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Imperfect U: How to Master Mea...
One of the best ways to make your meals easier and less stressful on busy weekda...
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Imperfect U: How to Reduce Foo...
Reducing food waste starts in your kitchen and we’re here to help you do your pa...
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Imperfect U: Saving Time in th...
Have you ever wondered how you can make cooking faster and easier? We teamed up ...
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A Most Imperfect 2022
Last year was one for the books. You crushed it like a tomato, rescuing ugly pro...
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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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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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Imperfect Donations: Saving Fo...
This September, for Hunger Action Month, we’re working to raise awareness of hun...
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Imperfect’s Zero-Waste G...
The pursuit of perfection can make the holidays stressful, so we’re here to help...
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Imperfect’s Thanksgiving Shopp...
You can check “making a list” off your list. Our Thanksgiving Shopping List can ...
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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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Can you Spot the Imperfection?...
As usual, we’re baffled to see the epic bounties of perfectly delicious pr...
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The Most Creative Ways to Reus...
In our quest to become the most sustainable grocer, we’re always looking for way...
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Why Doesn’t Imperfect Sell Ban...
Since our founding in 2015, one of the most common questions we’ve gotten from o...
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What Makes Produce Imperfect?
It’s not just the wonkiest, weirdly formed, most “this came out of the ear...
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Imperfect Foods’ Earth Month M...
Protecting our environment and building a kinder, less wasteful food system is n...
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Imperfect’s Intentional ...
You make an impact with every order you get from us, but there are so many nonse...
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Imperfect’s Commitment to Comp...
We share why we’re so passionate about composting as a way to reduce food waste ...
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Imperfect’s Anti-Racist Pledge
To address issues of racial injustice, we all need to take collective action to ...
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Pantry essentials with Imperfect
Learn what items you should always have in your fridge and pantry to make cookin...
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The Story of our Imperfect Oli...
Learn how we’re working with olive growers in California to source delicious and...
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Reuse your Imperfect Box ̵...
Learn 4 fun and creative ways to reuse your Imperfect box so it doesn’t go to wa...
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Our 2019 Imperfect Year in Review
See what our most popular grocery items of 2019 were, learn what your impact on ...
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Imperfect’s 2019 Feeding...
We created a fund to invest in innovators who are working to build a better food...
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Imperfect’s Impact: Leading wi...
We share the positive impact that our community has had on our food system so far.
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Announcing Imperfect’s P...
Learn all about our brand new podcast: “Unwasted with Imperfect.”
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Where Do Imperfect Grapes Come...
Supporting farmers means more than buying their produce. It means building empat...
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2018 in Review: A Letter from ...
Our co-founders share some highlights from this past year and a look at what we’...
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Imperfect x Renewal Mill
Imperfect partners with Renewal Mill in the Bay Area to bring okara flour t...
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A Special Addition to the Impe...
Kevin Durant joins the Imperfect team to help us grow roots on the East coast!
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Imperfect Celebrates Pride Month!
How Imperfect celebrates Pride, this month and always.
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Imperfect & Oregon Food Bank
We spent an afternoon at the Oregon Food Bank and learned a lot about hunger, pe...
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Imperfect in the Community: Ra...
We teamed up with a talented Bay Area chef to create a wholesome dinner, support...
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Imperfect in 2017: A Year in R...
We're not crying-- we've just been cutting onions while reviewing our favorite m...
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Imperfect’s Guide to Coo...
Fresh herbs are essential to cooking delicious meals with seasonal produce. Here...
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It’s Raining, Veggies! W...
We take a closer look about what the heavy winter rains have meant for produce i...
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5 Tips for an Imperfect Valent...
Valentine's Day is around the corner so we're sharing our top tips to make a rom...
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Imperfect Goes Tropical!
This week we answer your burning questions about how and why we source ugly prod...
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A Theoretical Courtyard for Im...

While visiting a friend living in Hip House, a UC Berkeley housing cooperativ...

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Quick Tips With Joel Gamoran: ...
In cooking as in life, knowledge is power. We want you to feel as empowered as p...
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Quick Tips With Joel Gamoran: ...
They don’t teach cooking tips in school, but they really should! That’s why we t...
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Quick Tips With Joel Gamoran: ...
How can you get the most out of your groceries? Our next Imperfect U lesson come...
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Easy Grilled Fennel
It’s no secret that we love fennel. But we know it’s not always the easiest vege...
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Cooking With Beets: Everything...
Learn how to make this misunderstood root vegetable delicious with a few tips an...
