"Why Freegan?"

After some research I have found that the closest thing to a Freegan manifesto is the pamphlet "Why Freegan". It's written by former Against Me! drummer Warren Oakes in 1999. It is quite unclear in its definition of what constitutes freeganism. At one point, it defines freeganism as "an anti-consumeristic ethic about eating" but goes on to describe practices including dumpster diving, plate scraping, wild foraging, gardening, theft, employee scams, and barter as alternatives to paying for food. Motivations are varied and numerous; some adhere to freeganism for environmental reasons, some for religious reasons and others embrace the philosophy as a form of political consciousness. The pamphlet does include a lengthy section on non-food related practices, including solar energy, conserving water, precyclling and reusing goods. Some freegans consider these non-food practices to be components of freeganism itself; others simply consider them to be complementary practices.