![]() ![]() So, there you have it! I’m still a very happy customer, 8 months in, and I give Hungry Harvest a huge thumbs up. ![]() The Hungry Harvest box gently pushes me to work more produce (especially more veggies) and more variety into my cooking, and I really, really appreciate that. I’m not about to waste what Hungry Harvest has rescued! And I probably won’t buy beets at all.īut when Hungry Harvest sends me kale, broccoli, and beets, I’ll be darned if I’m not going to do my very best to cook and eat those foods. I’ll buy spinach instead of kale and broccoli instead of Brussels sprouts. And I will tend to stay in my comfort zone too. Left to myself, I will tend to purchase less produce than I will with a delivery box. Getting a produce box makes me eat more produce, guaranteed. Totally worth paying more than I would at Aldi. I’ve done some price comparisons, and usually the total price of my box contents is just slightly more than the same items would be at Aldi.īy purchasing from Hungry Harvest, I’m helping save produce from the landfill and I’m helping to feed hungry local families. Isn’t this stuff more expensive than produce at Aldi? That’s their main jam, but they do also sell some other foods that you can add on to your delivery.įor instance, they sell white eggs (farmers have a hard time selling white eggs because people think the brown ones are healthier) and surplus bread (fresh, but the bakers just had too much).Īnd at the time of this writing, they’re selling Organic Valley cheese, which has an expiration date of mid-December, which is too close for a grocery store’s comfort. So, if you get your heads up email with the list of product for the week and you’re all, “GAH! I DO NOT NEED ANY MORE CARROTS RIGHT NOW.”, you can just log in to your account and change it up. So, I never have to worry that my box will be full of eggplants and okra.ĪND, you can also customize your box for a small fee. Well, Hungry Harvest lets you put things on your “never” list. They try never to let this happen, but sometimes an item slips through their quality control, and they’ll want to make it right for you. If you do get a bruised or rotten item in your box, you can just let Hungry Harvest know. One squash rejected for being too small another rejected for being too big! Sometimes I get huge carrots or tiny avocados or grapefruits with funky coloring, but these are just cosmetic problems.Īnd cosmetic problems are no reason to throw food away! ![]() The ugly produce has been unusual, yes, but delicious. So, that stuff is exactly like what I’d get at the grocery store. Overall, great! A lot of the produce I’ve received has been excess, which means it’s first quality but that a grower had too much to sell. So, if they’re not available in your area yet, sign up and get yourself on their waiting list, because they use the waiting list to help them decide where to expand! Right now, Hungry Harvest delivers in Maryland, DC, Northern Virginia, Philly, southeastern PA, South Jersey, and South Florida, but they are busy expanding. I mean, they’re rescuing food that would otherwise be wasted and they’re helping to feed people in need. I love, love, love what Hungry Harvest is doing. They deliver it to customers’ doorsteps, and they also donate and sell deeply discounted produce to people in need (including those in food deserts in cities). Quick recap: Hungry Harvest is an East Coast-based company that rescues excess/ugly produce and gets it into the hands of people who want to eat it. I’ve been a Hungry Harvest customer for a little over 3/4 of a year now, so I thought it would be a good time to do an update post about it all.
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