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Thanks for posting this. I have been a freegan for a few years. Been veggie for 15 years and in that time have done everything from fruitarian to vegan and everything in between. I don't dumpster dive that much any more, but the freegan movement isn't that defined anyway. For me, I decided that eating food (as long as it didn't have a face)to keep it from being wasted was more important than adhering to a very privileged dogma (i.e. you go to your best friend's house for Christmas and her family doesn't get the difference between vegetarian and vegan and they make a ton of meat-free (even though they are not) Italian food just for you (i.e. non-vegan cheese everywhere)). Ethically, I personally feel that veganism is where it is at (resource conservation, environmental protection, world hunger); however, having been a vegan, I have evolved my belief to freeganism. Vegans can get pretty condescending, unfortunately. It makes me upset when those specific vegans fail to remember that they live in a world without want and full of privilege if they are able to sustain themselves nutritionally as vegans on their income. There are many people in the world who may prefer to eat ethically, but can not afford it. Does that make them wrong? Or just another victim of the system? Oh, and Howard Zinn knowingly, willingly, and happily ate a 5 course meal made from all dumpstered food. I know because I cooked it. he came to speak at USF a few years ago for the Alliance of Concerned Students and the local Food Not Bombs, of which I was member, served him his welcome dinner prior to the lecture. He was an amazing person and is sorely missed. Point being, it ain't that bad. Dumpstered food is fine to eat, just don't dumpster dairy and meat (not hard for a vegan/freegan), and you should be ok as long as you wash and cook like normal all your food. Just wanted to personalize the taboo to help people get over it. peace and solidarity***RAIN***