Here[1] is a similar experiment, which initially started with a $1 per day budget for 30 days. "Here are the rules: 1. All food consumed each day must total

Here[1] is a similar experiment, which initially started with a $1 per day budget for 30 days. "Here are the rules: 1. All food consumed each day must total $1 for each of us. 2. We cannot accept free food or “donated” food unless it is available for everyone in our area. (i.e. foraging, samples in stores, dumpster diving) 3. Any food we plant, we pay for. 4. We will do our best to cook a variety of meals; ramen noodles can only be prepared if there is no other way to stay under one dollar. (We have six packages and will buy no more) 5. Should we decide to have guests over for dinner they must eat from our share; meaning they don’t get to eat their own dollar’s worth of food. "Each day one of us will post an entry here with a photo that details how things are going..." [1] - http://onedollardietproject.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/it-starts-today/ http://onedollardietproject.wordpress.com/2008/09/01/it-star...