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Re:When coal first arrived, Americans said 'no thanks' by bombcar on Saturday July 16, 2022 @04:24PM (#32121624)
That's called gleaning and dates back to biblical times or before.

If you look at in based on percentages, you see whilst the amount may be large on a human scale, the time to 'get' that last bit isn't worthwhile.

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Re:When coal first arrived, Americans said 'no thanks' by Gibbon1 on Saturday July 16, 2022 @07:27PM (#32122890)
The bible literally says you have to let widows and orphans glean your fields.
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Re:When coal first arrived, Americans said 'no thanks' by adrianN on Sunday July 17, 2022 @03:35AM (#32125128)
Do you perchance have a reference for that?
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Re:When coal first arrived, Americans said 'no thanks' by marvin on Sunday July 17, 2022 @03:41AM (#32125142)
https://biblehub.com/deuteronomy/24-19.htm
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Re:When coal first arrived, Americans said 'no thanks' by markdown on Sunday July 17, 2022 @05:37AM (#32125526)
We're deep into late stage capitalism now, so nobody gets to glean... expired (but perfectly fine food) doesn't even get donated lest the corporation get sued when someone chokes on a pretzel.
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Re:When coal first arrived, Americans said 'no thanks' by dugmartin on Sunday July 17, 2022 @07:23AM (#32125903)
There are many gleaning projects all over the US. I just just looked and here is a nice interactive map: https://nationalgleaningproject.org/gleaning-map/

It is not just “church folk” that participate - my kids public school does it as part of their community service projects.

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Re:When coal first arrived, Americans said 'no thanks' by roenxi on Sunday July 17, 2022 @06:20AM (#32125659)
"late stage capitalism" is a phrase that doesn't really mean anything; but just to be clear - can't pin that on the capitalists! If the government makes it a liability to give away expired food then it won't happen, capitalism or otherwise.
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Re:When coal first arrived, Americans said 'no thanks' by markdown on Monday July 18, 2022 @10:46PM (#32146955)
The government doesn't make it a liability. If someone sued you because you choked on something, that's a civil matter. Nothing to do with government.
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