Hungry Harvest says every box it delivers saves at least 10 pounds of food from being thrown away. "I think it’s about finding a way to make that feel good, celebrate that.” “If I saw those slightly dented heads of cauliflower I would be like, 'I am making cauliflower soup and I’m doing it for 20 or 40 percent less than I meant to, or whatever it might be'," said Christensen. It is one of a seven restaurants and event spaces owned by Chef Ashley Christensen.Ĭhristensen, a James Beard award-winning chef, said Hungry Harvest keeps good food, with slight imperfections, from being thrown away. Lutz and the Hungry Harvest team launched the opening of its Triangle business at Bridge Club in downtown Raleigh. "So finally, a couple of years later we're here in Raleigh and excited to do it." Since then we got demands from all over the country of consumers saying, 'Hey, come to our city'," said Lutz. "Shark Tank was an incredible experience. In 2016, Lutz was able to grow the company after winning big on ABC’s “Shark Tank.” He said the lines for this fresh, imperfect food, got longer and longer. He sold hard to sell produce from farmers to students on campus. Lutz got the idea to start Hungry Harvest while he was a college student at the University of Maryland. The National Resources Defense Council, NRDC, published a report in 2012 that said up to 40 percent of food in the United States goes uneaten. "It just means it’s shaped a little different.It’s really this embrace of the ugly movement and how we can reduce waste.” “Ugly doesn’t mean it’s bad, or moldy or rotten," Lutz said. Its mission is to rescue produce farmers can’t sell because of a surplus or because it’s just too ugly. A new food delivery service in the Raleigh-Durham area specializes in distributing fruits and vegetables with cosmetic imperfections.
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