Sylvia's Birthday Forageathon


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The Challenge

For the next 7 days forage all of my food from the city of San Francisco. Then run the circumference of the city on my birthday.

The Guidelines

  • no purchasing of food for my comsumption
  • no asking for food directly from other people
  • no stealing from stores or community gardens
  • I am using olive oil, salt, and pepper, along with appliances and electricty from my kitchen.
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    The Hypothesis

    I believe that there is more abundance in my world than I have previously acknowledged. I believe I will find this abundance in blackberry bushes in parks, compost bins in front of supermarkets, and expired boxes left on the sidewalk. I believe that surviving this challenge means I have a great understanding of the local resources in San Francisco.

    Acknowledgement

    While I am choosing to find what I eat, I want to acknowledge that other folks in San Francisco do not have the choice to not buy food for a week. I am coming at this challenge with a privilege of not having to do it at all. It is not my intention to take food away from anybody else who relies on their own kind of urban foraging for nutrition at any time.

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