![]() ![]() Simon, a Silver Spring native, started the company in August 2015 after successfully running the nonprofit Food Recovery Network while he was a student at the University of Maryland, College Park. Everything about hungry harvest is amazing - the produce, the prices, the add ons, and the customer service is outstanding. Without the first-delivery discount, my Hungryroot delivery would have cost 211.99 for 2 lunches (2 servings each), 3 dinners (4 servings each), and 23. ![]() “Hopefully it’s a pipeline to get as much of that food as possible out of that field and into people’s fridges across the country,” CEO Ben Simon said. Hungry Harvest also deserves five starts for the ease of editing the weekly box and stopping and starting delivery. The company says it reduces food waste by purchasing “ugly” produce from more than 150 farmers and reselling it in custom boxes shipped weekly.Īsymmetrical peppers, scarred oranges and twin mushrooms would normally end up in a landfill or left to die in a field, rejected by grocery stores, but Imperfect is working to get them onto dinner plates. SA Harvest CEO and founder Alan Browde confirmed this morning that Daily Maverick readers have donated an astonishing R1.4-million towards food for Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. San Francisco-based Imperfect Produce launched in Montgomery County, Northern Virginia and the District last month, and now serves 15 cities across the country. Danone has invested in Hungry Harvest, a US firm delivering oddly-shaped or surplus fruit and veg to consumers’ homes. Updated: A vendor delivering fruits and vegetables at a 30 percent markdown over store prices has begun a Montgomery County service – but you’ll have to ignore aesthetics. ![]()
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