Free and Inexpensive Food

Make every food bite, and dollar, count
...Buy or glean cheap, bulk, healthy food

Eliminate Waste
1) First off, don't throw away the food that you DO buy; link (food waste)
Wikipedia, additionally, says a U of Arizona study said that 40-50% of American food never gets eaten. The same article says (only) $43B worth of american food is discarded (The link says $75B+/yr is expended on food waste; maybe they're measuring different things).
Worldwide, they say around HALF of both food AND water are wasted; link.

Eat Right
2) Secondly, besides the right quantity, get the right quality (i.e. healthy) food;
-article (we're malnourished and obese at the same time)
-fresh, farmer's market, local, organic, is good. get enough fruits and veggies.
-wikipedia link, healthy diet.

on a Budget
3) Thirdly, get food...
-cheaply
($1.25 for a family of 6 people for a week in Chad??); interesting link.
Link about a couple in America that blogged about trying to live on a dollar/day.
or
-free
freegans link
food bank resources, locator link

Some more freegan links
usnews article
f-ing freegans! (an article that tells freegans how to up their game)

summary:
1.25 in Chad.
75B in wasted food.
Omg.

Okay, here's some links I found for cheap and healthy mealplanning:
1. http://www.ehow.com/how_4619744_eat-healthy-cheap.html
2. http://www.ehow.com/how_4664223_eat-cheap-healthy.html
3. http://www.ehow.com/how_4534371_money-during-lifes-salad-days.html
online food coupons:
4. http://www.ehow.com/how_4561288_free-grocery-coupons-online.html

The summary of these articles, if you don't want to keep clicking back and relinking..
is:
1.don't throw food away
2. don't drink bottled water, buy a filter...don't drink soda
2. buy quality food, not junk. Nutritious food is more filling, too.
3. quantity: fill your pantry, buy bulk frozen, learn to can (to freeze)
4: make shopping lists, so you don't overspend
5. buy on sale, & farmer's markets are good- cheaper, fresher.
6. glean for free food, or stock up from family, food banks (if you're poor)
7. no alcohol or cigarrettes (money drain)
8. doing exercise keeps hunger pangs away.
9. no fast food
10. cheap healthy foods: potatoes, apples, carrots (get the whole, big ones- minis are more expensive), beans, peanut butter, bananas. And Tuna (fish is healthy, and recommended). Eggs, too, are cheap (like a buck a dozen?) and a good source of protein.
11. buy generics, like cheerios/oatmeal
12. grow your own food, indoor and out, more satisfying and makes good gifts. can it.
13. print out and save coupons, from grocery stores themselve, or healthy companies.
14. cook from scratch, pizza (no meat, recommended) is cheap.