Last week we went on an outing with the boy I am working with over here. It was just a trip to the grocery, nothing exciting. The exciting part came from the drive. We drove outside the city to get a different shopping experience. On the way there we saw fields of corn and potatoes being harvested. The dad told me that in France it is law that once the farmer is done harvesting his/her field the fields become fair game for anyone to come harvest what is left. I am not sure if this is true or not but I think it is a fantastic idea. The produce that is left behind would rot and go to waste. Instead it can be used by anyone who has the time and patience to sort through the remains.
We do not know if this is true in Belgium but we did not care. We passed at least 4 open potato fields that had been harvested earlier that week. We took this as fair game for us to go find us some potatoes of our own. If anyone said anything we decided to claim dumb American that was using this as a 'teachable moment'.
I have not tried any of the potatoes but everyone loved digging through the dirt sorting through the good, the bad and the ugly.
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