One man’s trash: Dumpster diving for breakfast [VIDEO]
Around 40 percent of the food we produce in the U.S. gets tossed; but that’s not to say a lot of it isn’t still edible. Here’s the story of a father who feeds his family with perfectly good finds from dumpsters behind Trader Joe’s and Whole Foods (and admits that most of his newborn baby’s molecules probably originate from dumpster food). Join us as we dumpster dive with him and make breakfast from the treasures we find:
Daniel Klein is a chef, activist, and filmmaker living in Minneapolis. He’s cooked in the restaurants of Thomas Keller, Fergus Henderson, and Tom Colicchio and has directed, filmed, edited and produced projects on various issues including oil politics and the development industry in Africa (What are we doing here? which has aired on TV, in theaters, and at festivals worldwide).
Since March, Daniel has been documenting his culinary, agricultural and hunting adventures on film in a series called The Perennial Plate, featuring long winters, urban gardens, ice fishing, slaughterhouses, foraging for wild edibles, and more. Follow him on twitter @perennialplate.
