So what if like, instead of THAT, we like…GAVE FOOD for free to people who like, need it? What if like, that food was just free to have?
“But that would be unfair to poor people. Giving them unaesthetic unappealing food is classiest.” Liberals
Well, gee: maybe we could bring people who don’t have enough food into the food distribution cycle earlier, like before the food gets all “unaesthetic.” Too radical??
This is in the fields when harvested actually.
Out of a total 15 Metric Tonnes (MT) of food waste, 3 MT or roughly 20% of food waste occurs even before it leaves the farm’s gate.
I know this isn’t politically related, but food insecurity is a real problem so:
There’s an ‘ugly fruit’ and ‘ugly vegetable’ subscription box called Hungry Harvest that ‘rescues’ unattractive fruits and vegetables and mails them to your door. They only deliver in a few states (pa, md, va, fl, dc, mi, nc) and in certain areas, but they are growing. They take SNAP and have a price reduced model for people paying with snap and they donate to food banks. If you’re in an area they’re located in, you should sign up for a box, and if you can, buy a subscription for your local food bank or shelter.
There’s also one called Imperfect Produce that seems to run off a similar model (including reduced price SNAP plan) but which I haven’t tried and can’t vouch for. edit: here’s a criticism of imperfect produce that the company refutes if you’d like to read more
