One in five: That’s the number of fruits and vegetables in the U.S. that grocery stores won’t buy because they’re “ugly.” Ben Simon and Ben Chesler saw the billions of pounds of ugly produce that went ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Here's a cool way to avoid wasting food. Imperfect Produce buys slightly damaged produce from Illinois farms, then offers it at a discount. Imperfect's Quality Control Manager Nathan ...

Meijer now offers perfectly-imperfect produce for customers who want to reduce food waste at a reduced price. The new line of Misfits produce offers an assortment of misshaped, discolored, or scarred ...

Monticello, Florida — Not every satsuma mandarin grown at Florida Georgia Citrus — a family farm in Monticello, Florida — is the orange of a grocery store's eye. "That's what we call an imperfect ...

Natural and organic retailer Sprouts Farmers Market has launched a program to funnel sales towards imperfect organic produce that would typically be discarded at a reduced price. The program, Rescued ...

Don’t mind eating a warped watermelon? How about a disfigured daikon? A company selling less-than-perfect vegetables and fruit is launching its delivery service in Fresno, Merced and Modesto. Starting ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Sept. 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- Meijer has found a perfectly-imperfect fit for customers interested in reducing food waste and sacrificing aesthetics for savings. Meijer now offers ...

One-fifth of the trash in our landfills is wasted food. But better understanding of how our food system works is starting to make a dent in how much we throw away. We’re leaving so much food on farms ...