![]() I throw away 5% of the bananas i order as individual bananas. If its a consistent problem, I use a smaller table. If I throw away too many bananas my store manager let's me know. My mom and I had a very depressing conversation about humanity on that day. It was just an ugly apple that these greasy fucks knew they could make a profit on. This crummy apple was purchased at her national chain store, the sticker was SUPPOSED to be removed (but wasn’t) and it was resold for a 100% markup while being advertised as local and organic. She bought a bunch of “organic” apples from the farmers market, got them home, and realized one of the apples, just one, had a sticker on it that was exactly the same as the sticker she sees on cheap ass apples at her store. She started at 17 and still works there at 62 (now it’s just 12 hours a week, mostly for the health benefits).ĭespite working for a huge national grocery chain, she likes to support local, and will go to the Saturday morning farmers market to buy local produce during our local growing season. Especially if you are one who buys organic!Ĥ5 years….that’s how long my mom worked at a grocery store. It needs to be more common to buy misshapen and defected fruits from farm stands and in our grocery stores. The absolute main issue with this is educating the average consumer. ![]() ![]() Where I’m from there are few pig farms, but even if there were, throwing my misshapen fruits to pigs is not a great feeling and offers no income. Also with the push for organic practices, it is harder for organic growers to produce “perfect” looking fruit and veg. A lot of apple orchards make their money from u-pick, where the consumer will in most cases not pick the misshapen or defected fruits. Yes an apple grower can sell defected fruits for cider and pies, but cider and pie makers ask for certain apple varieties. And more work for less money for growers is not the goal in a field where nobody is rolling in the money. Yes growers have options with misshapen fruits and vegetables, but it’s almost always not option number one. You want to convince someone that ugly food is fine? Convince the supermarkets to change their selling strategy. The store makes more profits this way, and figures in the planned food losses into the total price of the produce you buy. The store overstocks produce on purpose to play into the human psychology that plentiful goods encourage a higher volume of buying - THAT is why and where food gets wasted. I'll buy the bruised one if nothing else is available. I may not buy a discolored apple when a perfect one presents itself, but I'll buy it over a bruised or damaged apple, and if I need an apple for a recipe. Of course I am going to pick the "best looking" fruit or veg out of the pile, as does everyone, but it's entirely subjective based upon what I'm seeing. Ugly food may not sell, but I think it's only because the stores are overstocked. New to reddit? Click here! Get flair in /r/science Previous Science AMA'sīut that unshipped food goes to other uses. Repeat or flagrant offenders will be banned.Comments dismissing established findings and fields of science must provide evidence.Criticism of published work should assume basic competence of the researchers and reviewers.Non-professional personal anecdotes will be removed.No off-topic comments, memes, low-effort comments or jokes.All submissions must have flair assigned.No blogspam, images, videos, or infographics.Research must be less than 6 months old.No editorialized, sensationalized, or biased titles.No summaries of summaries, re-hosted press releases, or reposts.Directly link to published peer-reviewed research or media summary.
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