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This Crop Scientist List All The Reasons Why ‘Ugly’ Fruits Do Not Cause Food Waste And It’s Eye-Opening
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This Crop Scientist List All The Reasons Why ‘Ugly’ Fruits Do Not Cause Food Waste And It’s Eye-Opening

This Crop Scientists Says, That You Won’t Solve Food Waste Problem By Buying ‘Ugly Fruits’Crop Scientist Explain Why Ugly Fruit Don't Actually Go To Waste And Why You Shouldn't Worry About ItThis Crop Scientist Shuts Down People Who Think They Can Change The World By Buying 'Ugly' FruitsThis Crop Scientist Shuts Down People Who Think That 'Ugly' Fruit Contributes To Food WasteThis Crop Scientist Shares Where The Industry Puts 'Ugly' Fruit And It's Eye-OpeningThis Crop Scientist List All The Reasons Why 'Ugly' Fruits Do Not Cause Food Waste And It's Eye-OpeningAgricultural Scientist Debunks The Idea Of Contributing To Food Waste By Buying Cosmetic Looking FoodThis Crop Scientist List All The Reasons Why 'Ugly' Fruits Do Not Cause Food Waste And It's Eye-OpeningThis Crop Scientist List All The Reasons Why 'Ugly' Fruits Do Not Cause Food Waste And It's Eye-OpeningThis Crop Scientist List All The Reasons Why 'Ugly' Fruits Do Not Cause Food Waste And It's Eye-Opening
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Grocery stores are usually filled with perfectly shaped vegetables and fruits, so you rarely see any oddly shaped produce lying on the shelf. The farmers know that consumers are picky and ignore all the funny looking veggies so they usually don’t even bother to deliver them to the stores. The ‘ugly’ produce movement claims that the buyers scouting for perfect produce are to blame for billions of pounds of perfectly edible veggies and fruits going to waste.

While there’s nothing wrong with encouraging people to be less picky, some people say that ‘shallow’ consumers are not the ones to blame for the food waste problem. According to crop scientist and ex-farmer, Dr. Sarah Taber, ‘ugly’ produce do not contribute to food waste at all, because even the ugliest fruits and veggies find a way to the consumer, just usually in a different form.

 

When someone shared an article which states “Up to two-fifths of fruit and veg crop is wasted because it is ‘ugly’, report finds” Taber created a thread to explain why she disagree

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Taber then talks about the real food waste we should be worrying about

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Night Owl
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I learned a lot here. Thanks. Although I'd like to add that in some countries some produce do get wasted because it can't be sold for enough money, but it is a problem with the system

GlassOfWater
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A relative of mine grows tomatoes. 3 tonnes of it goes to waste each year because it doesn't meet 'certain requirements' (ie, isn't round enough, is too round, isn't red enough, has a mark, doesn't look fresh enough even though it is, other BS reasons). And by waste I don't mean sell to go into salsa like this woman says, I mean WASTE. 3 tonnes can feed a lot of people. And this is just one farmer. The ironic part is he sells to Woolworths...(have an 'odd bunch'/ugly fruit thing going on).

Brivid
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe it depends on the country you live in. They all have different regulations I'm sure.

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Bored Fox
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This thing was explained to meat school so for a long time I have known that ugly fruits and vegetables are usually fed to the animals (for example farms and zoos) or those are used to make many types of foods. Only the best looking plants are available from the shops.

Jane Doe
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I read your post as "explained at meat school" and thought, cool, like a food oriented program. I'd be interested in that!

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Night Owl
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I learned a lot here. Thanks. Although I'd like to add that in some countries some produce do get wasted because it can't be sold for enough money, but it is a problem with the system

GlassOfWater
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A relative of mine grows tomatoes. 3 tonnes of it goes to waste each year because it doesn't meet 'certain requirements' (ie, isn't round enough, is too round, isn't red enough, has a mark, doesn't look fresh enough even though it is, other BS reasons). And by waste I don't mean sell to go into salsa like this woman says, I mean WASTE. 3 tonnes can feed a lot of people. And this is just one farmer. The ironic part is he sells to Woolworths...(have an 'odd bunch'/ugly fruit thing going on).

Brivid
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe it depends on the country you live in. They all have different regulations I'm sure.

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Bored Fox
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This thing was explained to meat school so for a long time I have known that ugly fruits and vegetables are usually fed to the animals (for example farms and zoos) or those are used to make many types of foods. Only the best looking plants are available from the shops.

Jane Doe
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I read your post as "explained at meat school" and thought, cool, like a food oriented program. I'd be interested in that!

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