Lindsey:
Hello, everyone. Over the last few months our group has been working on : “the wasting of ugly produce.” After studying world hunger as a class, we focused in on food insecurity in Napa. We started with three topics, after a while our group decided on food waste. After confirming that food waste in Napa was a big factor in food insecurity, we originally wanted to learn about restaurant food waste. However, we learned that most restaurants in Napa have learned to use all of their food and not much is wasted, but food waste is still a problem. After doing even more research we found out that every year about six billion pounds of fruits and vegetables in the U.S. goes unharvested or unsold. We learned that it was because a majority of …show more content…
Mom: We’ll take it!
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Addison:
We called seven different grocery stores that are in Napa to see what they have been doing with their “wasted” produce. Four of them responded and they said that they are working with the Napa food bank, giving extra or “ugly” foods.
Nicole:
Did you know, over one third of all the food that is grown for human consumption is thrown out even before it is arrived at the store? That is enough food to feed 2 billion people. These certain fruits and vegetables can not go to the store because there are certain laws and regulations that prohibit selling of certain foods or they are “ugly” and do not appeal to consumers.
Reese:
It seems strange that this is such a huge issue and there are not many organizations dealing with it. We interviewed a company called Imperfect Produce that takes “ugly” fruits and vegetables directly from the growers and gives them to stores to sell at discounted prices, they also sell their own produce online. At Whole Foods, a seller of Imperfect Produce, we found price tags for ugly and non ugly potatoes.
Addison:
The normal looking potatoes cost $1.99 a pound, but, “ugly” potatoes are only $0.98 for two pounds. This means that if the ugly potatoes tasted the same or better, and if people actually bought them, they would save ¼ of the
Hello, everyone. Over the last few months our group has been working on : “the wasting of ugly produce.” After studying world hunger as a class, we focused in on food insecurity in Napa. We started with three topics, after a while our group decided on food waste. After confirming that food waste in Napa was a big factor in food insecurity, we originally wanted to learn about restaurant food waste. However, we learned that most restaurants in Napa have learned to use all of their food and not much is wasted, but food waste is still a problem. After doing even more research we found out that every year about six billion pounds of fruits and vegetables in the U.S. goes unharvested or unsold. We learned that it was because a majority of …show more content…
Mom: We’ll take it!
END OF SKIT
Addison:
We called seven different grocery stores that are in Napa to see what they have been doing with their “wasted” produce. Four of them responded and they said that they are working with the Napa food bank, giving extra or “ugly” foods.
Nicole:
Did you know, over one third of all the food that is grown for human consumption is thrown out even before it is arrived at the store? That is enough food to feed 2 billion people. These certain fruits and vegetables can not go to the store because there are certain laws and regulations that prohibit selling of certain foods or they are “ugly” and do not appeal to consumers.
Reese:
It seems strange that this is such a huge issue and there are not many organizations dealing with it. We interviewed a company called Imperfect Produce that takes “ugly” fruits and vegetables directly from the growers and gives them to stores to sell at discounted prices, they also sell their own produce online. At Whole Foods, a seller of Imperfect Produce, we found price tags for ugly and non ugly potatoes.
Addison:
The normal looking potatoes cost $1.99 a pound, but, “ugly” potatoes are only $0.98 for two pounds. This means that if the ugly potatoes tasted the same or better, and if people actually bought them, they would save ¼ of the