Here's what you all helped us rescue this week and why:
🥕 Carrots ("wrong" size, cosmetic defects) from the UK;
🥦 Broccoli ("too" many) from the UK;
🎃 Blade pumpkins ("too" many) from UK;
🌱 Cauliflower ("too" many) from the UK;
🥗 Salad leaves ("too" many) from the UK;
🍃 Spinach ("too" many) from UK;
🥒 Cucumbers ("too" many) from UK;
🍃 Living lettuce ("too" many) from Essex;
🌱 Celery ("too" many) from UK/Cambs;
🥔 Potatoes ("too" many) from the UK/Lincs;
🍲 Kale ("too" many) from the UK/Lincs;
🧅 Chicory ("wrong" size) from the UK/Lincs;
🥬 Cabbage ("too" many) from UK/Lincs;
🥬 Chard ("too" many) from UK/Kent;
🥗 Radishes ("too" many, cosmetic defects) from the UK/Norfolk;
🍳 Mushrooms ("too" many) from the UK / Ireland / Poland;
🧅 Onions/shallots ("wrong" size) from the Suffolk/Norfolk/Bedfordshire;
🥔 Potatoes ("too" many) from the Suffolk/Norfolk/Lincs/Cambs/Kent;
🌶 Peppers ("wrong" size, shape) from the Netherlands / Spain;
🥑 Avocado ("too" many) from Colombia;
🍎 Apples ("wrong" shape, size, skin marks) from the UK/Kent/Cambs;
👨🌾 Pears ("too" many) from Belgium;
🍈 Honeydew melon ("wrong" size, cosmetic defects) from Brazil;
🍊 Clementines (cosmetic defects) from Spain;
🍊 Oranges ("too" many) from South Africa;
🍋 Pomelo ("too" many) from China;
🥧 Pomegranate ("wrong" size, skin marks) from Egypt;
👨🌾 Pineapples (cosmetic defects) from Costa Rica.
What's your favourite rescue of the week? 🌍
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