Celebrating our #FoodHeroes today and always - the farmers who work to grow the food we eat & you who won't let it go to waste 🌍
Here's what you all helped us rescue this week and why:
🌳 Brussel sprouts ("too" many) from the UK;
🥦 Purple sprouting broccoli ("too" many) from the UK;
🥕 Carrots ("too" many) from the UK;
👨🌾 Leeks ("too" many) from the UK;
👩🌾 Parsnips ("too" many) from the UK;
🍲 Kale ("too" many) from the UK;
🌽 Sweetcorn ("too" many) from the UK;
🥗 Salad leaves / spinach ("too" many) from the UK;
🍃 Living lettuce ("too" many) from the Essex;
🥬 Sweetheart cabbage ("too" many) from the Lincs;
🥦 Broccoli ("too" many) from the Lincs;
🧅 Onions ("too" little) from the UK;
🥔 Potatoes ("too" many) from the UK;
🌱 Spring onions ("too" many) from Lincs / Midlands;
🍳 Mushrooms ("too" many) from the UK / Ireland Poland;
🍆 Aubergines ("wrong" size or shape) from Holland;
🌶 Peppers ("wrong" size, shape) from Holland / Spain;
🥒 Cucumbers ("wrong" shape, size) from Holland / Spain;
🌮 Courgettes ("too" many) from Spain;
🍎 Apples ("wrong" shape, size, skin marks) from the UK;
🍍 Pineapples ("too" many);
🍋 Lemons ("too" small, "wrong" size, skin marks) from South Africa;
🍑 Persimmon ("wrong" size, skin marks) from Spain;
🍊 Satsumas ("wrong" size, skin marks) from Spain;
🍇 Grapes ("wrong" colour) from Portugal.
#WorldFoodDay @fao