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Broccoli Cheddar Soup with Che...
Broccoli and cheddar cheese are truly soulmates. They deserve a celebrity couple...
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From Seed to Table: The Story ...
The first time we talked with Michael Bosworth about bringing his barely broken ...
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Jasmine Rice Salad with Spicy ...
Something crazy happens when you make shrimp spicy. Mix them together with spice...
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Easy Pumpkin Snack Cake with M...
Feeling festive for fall and craving something sweet? This easy recipe for pumpk...
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Groove your way to $350
Whether you’re recovering from a summer of weddings, coming back from your annua...
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How We Calculate Our Environme...
See what goes into calculating our environmental impact stats and learn what you...
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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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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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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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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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Creatively preventing waste wi...
Learn how buying ugly produce helps make family farming more sustainable.
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Small blueberries, big Impact:...
Learn about how we’ve partnered with Homegrown Organic Farms to find a sustainab...
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How buying ugly citrus makes a...
Learn how buying ugly produce helps make family farming more sustainable.
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Upcycled Cocktails with Spare ...
Our friends at The Spare Food Co. know that reducing food waste can also be fun....
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Bubble and Squeak
 Bubble and Squeak is a classic British do-it-all dish made from cooked pot...
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Leftover Mashed Potato Blinis
It can be hard to predict just how much mashed potatoes to make. And if it’s the...
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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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How Supply Chain Issues Affect...
Over the last year, the term "supply chain" has probably flickered across your s...
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Chocolate-Dipped Matcha Shortb...
Chocolate and matcha are a match made in dessert heaven. These Chocolate-Dipped ...
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Chocolate Hazelnut Hamantaschen
Hamantaschen are traditionally enjoyed during the Jewish holiday of Purim. How t...
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Dark Chocolate and Cherry Bisc...
We were curious to see how our beloved Imperfect Foods Dark Chocolate Covered Ch...
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Rosemary Alfajores Cookies
Our Alfajores Cookies consist of dulce de leche sandwiched between two buttery s...
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Three Recipes from Chef Analis...
About Chef Analise Analise Roland is a regenerative farming activist, speaker, a...
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DIY Rosemary Orange Cleaning S...
When you make your own all-purpose cleaner, you never again have to wonder, “Wha...
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Leftover Turkey and Sweet Pota...
This recipe is a little more involved than a few of our other Thanksgiving lefto...
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Creative Recipes for Your Than...
We all tend to be optimistic about Thanksgiving leftovers. But it doesn’t ...
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How to make Thanksgiving Lefto...
Thanksgiving is all about an abundance of good food – and putting it to good use...
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Sea Bean, Mushroom, and Onion ...
Sea beans are the succulent seaside dwellers your cooking has been missing. Thes...
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Quick Fixes for Thanksgiving F...
Inevitably, something is going to go wrong when you’re whipping up new dishes or...
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Uplifting Goldenberry Ginger J...
Goldenberries, the bright orange fruits that look like little paper lanterns, ha...
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Easy Mac and Cheese Muffins wi...
These Mac and Cheese Muffins are easy to stack and store in the fridge and are a...
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Mexican Spiced Chocolate Pumpk...
Richly chocolatey and generously spiced, our Mexican Spiced Chocolate Pumpkin Pi...
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Whipped Ricotta with Pomegrana...
Right now at Imperfect, we have slightly undersized pomegranates that almost wen...
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We’re officially a B Cor...
We’re proud to share that Imperfect Foods is officially a Certified B Corporatio...
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Roasted Acorn Squash with Bals...
Right when you think you know everything about how to make delicious roasted veg...
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Honeynut Squash with Herby Cas...
Like butternut squash but better, cuter, and easier to cut, honeynuts are perhap...
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Everything You Ever Wanted to ...
Photo and epic carving skills by Antonio Wothe, Imperfect produce buyer. Welcome...
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How to Cook with Pumpkins
We answer your top questions about cooking with pumpkins!
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What To Do With Your Old Hallo...
Learn what to do with your Halloween pumpkin after the big night so you don’t cr...
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Chicken Parm Sausage Skillet P...
Recreate restaurant-style pizza at home with this cast iron classic from Seemore...
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What to Cook to Stay Cozy this...
When the air swirls with the first crisp autumn wind and a pumpkin patch sprouts...
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Easy DIY Coffee Candle with Up...
You can make this DIY Coffee Candle about as upcycled as you want by using spent...
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Irene’s Salted Caramel Stuffed...
