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appleannie1

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1. Instead of throwing it away, donate it to food banks and food pantries. Today they

Reply to Redfairen (Original post)

Thu Jan 10, 2013, 02:43 PM

Jan 2013

don't even bother sending vegetables that are not perfectly shaped to the stores. The farms throw them away instead if the are not perfect. People that are hungry don't care if a tomato is not perfectly round or if a carrot has two bottoms.

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Half of world food goes to waste, global study says [View all] Redfairen Jan 2013 OP

Instead of throwing it away, donate it to food banks and food pantries. Today they appleannie1 Jan 2013 #1

I can hardly bear to go in high scale groceries like Whole Foods,seeing all that expensive deli food hlthe2b Jan 2013 #5

I once asked a worker why they throw 11 eggs away if the twelth one gets cracked. She said it was appleannie1 Jan 2013 #6

? That's why the seal the eggs with waterglass.... so bacteria etc. can't get into the shell. TalkingDog Jan 2013 #7

You are ignoring the distribution system happyslug Jan 2013 #9

It is hard, especially for singles, not to waste, but I surely have been working on it... hlthe2b Jan 2013 #2

I won't buy any of it. It's GMO, pesticide laden and basically poison. When they stop that, I'll buy judesedit Jan 2013 #3

Other countries don't even want our food anymore. It's mostly frankenfood. They are afraid with good judesedit Jan 2013 #4

on top of 10 for 1 tomtharp Jan 2013 #8