One out of every five fruits and vegetables harvested will end up discarded in the landfill. That translates into one-third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year – approximately 1.3 billion tons – is wasted at the cost of 680 billion dollars. Finding ways to reduce the food waste before it reaches the landfill is vital to keeping people fed and well-nourished, plus reduce our carbon footprint on the planet. Even recovering a small percentage of the food waste will be helpful. Coming up with innovative ways to market and sell the less attractive fruits and vegetables is needed. As always, the best looking produce will sell first, but second-best tastes as good and should be able to find a good home, perhaps at a reduced price.
At Outside2Inside we recover Wonky Produce by 3 ways:
1. Farm2School Program
2. Farm2Restaurant Program
3. Farm2Work Program
Outside2Inside is trying to reduce food waste by recovering wonky fruits and vegetables that gets discarded. This is done through the above programs, which is helping to provide healthy nutritional food for the people across America. Outside2Inside is partnering with the Bay area Farms to provide new opportunities for local farmers to sell their fresh produce while providing low-cost fresh food to schools, restaurants and corporates. By bringing awareness of food waste and doing something to recover some of that food waste now, Outside2Inside hopes to help prevent a food shortage in the next generation.