."
• Roadkill: 250,000 animals die daily on U.S. roadways. Poor people have used this as a food source since the advent of cars, and the practice is growing in popularity in some areas. There is even a zine, called "The Feral Forager," which offers safety tips.
• Wild food scavenging: for centuries, foragers have depended on plants, berries, and fungus for sustenance and the practice is still very much alive today.
• Bugs: Escargot is a delicacy in many parts of the world, and people worldwide also ingest grubs, ants, grasshoppers, and much more on a daily basis.
• Dirt: in many cultures, pregnant and lactating women will ingest dirt to obtain minerals. The practice is known as geophagy.

The Water Dilemma

• First proposed by aluminum industry scientists (not dentists) as a cavity control strategy in 1945 when fluoride emissions were at an all time high from the war-time production rate
• Is implemented in two-thirds of the water supplies in the U.S
• The cavity benefits may be overstated, warn some critics, who say that fluoridation is a major cause of varying issues ranging from lowered IQ's to bone and joint cancers.

Water lovers everywhere are demanding action to not only make our water safer, but also to protect our sources. Just like water, we must begin taking a hard look at our food, environment, and future, reconnecting with the natural harmony of the world around us and implementing new strategies for sustenance and survival; not only for ourselves and our children, but Mother Earth herself.

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