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Googly eyes can help sell "ugly" produce

Gail Sherman / 11:42 am PT Mon Sep 9, 2024

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In the United States, we waste approximately 30-40% of our food supply, or approximately 133 billion pounds of food. While some of this is caused by storage issues or over-purchasing, up to 20% of produce waste is perfectly good food considered too ugly for Am…

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