Irene here ????, I’m part of the creative team at Imperfect Foods! As a Ta...
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Fancy Pumpkin Butter Grilled C...
This recipe was featured in our Imperfect Almanac. Lucious pumpkin butter, tart ...
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Pumpkin Brown Butter Pasta
This recipe was featured in our Imperfect Almanac. Go ahead and pinch yourself b...
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Gingery Miso Ramen with Kaboch...
This recipe was featured in our Imperfect Almanac. Make the most of kabocha squa...
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How to Make a Simple and Delic...
It’s the secret ingredient that adds depth, intensity, and structure to any dish...
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Spiced Pumpkin Butter Granola
This recipe was featured in our Imperfect Almanac. Scoops of nutty, crunchy, all...
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Egyptian Herby Stuffed Red Pep...
This recipe was featured in our Imperfect Almanac. Mahshi is an Egyptian dish of...
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Thai Green Curry with Chicken ...
This recipe was featured in our Imperfect Almanac. Thai green curry is one of th...
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Easy Any-Topping Pizza
If you’re in a pinch, on a budget, or just rushing to get dinner on the table, a...
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Easy Baked Miso Salmon with Se...
If you’re in a pinch, on a budget, or just rushing to get dinner on the table, t...
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Easy Four-to-Five-ish Ingredie...
If you’re in a pinch, on a budget, or just rushing to get dinner on the table, t...
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Kid-Friendly Bento Box Lunches
It’s amazing how far a few sprinkles and a cookie-cutter can get you when you’ve...
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Our (Almost) Fall Produce Guide
With fall comes cozy feelings of…wait a second, it’s still August. L...
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Our Very Best Breakfast Recipes
One member of the Imperfect team recently admitted that her favorite thing to ea...
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Summer Salads to Beet the Heat
Side salad who? To celebrate the arrival of our long-anticipated Imperfect Foods...
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Campfire Cones
Swap out the graham crackers for ice cream cones in this camping classic. Enjoy ...
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The Best Fruits and Veggies to...
It turns out that kids are more likely to eat fruits and veggies if they helped ...
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6 Tips for Plastic Free July
We’re passionate about reducing waste, so we’re big fans of Plastic Free July, a...
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Our Approach to Reducing Packa...
As part of our commitment to reducing waste, we’re committed to reducing the amo...
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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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Our Favorite Veggies for Grilling
Learn about our 5 favorite things to grill and then get fired up to grill everyt...
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An Update On Our Anti-Racist C...
We’re sharing an update about the progress we’ve made on our commitment to being...
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Artichoke and Chickpea Dip wit...
This Artichoke and Chickpea Dip with Dukkah is a flavorful and healthy riff on t...
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The Veggie Frittata for a lot-...
With this Veggie Frittata recipe in your back pocket, you’ll never look at...
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About Imperfect
How We Built Our Packaging Ret...
Learn how we built our first-of-its-kind Packaging Return Program from our susta...
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The Best Herby Vegan Potato Salad
If you’re a vegan or vegetarian at a family gathering, you tend to think of side...
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Grilling Recipes and Sides for...
For some reason, things just taste better with grill lines. So go dust off ...
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How to Make a Sustainable Tabl...
“Tablescaping” is a real word, it’s a verb, and more important...
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Food Gone Good With Apeel
We’ve all had the experience of buying that apple, or avocado, and having it go ...
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Adda Veggie Broccoli Burgers w...
These Broccoli Burgers are the perfect way to make a healthy, fresh veggie burge...
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How to Make Your Own Beeswax W...
Small swaps add up to big change, so consider trading your plastic wrap or alumi...
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How to Naturally Dye Easter Eggs
Easter baskets, at home egg-hunts, pastel-painted this, egg-shaped that, chocola...
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Our Commitment to Being a Net-...
With Earth Month on the horizon and the fight against climate change more pressi...
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About Imperfect
Our 2020 Impact Report
See the positive impact our community had in 2020 and celebrate what we accompli...
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About Imperfect
Our Partnership With Feeding A...
Learn about our partnership with Feeding America to make a bigger impact on food...
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Jillian Hishaw on Who Owns Our...
Did you know that there were nearly 1 million Black farmers in 1920 but fewer th...
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Matcha and White Chocolate Pop...
There are many reasons why one might want to make green popcorn. St. PatrickR...
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Refreshing Strawberry Basil Le...
When life gives you slightly scarred lemons and undersized strawberries, juice t...
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Zero Waste Clothing with Zero ...
Did you know that over 20 billion pounds of textiles are thrown away in the Unit...
