Argument #3: Dive

3 rules to dumpster diving

-never take more than you need
-first come first serve
-leave it cleaner than what you found it

we are feeding our landfills as much as we are feeding our country.

Seifert argues that we/grocery stores are wasting perfectly good food that can be eaten without doing any harm to the body.  He says grocery stores are throwing food away just because the sell by date is a day old, but the food is still perfectly fine to eat.  Seifert and a team of others dumpster dive and gather what they think is perfectly good food to eat from dumpsters outside of grocery stores/markets and they eat it and share it with others.

I agree that America does waste a lot of food, but I don't agree with what Seifert is doing.  I know some of the food is probably okay to eat, but I would never take the chance.  No one really knows how much bacteria is in the dumpsters that could now be on the food.  If the food is not properly sanitized then serious harm to the body could be done.  I guess this is risk they are all willing to take since they continue to eat the food they dive for daily.

I would never lay my hands on any food that is pulled out of a trashcan in my house, let alone a dumpster outside a super market.  We as American's could do a lot to help those in need of food.  Dumpster diving is not the first way.  Maybe saving our food and not wasting as much could help those in need a lot.  Taking our left overs to shelters or food kitchens could also greatly help those in need.

I did like the point that Seifert gives that says..."we are feeding our landfills as much as we are feeding our country."  This is a very distinct point and it draws a lot of opinions.  It certainly got me thinking.  The amount of food that people waste per day is outrageous.  Just imagine what we could do with all the perfectly edible food that we waste each and every day.  Those last couple chips, that extra 3 inches of a hoagie, those vegetables that were never touched on our plate; they could all be eaten and greatly appreciated by those in need and by those who don't have any at all.