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The war on wonky: how cosmetic standards create mountains of food waste

In 2007, food campaigner Tristram Stuart visited M. H. Poskitt Carrots which supplied carrots to Asda. What he saw shocked him: carrots were continually discarded for not being the right size or shape, being broken, having a cleft or blemish, or not being the perfect colour. One of the most outrageous reasons for rejecting themContinue reading “The war on wonky: how cosmetic standards create mountains of food waste”