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Examining Environmentalism wit...
Does environmentalism have a racism problem? Is veganism elitist? Why do so many...
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Producer Spotlight: Free Happy...
We sat down with farmer Joel Gindo of Free Happy Farm to learn about him and his...
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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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Classic Guacamole for Gameday
Holy guacamole, this guac is good. Creamy, zesty, and just the right amount of s...
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Cheesy Taco Stuffed Peppers wi...
Taco ’bout a healthy and delicious meal. Topped with melty cheese and serv...
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Plant-based Dairy with Miyoko ...
Plant-based eating is here to stay. Most of us have heard about the health benef...
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Hawa Hassan on Understanding O...
Foods from other lands are a great window into other cultures” Hawa Hassan...
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Our Sustainability Commitments
We share how our mission to eliminate food waste and build a better food system ...
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6 Healthy Chicken Recipes and ...
Here’s a bold stance: healthy shouldn’t mean monotonous or lacking i...
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Demystifying Diet With Brookly...
There is a reason there are so many fad diets. They do not work and aren’t...
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Zero Waste Vegan Spaghetti
We’ve teamed up with Lauren Singer, founder of the zero-waste blog Trash Is For ...
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Growing Your Own Food with Epi...
People think they’re growing the plant when they’re actually creatin...
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5 Healthy Breakfasts that will...
New year, new you starts with a healthy breakfast. It’s the first meal of ...
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About Imperfect
Our 2020 Year In Review
Lettuce take a walk down memory lane and revisit some highlights of 2020 at Impe...
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Maryam Ajayi on Diversifying W...
Outside of the colorful healthy smoothies and Lululemon branded yoga classes we ...
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Humanizing the Food System Wit...
The experience of live story is the experience of mutuality.”  jovida...
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Appreciating African Cooking w...
Close your eyes and imagine you’re eating at a fine-dining restaurant for a spec...
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3 Seasonal and Sparkling Holid...
When life gives you lemons, juice them, and make cocktails. Such has been our mo...
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7 Tips for Storing Cheese Prop...
A pound of cheese takes hundreds of gallons of water to produce, making cheese w...
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Pear Shrub Cocktail
This is a great cocktail to use up your seasonal produce, especially items that ...
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The Sweet and Bitter with Ynzo...
There’s a very bitter story to the sweet story of chocolate. Ynzo Van Sant...
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Hanukkah-Inspired Dinner Menu ...
Looking for comforting recipes to help you celebrate Hanukkah this year? We got ...
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Our New Commitment to Clean So...
Learn about our exciting new investment in clean, solar energy to power Imperfec...
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Semolina, Olive Oil, and Honey...
The Semolina, Olive Oil, and Honey Cake is so easy to make it almost feels like ...
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The Economics of Farming with ...
You can’t take care of the environment if you can’t take care of the...
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Our 4 Favorite Baking Substitu...
You’re in the mood to bake something (today’s been one of those weeks) but you r...
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Better Baking with Hetal Vasav...
Always use a scale. Do not trust a measuring cup. hetal vasavada It’s safe...
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Cheesy Leftover Pie Crust Crac...
Baking a perfect Thanksgiving pie involves trimming the crust to fit in your pan...
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Sheet Pan BBQ Chicken Drumsticks
Making delicious barbecue chicken doesn’t have to mean firing up the grill. All ...
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Eliminating Ocean Plastic with...
We have to take care of the ocean in order to survive as a species.” Mimi ...
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Farming for the Future with Ye...
“It shouldn’t be a privilege to have access to good food.” Yem...
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Lachelle Cunningham on the Lov...
“We are literally walking around with historical PTSD.” Lachelle Cun...
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3 Fundamental Meals from Mark ...
This is a guest post from Mark Bittman, the New York Times bestselling auth...
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Holistic Medicine and Redefini...
“Healing is not linear.” Dr Tiffany Lester Is our country’s ob...
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Farming as Healing with Amber ...
The farming system that we have right now is replicated from slavery times.̶...
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Producer Spotlight: Cooks Venture
Part of our mission at Imperfect is building a better food system for everyone. ...
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Simple Roast Chicken
Simple, comforting, and classic – you can’t beat a roast chicken to elevate a we...
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A Word From Entrepreneur Trish...
This is a guest post from Trishna Saigal, founder of Down to Cook Foods. To lear...
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Behind the Terms: Fair Trade v...
It’s Fair Trade Month! To honor this special month, we’re exploring and explaini...
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The Future of Nonprofits with ...
