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help on urban forageing?

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Hi all can any one recommend a book on urban foraging? Living in a built up area its something I need to learn.
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Food for free_ Richard Mabey

He has some urban stuff in it but if you forage at all you must have it already surely?

HFW recommends him, Antony Worrall Thompson had a go a while back too but he misconceived the meaning and got caught :roll:
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That looks good Su cheers :mrgreen:
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I'm sure these should be able to help you out. Most city's have an abundance group
http://abundancemanchester.wordpress.com/
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Thank you for help much appreciated
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Post by RiVeR SeVeRn »

supermarket bins .

bakers bins bake fresh every day.

small shops have their bread/cakes delivered very early in the morning often left outside or hidden around the back/same with milk.

cafes,tea rooms , fast food joints, schools , factory canteens anywhere that sells food cooked or not,bins or deliverys.
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RiVeR SeVeRn wrote:supermarket bins .

bakers bins bake fresh every day.

small shops have their bread/cakes delivered very early in the morning often left outside or hidden around the back/same with milk.

cafes,tea rooms , fast food joints, schools , factory canteens anywhere that sells food cooked or not,bins or deliverys.
What you're talking about there mate, isn't foraging.

Its Freeganism at best and theft at worst.

These are not subjects we can discuss on here.
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I'll admit that to me foraging does encompass finding stuff , be it food or otherwise , in bins and skips and if it's going to be thrown I can't see a problem. However , my view counts for sod all and others have different ideas - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-london-25945052
I wouldn't condone taking from a shops supplies or deliveries , that is theft pure and simple.
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ForgeCorvus wrote:
These are not subjects we can discuss on here.
Really? Sez Who? I haven't read all the rules but in a post TU situation
or WROL, all bets are off.