Hunter Gatherers in Toronto: “What a long strange trip it’s been”
“As soon as the rent is paid, first thing I do is stock up on food, which generally means I've got three days’ worth of food. For the rest of the month I hit soup kitchens, food banks. And I'm allowed to hit the food bank four times a month. The clothes exchanges provide the clothing, but the problem is, because I haven't been eating healthy for the last ten years, I'm pretty underweight. So finding clothes that fit, pants especially, I'm currently taking like a 26/30 which is almost impossible to find.” - 59 year old single male social assistance recipient in Toronto A hunter-gatherer is defined as follows by dictionary.com: “A member of a group of people who subsist by hunting, fishing, or foraging in the wild.”[1]…