Fridgeless Means Fresher Food; Day 1 Year 4 without a fridge (like all humans before about 100 years ago)
On September 30, 2021, I unplugged my fridge, aiming for 8 months. I had unplugged it based on an article on one of my favorite sites, Low Tech Magazine: Vietnam’s Low-tech Food System Takes Advantage of Decay. I learned much of the world uses less refrigeration than Americans.
We think of fridges as keeping food fresh, but other places have
- Healthier diets
- More delicious food
- Fresher food
- Cheaper food
- Less doof
- Less doof addiction
- Less pollution
- More local supply chains
The first time I unplugged, I made it 3.5 months. The next time, 6 months. I aimed for 8 months this time, but once I made a year I kept going.
I doubt I’ll go back to using a fridge. It’s too expensive, polluting, and promotes wasting food, as well as the opposite of all the items in the bullet points above. I prefer delicious food that costs less, pollutes less, and helps farmers more than doof producers.
