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Well, hello and welcome back. My name is Stephanie Safarian and you're listening to episode 247 of sustainable minimalists,

a twice-weekly show about intentional and eco-minimalist living.

On today's show, I'm answering a listener's question all about the for-profit

misshapen foods rescue companies that have popped up in the last decade.

I'm talking misfits market, I'm talking imperfect produce, hungry harvest, these are all for-profit companies that seek to limit food waste

by shipping imperfect or misshapen foods around the country in hopes of getting the stuff eaten.

Janda wrote to me and said that she tried misfit markets but she realized that

many of the produce that came in her box came from far distant places and so she's wondering

whether signing up for such a service when the produce comes from let's say Mexico is that sustainable is shipping those items

all around is that practice really sustainable or not we're going to discuss what

actually happens to food for after it leaves the farm and I'm also going to give you some

thoughts, some tips as how we can do better with regard to food waste. So we're

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