\GoBillsInDallas/ Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/13/us-food-waste-ugly-fruit-vegetables-perfect Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chef Jim Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 This is a huge shame and a major problem. We are so obsessed with perfect fruits and vegetables. There are places in France that specialize in "ugly" produce for a fraction of the cost. The flavor is just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary M Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2016/jul/13/us-food-waste-ugly-fruit-vegetables-perfect And way too much of it is made into smoothies!!. But on a serious note, have you ever seen the trash in a school cafeteria ? The kids throw most fruits and veggies away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeviF Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 (edited) The sheer amount of food we throw away is awful. Not just consumers either. I had a client, a homeless guy, once who ate almost exclusively from the dumpsters of local supermarkets. One day he brought some of his haul to show me what he meant: day-old baked goods (I'm talking whole cakes, boxes of cookies, muffins, danish, you name it), slightly bruised fruit (I'm talking cardboard boxes filled with it) as well as whole bags of oranges and apples. He said he's seen whole cartons of eggs and loaves of bread too. One of the grocery stores around here (Hannaford, I think) has started selling the uglier produce at a lower cost. The apple orchard I get cider and donuts from sells half bushels of "second" apples, the ones they don't put out in the regular bags of nice apples, for use in baking/sauces/whatever. I just eat them after cutting out a spot or two, usually. Edited July 13, 2016 by LeviF91 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbillievable Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 What we have here is an opportunity to make a lot of money. There is a surplus resource with no current use. Maybe start a Farmer's bruised fruit market? Slightly blue bread stand? ...and, the fact that it is being thrown away is meaningless. The world doesn't have a food shortage problem, it has a distribution problem. So saying that some African nation could really use this food is pointless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 My mother would bake for Dunkin' Donuts in the early 1970s as a part-time job. She'd work through the night and into the early morning. It just broke her heart how much was wasted. She would pack up the day old donuts and put them on neighbor's steps, when she got off work early in the morning, before the others began their day. I know, "day old donuts"... But the neighbors loved them. Free is free and they weren't bad. I betcha Dunkin Donuts hated it if they ever found out! How many people spent money @ Dunkin' Donuts on our street while growing up was probably: ZERO... ;-) Did I ever tell you we have the world's most eaten/edible (outside of picky North American tastes) fish problem in the Midwest? Yes. Most eaten fish in the world and by far the healthiest (75% more omega-3 than the next fish, salmon). ;-) ;-) As a society, we are so misguided in so many ways. What we have here is an opportunity to make a lot of money. There is a surplus resource with no current use. Maybe start a Farmer's bruised fruit market? Slightly blue bread stand? ...and, the fact that it is being thrown away is meaningless. The world doesn't have a food shortage problem, it has a distribution problem. So saying that some African nation could really use this food is pointless. Are you kidding me? Some of these jokes we call "farmer's markets" charge a cover jus to walk around. No way am I spending 5 bucks to walk around and then buy less than perfect food. Pay me to walk around first. Don't even get me started on the trendy farmer's markets... I rather give 20 bucks straight to the panhandler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 The sheer amount of food we throw away is awful. Not just consumers either. I had a client, a homeless guy, once who ate almost exclusively from the dumpsters of local supermarkets. One day he brought some of his haul to show me what he meant: day-old baked goods (I'm talking whole cakes, boxes of cookies, muffins, danish, you name it), slightly bruised fruit (I'm talking cardboard boxes filled with it) as well as whole bags of oranges and apples. He said he's seen whole cartons of eggs and loaves of bread too. I knew a guy that worked abit at a Walmart deli and he said it's crazy what gets tossed. His deli did a hot and ready pizza thing that competes with Little Sleazers and Seven-Eleven. Their hot and ready pizza had a very short shelf life and most days they tossed alot more than what was sold. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledInIllinois Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 (edited) I knew a guy that worked abit at a Walmart deli and he said it's crazy what gets tossed. His deli did a hot and ready pizza thing that competes with Little Sleazers and Seven-Eleven. Their hot and ready pizza had a very short shelf life and most days they tossed alot more than what was sold. Doesn't matter how much was sold vs. tossed. How much did one of those pizzas cost vs. cost to produce? I know it is Walmart, they might have been losing their shirt on those pies in order to get a foot hold against the competition... Early. But if they kept up w/the practice, they had be making money. Edited July 13, 2016 by ExiledInIllinois Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unbillievable Posted July 13, 2016 Share Posted July 13, 2016 Are you kidding me? Some of these jokes we call "farmer's markets" charge a cover jus to walk around. No way am I spending 5 bucks to walk around and then buy less than perfect food. Pay me to walk around first. Don't even get me started on the trendy farmer's markets... I rather give 20 bucks straight to the panhandler. The cover is for the validation that you're better than everyone else. It's a smug surcharge. I knew a guy that worked at a Walmart deli and he said it's crazy what gets tossed. His deli did a hot and ready pizza thing that competes with Little Sleazers and Seven-Eleven. Their hot and ready pizza had a very short shelf life and most days they tossed alot more than what was sold. Is anyone willing to wait 20mins for Walmart pizza? How great is it that we've created a civilization where half our food is thrown out and no one notices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
What a Tuel Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 John Oliver did a special on this. The sell by dates are a big problem. Scare people and retailers alike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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