A few weeks ago they came and harvested the potato field next to us, and a few days after that my husband had my son out there picking up left behind potatoes. It seemed quite mischievous, to be out there stealing potatoes. They've been out there since then too.
Then we started to see other people out in the fields with buckets and sacks. Do they own the fields? Do they have permission? What's going on here? Shortly after that, someone posted a question to our military base's facebook page, and the answers were given.
In Belgium, along with most other European countries, it is perfectly acceptable to "glean" the field after it has been harvested. assumption is that it started to help feed the people that couldn't afford it. So, pick up your buckets and sacks and get out there in the fields, take what isn't yours.
(We'll be eating potatoes through the winter)
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