Ua ʻike ʻia ka huaʻōlelo "freegan" ma waena o nā makahiki he kanaiwa, ʻoiai ʻo ke ʻano o ka hānai ʻana i ka ʻōpala i loaʻa i waena o nā ʻōpio ʻōpio ma mua. Hele mai ʻo Freegan mai ka ʻōlelo Pelekania manuahi (kūʻokoʻa) a me vegan (veganism), a ʻaʻole kēia he coincidence. ʻO ka hapa nui o nā freegans e kākoʻo i nā ʻōlelo kumu o ka veganism, ke ʻano koʻikoʻi loa i ka vegetarianism. ʻAʻole ʻai ka poʻe Vegan i ka ʻiʻo wale nō, ka iʻa a me nā hua, akā, ʻaʻole hoʻi i nā huahana waiu, ʻaʻole ʻaʻahu i nā lole i hana ʻia i ka ʻili a me ka hulu. Akā aia kekahi mau freegans e ʻai i ka iʻa a me ka ʻiʻo, akā i nā hihia kūikawā. ʻO ka pahuhopu nui o nā freegans e hōʻemi a hoʻopau paha i kā lākou kākoʻo kālā no nā hui a no laila e hoʻōki i ka hoʻokele honua o ka hoʻokele waiwai honua, e hoʻokaʻawale iā lākou iho mai kahi hui o ka hoʻohana ʻole ʻia.
Ua haʻi ʻo Freegan Patrick Lyons o ke kūlanakauhale ʻo Houston, Texas, i ka hāʻawi ʻana o kekahi wahine iā ia i ʻelima mau kālā ma hope o kona ʻike ʻana iā ia e ʻimi ana i ka ʻōpala e ʻimi ana i meaʻai. "Ua haʻi aku au iā ia," wahi a Lyons, "ʻaʻole wau home home a ʻo ia ka politika." ʻO Lyons kekahi o nā poʻe ʻAmelika he ʻāpana o ka neʻe ʻana ʻo Food Not Bombs.
Ma Houston, ma kahi o Patrick, aia ma kahi o ʻumikūmālua i komo i ka neʻe. He poʻe meaʻai lākou a pau, akā naʻe, ma ka USA holoʻokoʻa i waena o ka poʻe i komo i ka Food Not Bombs aia kekahi poʻe i hahai ʻole i ka meaʻai meaʻai. ʻAʻole hewa kēia, no ka mea, loaʻa iā lākou ka meaʻai a lākou i hoʻolilo ʻole ai i kahi peni, no laila, ʻaʻole lākou e komo i ka pepehi ʻana i nā holoholona, e like me nā ʻelele o kekahi mau neʻe Buddhist, ʻaʻole i pāpā ʻia e ʻae i ka meaʻai holoholona i makana. . He 24 makahiki ka hana o ka Food Not Bombs. ʻO ka hapa nui o kāna poʻe komo he poʻe ʻōpio me kekahi mau manaʻoʻiʻo, pinepine pinepine utopian. ʻAʻahu ka nui o lākou i nā mea i loaʻa i loko o ka ʻōpala. Hoʻololi lākou i kahi ʻāpana o nā mea ʻai ʻole i loaʻa ma nā mākeke puaʻa no nā mea e pono ai lākou, me ka ʻike ʻole i ka pili kālā.
"Inā koho ke kanaka e ola i nā kānāwai o ka pono, ʻaʻole lawa ka lilo ʻana i mea vegan, pono ʻoe e hoʻokaʻawale iā ʻoe iho mai ka kapitalisme," wahi a Adam Weissman, 29 makahiki, ka mea hoʻokumu a me ka luna hoʻomalu mau o freegan.info, he ʻO ke kanaka ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o kekahi, hiki ke wehewehe pono i nā manaʻo o nā freegans. Loaʻa i nā Freegans ko lākou mau kānāwai ponoʻī, kā lākou code hanohano, ka mea e pāpā ai i ka piʻi ʻana i loko o nā pahu i loaʻa i nā wahi paʻa i ka ʻimi ʻana i nā mea pio. Pono nā Freegans e hoʻomaʻemaʻe i nā pahu lepo a ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ma mua o ko lākou ma mua o ko lākou kipa ʻana, i mea e maʻalahi ai ka poʻe manuahi e hele mai ana. ʻAʻole pono nā Freegans e lawe i nā palapala a i ʻole nā pepa me nā moʻolelo huna mai nā pahu, pāpā loa ʻia ka hoʻopili ʻana i ka pilikino o nā poʻe ma muli o nā mea i loaʻa mai ka ʻōpala.
Ua hōʻea ka neʻe freegan i kona kiʻekiʻe ma Suedena, USA, Brazil, South Korea, Britain a me Estonia. No laila, ua hele mua ia ma mua o ke kahua o ka moʻomeheu ʻEulopa. ʻO ka poʻe noho o ke kapikala ʻo Great Britain, ʻo Ash Falkingham, 21 mau makahiki a me Ross Parry, 46 mau makahiki, e noho wale ana ma ka "foraging kūlanakauhale" a ʻōlelo lākou ʻaʻole lākou i maʻi. Ua hoʻoikaika ʻia ʻo Ross e lilo i freegan e kahi huakaʻi i India: “ʻAʻohe mea ʻino ma India. Hana hou nā kānaka i nā mea a pau. Ke ola nei lākou me kēia. Ma ke Komohana, ua hoʻolei ʻia nā mea a pau i kahi ʻāina.
Hana ʻia kā lākou hoʻouka ʻana i hoʻokahi pule i ka pule, a ua lawa ka "loot" e ola ai a hiki i ka puka ʻana aʻe. Hele lākou i nā mākeke ma hope o ka pani ʻana, e ʻimi ana i nā pahu ʻōpala o nā hale kūʻai a me nā hale kūʻai ʻoihana. Hoʻokō ʻo Ross i ka hahai ʻana i ka meaʻai gluten-free. Hāʻawi lākou i ke koena meaʻai. "ʻO ka nui o koʻu mau hoaaloha e lawe i ka meaʻai mai ka hoʻolei ʻana, ʻo koʻu mau mākua hoʻi," i hoʻohui ai ʻo Ash, e komo ana i nā kāmaʻa maikaʻi loa a me ka ʻaʻahu junkyard.
Ma muli o ka ʻatikala a Roman Mamchits "Freegans: Intellectuals in the Dump".