The 'ugly fruit' Instagram shows that hideous produce is often oddly humanoid
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Jordan Figueiredo
And weirdly enough, a lot of the fruits and veggies look like people or body parts.
Each year, 40% of produce grown in the United States is thrown away, the National Resources Defense Council reports. Using ugly produce, instead of throwing it in the trash, is "such a low hanging fruit solution to food waste," Jordan Figueiredo, the man behind the @UglyFruitsAndVeg campaign, told Think Progress.
Read on to learn more about the ugly food movement and check out 15 of Figueiredo's Instagrams.
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