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Posted on 2/9/2011 16:49 EST

There are groups for everything these days, even free groceries. MSN Money reports on the growing practice of gleaning -- picking up expired and unused food and distributing it with constrained budgets -- and how to find a group in your area with whom you can share the benefits.

"A truck pulls up, two people jump out, and, within minutes, they've loaded up a few cases of dented cans, a box of ripe pears and a few dozen loaves of day-old bread. Jumping back in the cab, they pull out of the grocery store parking lot and head for the next store on their list.

Some call it food rescue or grocery recovery, or even an old biblical term: gleaning..."

Via WiseBread

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