Here's what you all helped us rescue this week and why:
🥕 Carrots ("wrong" size, cosmetic defects) from the UK;
🌱 Onions ("too" many, "wrong” size) from UK;
🌱 Celeriac ("too" many, "wrong” size) from UK;
🥔 Parsnips ("too" many) from the UK;
🌱 Beetroots ("wrong” size) from UK;
👨🌾 Brussels Sprouts ("too" many) from UK;
🥬 Purple Sprouting Broccoli ("wrong” size) from UK;
🍃 Living Lettuce ("too" many) from Essex;
🥬 Cabbage ("too" many) from UK/Lincs;
🍳 Mushrooms ("too" many) from the UK/Ireland/Poland;
🥔 Potatoes ("too" many) from the Suffolk/Norfolk/Lincs/Cambs/Kent;
🌶Peppers ("wrong" size, shape, cosmetic defects, “too” many) from Spain;
🍆 Aubergines ("wrong" size, shape, cosmetic defects) from Spain;
🌱 Celery ("too" many) from Spain;
🥒 Cucumber ("too" many) from Spain;
🥗 Spinach ("too" many) from Italy;
👨🌾 Radishes ("too" many) from Morocco;
🥑 Avocado ("too" many) from Colombia;
🍎 Apples ("wrong" shape, size, cosmetic defects) from the UK/Kent/Cambs;
👨🌾 Pears (surplus) from UK/Cambs;
🍑 Persimmons ("wrong" size) from Spain;
👨🌾 Grapefruit ("wrong" size, cosmetic defects) from Spainl
👨🌾 Lemons ("too" many) from Spain;
🍊 Oranges ("too" many, cosmetic defects) from Spain;
🍊 Clementines ("wrong" size, cosmetic defects) from Spain;
👨🌾 Mangoes ("too" many) from Brazil/Ecuador;
🍍 Pineapples ("too" many) from Costa Rica.
What's your favourite rescue of the week? 🌍
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