Day 3 Sunday

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What I ate today:

rolled pastry with raisins
Roasted potatoes with rosemary, olive oil, salt (part 1 and 2)
Corn, bean, pepper with olive oil, salt, pepper, and wild onions for lunch
2 chocolates
Chips when I got home
Jane veggie sandwich but just the insides
2 glasses of milk which mom said smelled funky but I thought smelled OK
Jane bread x2 with beans and salt (toasted)
Peach from night foraging
Cheese and crackers

What I found today:

	suspicious looking pasta alfredo on top of a trash can
	milk that is still cold and expires tomorrow!
	4 apples from this person's tree that was reachable from the sidewalk, and 1 lemon from nearby
	4 trader joes acai bowls still frozen in their dumpster
	10 lbs of pastries from Jane the Bakery with Mason's reconassaince
	peaches, both white and yellow red bell pepper cucumber jalapeno tomatoes, both roma and heirloom mushrooms honeydew melon

What I did today and how I'm feeling

Last night I had dreams about finding half a pizza intact but with no cheese on it, and being so thrilled at the find and a little appalled that somebody ordered a pizza without cheese. Also in this dream was me being overjoyed at finding a bunch of bagels sealed in a dumpster. Both my subconcious and my actual reality engaged self are enjoying this challenge!

I had a breakfast of a pastry and potatoes I cooked with rosemary (foraged) and salt and oil (kitchen). It didn't feel particularly balanced, but the warm, crispy potatoes were yum.

I made a trip to the east bay, and I, in my backpack and hiking attire, fit right in at UC Berkeley. I went into the dining hall to use the bathroom and realized it would be so easy to forage from there. They must have a ton of food waste! But even then, a bunch of kids would leave plates of food on the tables when they left. I didn't end up eating anything from there but did find a plate of pasta on top of a trash can. It seemed a bit suspicious, but I took it in case I couldn't find anything else to eat. Later today I composted it, which felt like the right call because it seemed so perfect for bacteria to breed in.

brought my lunch from home to eat in the grass. This beans/corn/pepper/wild onion combo was great!

corn, beans, foraged onions, bell pepper for lunch in the grass

One reality of not buying any food is that I don't have access to areas of the world that require the purchase of food. For instance, I couldn't go get some work done at a coffee shop for a change of scenery from my room, because I woulnd't buy and consume coffee. I also realized today that this challenge is made easier by the fact that I don't drink coffee or tea as a habit, so I'm not missing out on anything I usually eat.

I caught a whiff of my backpack on BART and it smells like compost. I wondered if maybe I smell a little like compost too.

While I was in Berkeley I found time and time again that people don’t know how to sort their waste!! I saw styrofoam in the green bin and was so disappointed.

While walking home from BART, I passed by my original composted banana spot (Haight/Fillmore). The milk I found in the trash was still a little bit cold from being in the fridge and had a condensation on it. Yay! The trash can it was in was in the shade. It’s probably pasteurized. It’ll be fine. (Later, my mom said it smelled funky. We'll see if I get sick.)

When I was out again, I found perfect apples in this random backyard where I can lean over the fence. It was a juicy, cold, crisp, sweet, and tart apple. Now all I want is some cheddar to pair with it.

I had a really good dinner!! Jane the Bakery veggie sandwich (but I only ate the veggies because the bread was super soggy), beans on toast, which was also from jane the bakery

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