For the first time in a long time it appears I was on the cutting edge of a food trend… Many years ago I lived in the South of France in a very small apartment without a fridge… It wasn’t by choice, but now it appears the fridge free live style is what a very few of us are doing to reduce our carbon footprint…

One of the fridge free livers told the NY Times they were surprised how,” easy it’s been.”

Here’s the NY Times’ version of events…

By Steve Kurutz
For the last two years, Rachel Muston, a 32-year-old information-technology worker for the Canadian government in Ottawa, has been taking steps to reduce her carbon
footprint — composting, line-drying clothes, installing an efficient furnace in her three-story house downtown.

About a year ago, though, she decided to “go big” in her effort to be more environmentally responsible, she said. After mulling the idea over for several weeks, she and her husband, Scott Young, did something many would find unthinkable: they unplugged their refrigerator. For good.

“It’s been a while, and we’re pretty happy,” Ms. Muston said recently. “We’re surprised at how easy it’s been.”

As drastic as the move might seem, a small segment of the green movement has come to regard the refrigerator as an unacceptable drain on energy, and is choosing to live without it. In spite of its ubiquity — 99.5 percent of American homes have one — these advocates say the refrigerator is unnecessary, as long as one is careful about shopping choices and food storage.

Ms. Muston estimated that her own fridge, which was in the house when they bought it five years ago and most likely dates back much longer, used 1,300 kilowatt-hours per year, or produced roughly 2,000 pounds of carbon dioxide — the same amount from burning 105 gallons of gasoline. And even a newer, more efficient model, which could have cut that figure in half, would have used too much energy in her view.

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The NY Times has published their list of healthy food for under a $1.
Maybe life is suddenly cheaper in New York, or prices are dropping an an unheard of rate, but I had a hard time matching their list dollar for dollar.

Either way it’s a great list.
Here are just a few items they mention…

Kale
Eggs
Spinach
Pumpkins seeds

It’s a top 20 list you can find by clicking here…