This is an interesting link

[conuly]

About the surprising difficulty in donating "unpretty" produce to the poor. The part about half of food grown in the US being wasted has to be hyperbole, though. I know we waste a lot, but surely it isn't that much...?

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[marveen.livejournal.com]

The problem is that everyone wants that Hollywood-perfect produce. (If people had the same standards for dating/marriage, the human race would die out.)

You'd think the world was ending every time anyone has to cut a worm or a bad spot out of something before you eat it.

[interactiveleaf.livejournal.com]

I've struggled to teach my husband that lesson. He used to reject an apple because of a friggin' bruise!

Under my tutelage, he's getting better. That, and I've just taken to preparing food so that he can't see the original state before he eats it. :-)