Author; Rebecca Dart

Freegans connect to each other on the web, there are even such open source websites, like trashwiki.org, that allow individuals to find "You can find precise descriptions of how to get rid of your trash in a sustainable manner, how to sensibly recuperate trash, how to share and get stuff for free, and much more"(trashwiki, 2015). There are bakeries, grocery stores and drugstores to name a few examples of listings. There are various types of dumpster divers. In researching I found that mainstream media sources did not over lap showing scholarly opinions and freegan opinions (not that they are mutually exclusive). There is one great paper, "On Dumpster Diving" by Lars Edghner in 1991. He was a dumpster diver (or a scavenger as he called it) and then became homeless. He wrote about his experience as a scrounger. These such articles bring about awareness to the general population and to other freegans.

There is also a great french documentary on Gleaning entitled "The Gleaners and I", this shows french gleaners, that gather food to survive, from the wastes of the dumping of unsellable (as they are too large for the market) potatoes. There are parody and viral videos about the subject such as the one above. This is a parody video staring Macklemore himself on his song Thrift Shop. This artist in particular is interested in supporting important social issues and human rights. There are restaurants, food blogs and even recipe books based only on found food and videos, such as the one below, that show the human side of freeganism. The Gleaners Kitchen is a an underground restaurant and grocery store that only has found food. There are countless videos on you tube showing dumpster 'hauls'. These items on social media are easily shareable and make the rounds quickly bringing awareness to the issue much easier than traditional media would.