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How to Reduce Food Waste: an Imperfect Foods Guide

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Broccoli cheddar soup and ingredients
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Broccoli Cheddar Soup with Che…
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Jasmine Rice Salad with Spicy Shrimp
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Jasmine Rice Salad with Spicy …
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Leftover Turkey and Roasted Veggie Garlic Noodles
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Use-It-Up Garlic Noodles
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Our grocery storage guide

Storing your groceries properly is one of the best ways to make them last and stop food waste before it starts.
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Composting
How to Reduce Food Waste: an I…
What do you get when you gather a whole team of foodie fanatics and sustainabili…
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Storage tips
So Fresh and So Green, Green: …
We’ve all been there: you buy a beautiful head of lettuce or a box of spring mix…
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Storage tips
The Imperfect Foods Grocery St…
Storing your groceries properly is one of the best ways to make them last and st…
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Waste-less tips
But did you smell it first? Ho…
When we look at food waste in our homes, the two main causes of waste are buying…
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Ingredient guides
When are avocados in season?
Learn when avocados are in season so you can know where your current batch is li…
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Broccoli cheddar soup and ingredients
Soup
Broccoli Cheddar Soup with Che…
Broccoli and cheddar cheese are truly soulmates. They deserve a celebrity couple…
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Jasmine Rice Salad with Spicy Shrimp
Main course
Jasmine Rice Salad with Spicy …
Something crazy happens when you make shrimp spicy. Mix them together with spice…
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Leftover Turkey and Roasted Veggie Garlic Noodles
Use whatchu got
Use-It-Up Garlic Noodles
A good leftover plan is the best way to prevent food waste, but that doesn’t mea…
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goldenberry ginger juice
Beverage
Uplifting Goldenberry Ginger J…
Goldenberries, the bright orange fruits that look like little paper lanterns, ha…
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frozen berries for a summer treat
Recipe roundup
6 Easy Summer Treats to Beat t…
Summer faves like s’mores and pies are well and good, but when we reach peak tem…
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Featured Food

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Ingredient guides
Cooking With Beets: Everything…
Learn how to make this misunderstood root vegetable delicious with a few tips an…
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Great gifts under $10
Not all the best presents arrive via the chimney. This holiday, you can get swee…
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Imperfect's zero waste gift guide
Imperfect’s Zero-Waste G…
The pursuit of perfection can make the holidays stressful, so we’re here to help…
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Product spotlights
Our Summer Produce Guide
If you ask the team at Imperfect, now is the time to really get excited about su…
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Lunar New Year Feast
Holiday
Lunar New Year Eats, Sweets, a…
The Lunar New Year is one of the most vibrant holidays celebrated around the wor…
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Recipes

Kitchen Sink Compost Cookies

These cookies can be made with any leftover snacks and chocolate you have on hand—making this one of the tastiest ways to reduce food waste.
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Food Waste Movement

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Producer spotlights
From Seed to Table: The Story …
The first time we talked with Michael Bosworth about bringing his barely broken …
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Combatting climate change
How We Calculate Our Environme…
See what goes into calculating our environmental impact stats and learn what you…
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DEI
4 Ways to Celebrate AAPI Herit…
It’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and we’re excited to cel…
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Company history
We’re Going the Ripe Dir…
We started Imperfect Foods to save ugly produce from going to waste. It felt wro…
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Producer spotlights
Creatively preventing waste wi…
Learn how buying ugly produce helps make family farming more sustainable.
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About Imperfect

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Rescuing food
A Most Imperfect 2022
Last year was one for the books. You crushed it like a tomato, rescuing ugly pro…
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Food for all
Imperfect Donations: Saving Fo…
This September, for Hunger Action Month, we’re working to raise awareness of hun…
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Combatting climate change
How We Calculate Our Environme…
See what goes into calculating our environmental impact stats and learn what you…
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How it works
How Supply Chain Issues Affect…
Over the last year, the term “supply chain” has probably flickered across your s…
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Company history
Imperfect is Now a B Corp!
With our mission to grow the movement to eliminate food waste and build a busine…
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