tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post510451179093746629..comments2024-03-27T07:59:25.142+02:00Comments on Eco Footprint ~ South Africa: Inglorius fruit and vegetablesDanihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-52361909346776667222014-07-26T10:26:36.801+02:002014-07-26T10:26:36.801+02:00AV - We have allowed ourselfs to be manipulated by...AV - We have allowed ourselfs to be manipulated by the media, not so? Well, most of "us"... If starvation had to rear it head to a larger percentage of the population, that situation may be reversed.Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-28233830014643452782014-07-26T10:24:54.478+02:002014-07-26T10:24:54.478+02:00Bill - That "rejection" is appalling!!!!...Bill - That "rejection" is appalling!!!! And then - to send that to landfill. Think of all those farmers who could feed those "rejects" to their animals... Or even to those places who feed the poor / homeless...Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-20571671898217955622014-07-25T21:08:37.703+02:002014-07-25T21:08:37.703+02:00Excellent post. We are addicted to perfection, dri...Excellent post. We are addicted to perfection, drilled into us by the media.<br /><br />AVArgentum Vulgarishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17569216163732240300noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-62389978391055740752014-07-25T12:17:04.762+02:002014-07-25T12:17:04.762+02:00Gardeners know this, but increasingly the rest of ...Gardeners know this, but increasingly the rest of us are so disconnected from real food that we assume that unless the veggies/fruit are all perfectly unblemished and uniform in shape and size, then there is something wrong with them. In fact the industrial system has largely replaced traditional more tasty and nutritious varieties with inferior varieties that are uniformly shaped and that have aBillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01640663629610290592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-72686337176789537542014-07-23T09:36:14.320+02:002014-07-23T09:36:14.320+02:00African Bliss - LOL - when you finally get here, I...African Bliss - LOL - when you finally get here, I have the perfect person for you to meet... ;)Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-23300562098508058992014-07-22T21:46:34.060+02:002014-07-22T21:46:34.060+02:00+1 to African Bliss!+1 to African Bliss!kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-90824874772844788572014-07-22T19:27:59.509+02:002014-07-22T19:27:59.509+02:00What a lovely post...and not only does it apply to...What a lovely post...and not only does it apply to strange fruit I also find that people that look less than perfect ( by magazine standards ) and are a bit eccentric are also far more interesting and full of character. African Blisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15689794590152590509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-46219856175746128922014-07-22T19:05:09.280+02:002014-07-22T19:05:09.280+02:00Harry - Years ago when we were still iving in town...Harry - Years ago when we were still iving in town we had a fruit juice franchise and supplied restaurants. We saw the inside of every restaurant kitchen :( and the amount of perfectly good food that was thrown away. When I enquired of one of the restaurant owners if I could not possibly have that food to add to the meal that I purchased the ingedients for and provided to the homeless once a Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-11926158281924784282014-07-22T18:10:42.521+02:002014-07-22T18:10:42.521+02:00Our big Walmart throws away vast amounts of vegeta...Our big Walmart throws away vast amounts of vegetables here when they are still perfectly good. They don't give them away, and they won't even let farmers have them to feed to their pigs. Nope, they have to be thrown in the dumpster. No one at Walmart could tell me why except that the company is afraid of being sued over some niggling thing. I don't worry about what a vegetable looksHarry Flashmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05071021900005041592noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-42073651009810887242014-07-22T15:58:49.822+02:002014-07-22T15:58:49.822+02:00kymber - I'm blushing LOL, but kymber - you ar...kymber - I'm blushing LOL, but kymber - you are above me at top of the list, my friend :)Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-13073990557517768972014-07-22T15:39:11.582+02:002014-07-22T15:39:11.582+02:00Dani - when i first started growing our own veggie...Dani - when i first started growing our own veggies and fruits - i couldn't understand why my carrots and potatoes, etc. came out so funny looking??!?!? after some additional research and years of growing, i now know that imperfect-looking fruits and veg are way more delicious than store-bought stuff that is perfect-looking and i actually want my fruit and veg to look imperfect! to me, the kymberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02607117635648274823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-85207663026325549192014-07-22T15:17:55.284+02:002014-07-22T15:17:55.284+02:00Vicki - Exactly. Unfortunately, farmer's mark...Vicki - Exactly. Unfortunately, farmer's markets here are few and far between, so I always had to buy from supermarkets. Thankfully, not any more... ;)Danihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04020970904311512357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3375887793985280500.post-77869045108063597622014-07-22T15:15:56.193+02:002014-07-22T15:15:56.193+02:00As an apartment dweller, I have no place for a gar...As an apartment dweller, I have no place for a garden, so a goodly share of the fruits and vegetables I can and dehydrate each year come from the Farmer's Market. Much of that produce is less than perfect. But the taste is so much better than any supermarket fare. Last fall I got a huge bag of wonky looking carrots that were the best tasting I've had in years. And the prices were way Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09409645438732452330noreply@blogger.com