# My petty gripe: people keep throwing food away without asking me if I want it. Of course I do!

Luca Ittimani

## Introduction

Last week’s chicken too dry to finish off. A carrot so old it flops like a garden hose. Yoghurt – with a carton of mouldy blueberries – three weeks past its use.

You might see trash; I see entree, dinner and dessert. There’s no such thing as food too old to eat.

But those of us who open our hearts to the leftovers of the earth also expose ourselves to a world of pain. Everywhere I go, people throw away box after box of food and not one of them ever thinks to offer it to me.

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