It s amazing the amount of free, healthy food grows as weeds all over this country. There are abandoned orchards, and gardens that have gone wild, too. Scrounge Grocery stores throw out a lot of produce that is still mostly good. The big stores have rules against this but small rural markets probably won t mind. Food items that have reached their expiration dates have to be pulled from the shelves even if the food is still good.
Restaurants throw out a lot of food, too.
It s strange that there are laws requiring restaurants to throw the food away rather than giving it away. What a waste. You might be able to arrange a deal with them anyway. If you can find a piece of land to grow a small garden you can grow some of your food supply without much work. Maybe a friend or acquaintance has a small area they would want food grown on.