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> The company, they argued, is not in the business of food waste so much food surplus: It buys excess products that farmers can’t sell to supermarkets, but coul
by roywiggins 7y ago
> The company, they argued, is not in the business of food waste so much food surplus: It buys excess products that farmers can’t sell to supermarkets, but could sell to restaurants, canned and processed food companies, or, as a last resort, donate to food banks. “The stuff in these boxes is not ending up in a landfill,” co-author Max Cadji, the founder of Phat Beets Produce, told me. “They’re just tapping into the same marketplace as the guys who make shredded carrots.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/152596/hungry-harvest-box-ugly-produce-help-planet-or-hurt-it https://newrepublic.com/article/152596/hungry-harvest-box-ug...
- whymsicalburito 7y agoIsn't this very similar to how Grocery Outlet operates?
- roywiggins 7y agoAnd farmer's markets, but... quietly. https://www.tampabay.com/projects/2016/food/farm-to-fable/farmers-markets/ https://www.tampabay.com/projects/2016/food/farm-to-fable/fa...
- FiatLuxDave 7y agoThat was a very well written and researched article. As a Florida produce consumer, thank you for linking that.
- woodandsteel 7y agoThe article says the situation is a lot more complicated than that. It quoted a farmer who said that much of the food it sold to Imperfect Produce had previously been plowed under. Or it had been given to a food bank for free, but the IP money help pay their expenses. The author's main point is that too much food is being produced, but she doesn't really explain what she thinks a better solution would be.