Izwi rekuti "freegan" rakaonekwa pakati pemakore makumi mapfumbamwe, kunyangwe fashoni yekudyisa kubva kumarara yaivepo pakati pehuwandu hwevechidiki subcultures zvisati zvaitika. Freegan inobva kuChirungu chemahara (rusununguko) uye vegan (veganism), uye izvi hazvina kuitika. Mazhinji ma freegans anotsigira izvo zvakakosha zveveganism, iyo yakanyanya kusimba maitiro mune yezvinomera. Vegans havadyi nyama chete, hove nemazai, asiwo zvigadzirwa zvemukaka, hazvipfeki zvipfeko zvakagadzirwa nematehwe nemvere. Asi kune mamwe ma freegans anodya hove nenyama, asi mune akasiyana zviitiko. Chinangwa chikuru chemafreegans ndechekudzikisira kana kubvisa tsigiro yavo yezvemari kumakambani uye nekudaro kumisa kudyidzana kwepasi rose kwehupfumi hwenyika, kuti vazviendese zvakanyanya sezvinobvira kubva kunzanga yekushandiswa kusingadzoreki.
Freegan Patrick Lyons weguta rekuAmerica reHouston, Texas, anotaura kuti mumwe mukadzi akambomupa sei madhora mashanu mushure mekunge amuona achitsvanzvadzira mugaba achitsvaga chikafu. “Ndakamuudza,” anodaro Lyons, “ini handisi munhu asina pekugara uye izvematongerwo enyika.” Lyons ndomumwe wevazhinji vekuAmerica vari chikamu cheFood Not Bombs movement.
MuHouston, kuwedzera kunaPatrick, kune vangangosvika gumi nevaviri vanoita basa mubato iri. Vese ivava vanodya miriwo, zvisinei, muUSA yese pakati pevatori veChikafu Kwete Mabhomba kune zvakare avo vasingateedzere chikafu chemuriwo. Izvi hazvina mhosva, sezvo vachiwana chikafu chavasina kuisa mari, saka, havatore chikamu mukuuraya mhuka, sevamiriri veakawanda echiBuddha mafambiro, asingarambidzwe kugamuchira chikafu chemhuka sechipo. . Sangano reChikafu Kwete Mabhomba rave richishanda kwemakore makumi maviri nemana. Vazhinji vevatori rutivi varo ipwere dzine zvimwe zvitendero, kazhinji kazhinji utopian pachena. Vazhinji vavo vanopfeka zvinhu zvinowanikwa mumarara. Vanotsinhanisa chimwe chezvinhu zvisiri zvekudya zvinowanikwa pamisika yenhata kune zvavanoda, vasingazive hukama hwemari.
"Kana munhu akasarudza kurarama maererano nemitemo yetsika, hazvina kukwana kuti uve munhu asingadyi mhuka, unofanirawo kuzvibvisa kubva kune capitalism," anodaro Adam Weissman ane makore 29, muvambi uye maneja wechigarire we freegan.info, a. murume ari nani kupfuura chero ani zvake, anogona kutsanangura zvakajeka zvinangwa zvemahara. Freegans vane mitemo yavo, yavo kodhi yekuremekedza, iyo inorambidza kukwira mumidziyo iri munzvimbo dzakavharwa vachitsvaga mhuka. Freegans vanosungirwa kuchengetedza mabhini akachena uye ari nani pane zvavaive vasati vashanya, kuti zvive nyore kune vemahara vanouya vanotevera. Freegans haafanire kutora magwaro kana mapepa ane chero zvakavanzika zvinyorwa kubva mumabhokisi, kupindira nekuvanzika kwevanhu kunobva pane zvakawanikwa kubva kunoraswa marara kunorambidzwa zvachose.
Sangano rekusununguka rakasvika pakakwirira muSweden, USA, Brazil, South Korea, Britain neEstonia. Nokudaro, yakatopfuura nzira yetsika dzeEurope. Vagari veguta guru reGreat Britain, Ash Falkingham ane makore makumi maviri nerimwe naRoss Parry ane makore makumi mana nematanhatu, vanorarama chete “nekudya mumaguta” uye vanoti havasati vamborwara. Ross akafemerwa kuti ave munhu akasununguka parwendo rwekuenda kuIndia: “Hakuna kuraswa muIndia. Vanhu vanodzokorora zvinhu zvose. Vanorarama seizvi. Kumadokero, zvese zvinokandwa mugomba remarara. "
Kupamba kwavo kunoitwa kamwechete pavhiki, uye "kupamba" kwakakwana kurarama kusvika pakubuda kunotevera. Vanouya kumisika mushure mekuvhara, vachitsvanzvadzira mumidziyo yemarara yemasupamaketi nezvitoro zvekambani. Ross anotokwanisa kutevera kudya kusina gluten. Vanogovana chikafu chasara. “Shamwari dzangu dzakawanda dzinotora zvokudya munzvimbo inorasirwa marara, kunyange vabereki vangu,” anowedzera kudaro Ash, akapfeka majombo makuru nejunkyard juzi.
Kubva pachinyorwa chakaitwa naRoman Mamchits "Freegans: Intellectuals in the Dump".