In the broke times of my life I did not shop at farmers’ markets, because they’re at bizarre times when working class people are usually working or sleeping (late service sector nights = no 7 AM Saturday farmer’s market for you). IT GOES TO THE GROCERY STORES THAT POOR PEOPLE SHOP AT. Know what happens to most of the produce that’s edible, has enough shape to survive in transit, but looks funny? Produce gets graded by size, prettiness, and (sometimes) flavor/eating quality. Like it’s either rotten or (in the case of one watermelon field that one time) it had rained so hard that the melons filled up with water and were completely tasteless. He only time packinghouses throw out fruit is when IT’S ACTUALLY INEDIBLE. In other words, it’s where the ugly fruit people think all this “waste” is happening. This is where they cool, wash, sort, and package it. It’s a big honkin’ wad of fraud that self-promoting foodies get away with because nobody knows better.Īfter it leaves the farm, most produce goes to a packinghouse. You just wouldn’t know it because it’s salsa.Īs someone who works in produce, this whole “ugly fruit” movement is actually kind of enraging because it’s completely disconnected from what really happens in the supply chain. The amount of produce wasted because of labor problems (can’t get a crew to harvest) and bad weather (melons that rot in the field because it’s too hot and wet, etc) WAY outstrips produce thrown out because it’s “ugly.”īecause again… we eat a LOT ugly produce. You think that stuff gets made from the pretty fruit and veggies?! Jeebus, think about it for a minute. Most “ugly” produce gets turned into soups, sauces, salsa, jam, ice cream, etc. If you don’t mind a bit of language, you can, of course, view the original thread here. Sarah Taber I’ve collected the tweets, edited them for clarity and brevity (sometime abbreviations help you meet Twitter’s length limit), and bowdlerized them just a bit for a family-friendly audience.
INITIATER UGLY PRODUCE SERIES
This post is taken from a series of tweets by Dr.
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