More disgusting and dire details after the jump...
It's called Dive! and it takes place in the garbage-collection receptacles in and around Los Angeles.
Jeremy Seifert, the movie's director, is taking a stand against food waste in the country. He's definitely impressed his peers in the film-making biz; the film has alrady won awards at 21 film festivals worldwide.
You'll find those featured in the documentary dumpster diving lots at Trader Joe's stores. To be honest, it's hard to see our favorite grocery chain getting some bad press. Especially when Trader Joe's already has a 7-day-a-week program and a dedicated donation coordinator at each store.
The film isn't about the glories of eating great from the trash (which you can do, he says) but it's about his attempt to bring light to the broken system in the U.S. of all the wasted food in our cities versus the people going hungry right in the same neighborhoods.
You'll see a full carton of eggs thrown out, even with only one egg cracked...whole bags of avocados in there -- again with only one starting to spoil -- steaks, imported cheese, really eye-opening foodstuffs.
Here's the the trailer:
Seifert talks about the Good Samaritan Act signed in 1996 by Bill Clinton, which encourages grocery stores to donate food and protects them from getting sued.
What can you do about the food waste problem? Watch or host a screening of the film. End food waste in your own home. Tell your local stores about the Good Samaritan Act. And you can download a letter drafter to the CEO of Trader Joe's, encouraging them to adopt a corporate-wide zero-waste program.
All the dirty and delcious details can be found on the film's website http://www.divethefilm.com/.
