Fighting Waste With Ugly Food
These fresh vegetables would have ended up in the landfill because they're ugly. But thanks to Hungry Harvest, they could end up on your plate instead.
Upgrading the food system
This “ugly” produce might have ended up in a landfill. Instead, it went to Hungry Harvest. A company combating food waste by shipping it to consumers at a discount. The Franciscan Center receives donations — including from Hungry Harvest to feed hundreds of people at their community kitchen. Evan Lutz. Evan Lutz is a 26 -year-old social entrepreneur from Baltimore, Maryland who is passionate about food justice, entrepreneurship, and the Baltimore Ravens.
All of these vegetables are maybe abused from supermarkets, but they are perfect for us. ‘Cause feeding 500 people is a daunting task, but everything here you’ll see will go to use. Food waste is one of the largest contributors to climate change. If it were a country — if food waste were a country — it would be the third largest contributor to climate change behind the United States and China. And the thing is though, waste is very preventable and solvable issue. We are in Jessup, Maryland produce terminal. The Hungry Harvest warehouses. I started way back in 2014, about five and a half years ago, and I started with just farm stands selling one farmer's surplus ** produce to college students at the University of Maryland. It's blossomed into Hungry Harvest, where we prevent about 18 million pounds of produce from going to waste,” Evan Lutz, CEO, Hungry Harvest tells Brut.
Lutz procures his produce from farms, packing houses, wholesalers and sells them in subscription boxes, community markets "Produce in a SNAP", and donations to food banks and community kitchens. In working toward the mission of reducing food waste, Lutz sees room to create more efficiency and for the companies to potentially work together. At the same time, he said, “there’s plenty of room in the market for a few companies to compete and build successful businesses.”
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235 comments
Mary R.
05/18/2020 01:46Great idea
Caven M.
01/30/2020 05:32hgfkiuytcmño
Shaikh H.
01/30/2020 00:22Great initiative
Tati R.
01/29/2020 06:13Mantap ideanya
Niculai M.
01/28/2020 19:587l
Ivan I.
01/28/2020 18:02KUDOS
حقي ع.
01/28/2020 17:08ارحموا لترحموا
Ruel R.
01/28/2020 15:04shheeetttt infoooo 😭😭😭😭
Mohan S.
01/28/2020 13:32QA!
Maria L.
01/28/2020 05:02Bendiciones a todos los que pasen esa obra posible que Dios esté siempre presente en sus vidas y sus corazones
Rickdy V.
01/27/2020 22:33Bless this man!
Sofyan H.
01/27/2020 08:03Setaronah tak laku
Siti A.
01/27/2020 02:48Wow....goodjob...mmmuuaaachhh
Za C.
01/26/2020 20:48Ebrahim Andolini lhma9
Ayla T.
01/25/2020 21:48Super
Em M.
01/25/2020 21:09ور
Sandy W.
01/25/2020 07:57I cant believe that they throw away good food All in the name of food looking pretty People need to come and live on a farm
Aroha N.
01/25/2020 05:32Awesome
Ida
01/25/2020 03:19Aq sngat sedih skli krna aq tk tau apa yg dia bicarakn😭😭😭
Evelyn N.
01/24/2020 05:20Wow amazing job.god bless you guys