You can’t poison the poor in the name of feeding the poor.” Robert e...
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Halloween Costume for Gardener...
Raised bed Halloween costume for gardeners
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Halloween Costume for Dogs: As...
Halloween Costume for Dogs: Astro Mutt
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Halloween Costumes for Dogs: D...
Halloween costume for dogs: dog carrot
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Halloween Masks made from Recy...
Halloween masks: pumpkin, lemon, and strawberry
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Why Apples Go to Waste
Apples have a rich history of being wholesomely beautiful and irresistible to ea...
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Where Does Dragon Fruit Come F...
Dragon fruit, also known as pitaya, is one of the most vibrantly beautiful fruit...
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The Science of Food With Nik S...
Our emotions affect the way we experience taste and aroma.” Nik Sharma Hav...
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Appetite for Change’s Pr...
You’re not able to challenge your thoughts if you’re eating the same...
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Clean-Out-Your-Fridge Vegetari...
Nothing is more comforting than chili, and it also happens to be one of the best...
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6 Ways to Pumpkin Spice Up You...
You’ve been underestimating the potential of our Imperfect Pumpkin Spice m...
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Chef Mimi on Redefining Black ...
Looking at food as a way of empowerment is what I’m all about.” Chef...
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Overcoming Food Allergies with...
“Two kids in every classroom in America have a life-threatening food aller...
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Regrowing Food From Scraps: Fa...
The following is a guest post by our friend Kevin Espiritu of Epic Gardening&nbs...
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Snack to Make an Impact With S...
We know it’s an understatement to say that back-to-school time looks a little di...
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Salted Caramel Apple Pie
Don your coziest sweater and make this decadent Salted Caramel Apple Pie this fa...
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Reimagining Food Media With Co...
I hope we get to a point where we don’t need a white guy to go to a Chines...
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Cooking with More Veggies with...
What I wanted to do was help people cook with fresh veggies and give them a new ...
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Quick Tips With Joel Gamoran: ...
To help you make the most of your Imperfect Foods box, we teamed up with scrappy...
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Intersectional Environmentalis...
It broke my heart in so many ways to have people who I stood beside to advocate ...
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Making Space for Civic Life wi...
“I think it should be just as easy to participate in civic life as it is t...
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About Imperfect
The Story of Our New Recycled ...
Learn the backstory of our new Imperfect delivery boxes!
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Re-thinking Meat Consumption w...
“Every time we are eating food and buying food there is an opportunity to ...
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Chewy Oatmeal Raisin Cookies
We love our Imperfect Rolled Oats and Imperfect Maroo Raisins individually but t...
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Reshaunda Thornton: A Dietitia...
This is a guest post from our friend Reshaunda Thornton. To hear more from Resha...
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Connecting Plate to Planet wit...
The future of food is around resilience.” -Impossible Foods Have you ever ...
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Impossible™ Cheesesteak
Imperfect is delighted to finally offer plant-based meat from Impossible Foods t...
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How to Cook With Nuts
When we ask food writers and chefs what ingredients every home cook should have ...
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Impossible™ Larb
Imperfect is delighted to finally offer plant-based meat from Impossible Foods t...
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Americana Impossible™ Burger
Imperfect is delighted to finally offer plant-based meat from Impossible Foods t...
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Food, Feelings, and the Meanin...
Everyone is qualified to feed themselves.” Sophia Roe Who is Sophia Roe? A...
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Understanding Food Deserts and...
We talk a lot about food waste at Imperfect, but there is another problem with o...
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About Imperfect
Resources for Feeding Change i...
Imperfect stands united against any form of racism, discrimination, and injustic...
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Digging Into Community Gardeni...
"When we give back to nature, we give back to ourselves."
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8 tips for more delicious and ...
Nothing inspires quite as much passion, debate, and anxiety as cooking food over...
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Understanding Climate Change w...
"Don't let perfect be the enemy of good enough."
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Impossible™ Spaghetti and Meat...
by Impossible Foods Chef J. Michael Melton Imperfect is delighted to finally off...
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Impossible™ Gyro
Imperfect is delighted to finally offer plant-based meat from Impossible Foods t...
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Impossible™ Chorizo and Clams
Imperfect is delighted to finally offer plant-based meat from Impossible Foods t...
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Coffee Grounds: 7 ways to use ...
Learn 7 fun and innovative ways that you can use your coffee grounds.
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This Earth Day, Prevent Food W...
Food waste can be overwhelming so we're here to empower you with easy, actionabl...
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