In this era of Food Insecurity, it’s almost criminal that 13% of good fresh food is wasted!
| This farmer says he reluctantly throws away enough cauliflower to feed a province | CBC Radio |
An estimated 13 per cent of fruits and vegetables grown in Canada go unharvested or are discarded, according to a federal government report. Many farmers say they can’t afford to harvest, box and transport wasted produce to food-insecure Canadians for free.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/checkup/cauliflower-farm-canada-surplus-food-waste-food-insecure-1.6644601
@hasmis
That’s a rather strange statement. The waste is because the consumer is not educated enough to know that there is nothing wrong with a little off colour cauliflower and the retailer’s wanting a uniform size. Therefore in this example, large and off-white cauliflower is plowed under. That’s what we’re talking about in this article.
@marathon0 He overgrows to feed the pipeline, to make sure. I object to the ‘word inflation’ of calling it criminal. I buy overripe bananas for cake, and c-grade apples at the orchard. I trim off the cauliflower spots, but cauliflower is the worst for keeping fresh. Far better to use cabbage.
@hasmis It’s also a problem of the consumer being far removed from the farm, literally, and having never visited one . One of my granddaughter’s won’t eat any meat that looks like it’s part of an animal
People near to the earth know that off colour vegetables/fruit doesn’t mean it’s not good. Urbanites, not so much.
Cheers!
@marathon0 Don’t start with the ‘criminal’ thing. All the cost for food is prep and transport to the cities. A gold mine throws out a lot of gold, as well.