5 in 5 Day 5 - Major Studio 1

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fOOD EN ROUTE RESOURCE MAP

Survival in NYC is the best some people can hope for. The word survive can have a negative connotation but access to free and at-cost food in NYC is really a practical matter of class and access. Especially when you consider that even growing your own food is not possible or even illegal. Some community garden memberships are free. Dumpster diving is free. Crab fishing off a dock with string and chicken bones is free. I don’t believe in freeganism as a viable lifestyle since it springs from wasteful practices that, if freegans achieved their aims, would cease to be a phenomenon. But eithin the context of the costs of feeding yourself in New York City it's an admirable "damn the man" attitude that I wish I was brave enough to try. I've started mapping places where I've seen what I believe to be higher quality discarded food, food growing or food being caught. Hopefully an ongoing project. Here are some links on finding free food, how to dumpster dive and a freegan map (a bit dated)

*This project was not my first idea. My attempts to acquire the parts needed to make what I originally wanted to make (a potato battery) did not happen in time