Mawu akuti "freegan" adawonekera chapakati pa zaka makumi asanu ndi anayi, ngakhale kuti mafashoni odyetsera zinyalala analipo pakati pa magulu angapo a achinyamata kale. Freegan amachokera ku Chingerezi chaulere (ufulu) ndi vegan (veganism), ndipo izi sizinangochitika mwangozi. Ma freegans ambiri amachirikiza mfundo zoyambira za veganism, zomwe ndizovuta kwambiri pazamasamba. Vegan samadya nyama, nsomba ndi mazira okha, komanso mkaka, samavala zovala zopangidwa ndi zikopa ndi ubweya. Koma pali ena omasuka omwe amadya nsomba ndi nyama, koma mwapadera. Cholinga chachikulu cha freegans ndikuchepetsa kapena kuthetsa thandizo lawo lazachuma kumakampani ndikuletsa kudalirana kwachuma padziko lonse lapansi, kuti adzitalikitse momwe angathere ndi anthu omwe amadya mopanda malire.
Freegan Patrick Lyons wa mumzinda wa Houston ku United States, ku Texas, akufotokoza mmene mayi wina anam’patsa madola asanu atamuona akufufuza chakudya m’chidebe cha zinyalala. "Ndinamuuza," akutero Lyons, "ndilibe nyumba ndipo ndizo ndale." Lyons ndi m'modzi mwa anthu aku America ambiri omwe ali m'gulu la Food Not Bombs.
Ku Houston, kuwonjezera pa Patrick, pali pafupifupi khumi ndi awiri omwe akugwira nawo ntchito. Onsewa ndi odya zamasamba, komabe, ku USA konse pakati pa omwe atenga nawo gawo la Food Not Bombs palinso omwe samatsata zakudya zamasamba. Izi sizolakwika, chifukwa amapeza chakudya chomwe sanasungireko khobiri, chifukwa chake, satenga nawo mbali pakupha nyama, monga oimira magulu angapo a Chibuda, omwe saletsedwa kulandira chakudya cha nyama ngati zachifundo. . Gulu la Food Not Bombs lakhala likugwira ntchito kwa zaka 24. Ambiri mwa otenga nawo mbali ndi achinyamata omwe ali ndi zikhulupiriro zina, nthawi zambiri amalankhula mosabisa mawu. Ambiri a iwo amavala zinthu zopezeka m’zinyalala. Amasinthanitsa gawo lina la zinthu zomwe sizili chakudya zomwe zimapezeka m'misika yamisika ndi zomwe amafunikira, osazindikira ubale wandalama.
Adam Weissman, wazaka 29, woyambitsa komanso woyang'anira wokhazikika wa freegan.info, anati: munthu amene ali bwino kuposa aliyense, akhoza kufotokoza momveka bwino mfundo za freegans. Freegans ali ndi malamulo awoawo, malamulo awoawo aulemu, omwe amaletsa kukwera m'mitsuko yomwe ili m'malo otsekedwa kukasaka nyama. Freegans ali ndi udindo wosunga mbiya zadothi zaukhondo komanso zowoneka bwino kuposa momwe analili asanacheze, kuti zikhale zosavuta kwa a freegan omwe amabwera pambuyo pake. Freegans sayenera kutenga zikalata kapena mapepala okhala ndi zolemba zachinsinsi kuchokera m'mabokosi, kusokoneza zinsinsi za anthu potengera zomwe zapeza kuchokera kumalo otaya zinyalala ndizoletsedwa.
Gulu laufulu linafika pachimake ku Sweden, USA, Brazil, South Korea, Britain ndi Estonia. Choncho, zapita kale kupyola chikhalidwe cha ku Ulaya. Okhala likulu la Great Britain, Ash Falkingham wazaka 21 ndi Ross Parry wazaka 46, amangokhalira "kudya m'tawuni" ndipo akuti sanadwalepo. Ross adauziridwa kuti akhale womasuka paulendo wopita ku India: "Ku India kulibe zinyalala. Anthu amakonzanso zinthu zonse. Amakhala motere. Kumadzulo, chilichonse chimaponyedwa m'malo otayirako zinyalala. "
Kuwukira kwawo kumachitika kamodzi pa sabata, ndipo "zolanda" zimakwanira kukhala ndi moyo mpaka ulendo wotsatira. Amabwera m'misika atatseka, ndikusesa m'matumba a zinyalala m'masitolo akuluakulu ndi masitolo amakampani. Ross amathanso kutsatira zakudya zopanda thanzi. Amagawana chakudya chotsalira. “Anzanga ambiri amatenga chakudya m’dzala, ngakhale makolo anga,” akuwonjezera motero Ash, yemwe wavala nsapato zazikulu ndi juzi la junkyard.
Kutengera ndi nkhani ya Roman Mamchits "Freegans: Intellectuals in the Dump".