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One of the best ways to make your meals easier and less stressful on busy weekda...
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Reducing food waste starts in your kitchen and we’re here to help you do your pa...
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Have you ever wondered how you can make cooking faster and easier? We teamed up ...
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Last year was one for the books. You crushed it like a tomato, rescuing ugly pro...
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What do you get when you gather a whole team of foodie fanatics and sustainabili...
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Storing your groceries properly is one of the best ways to make them last and st...
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This September, for Hunger Action Month, we’re working to raise awareness of hun...
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The pursuit of perfection can make the holidays stressful, so we’re here to help...
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With our mission to grow the movement to eliminate food waste and build a busine...
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As usual, we’re baffled to see the epic bounties of perfectly delicious pr...
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In our quest to become the most sustainable grocer, we’re always looking for way...
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Since our founding in 2015, one of the most common questions we’ve gotten from o...
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It’s not just the wonkiest, weirdly formed, most “this came out of the ear...
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Protecting our environment and building a kinder, less wasteful food system is n...
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You make an impact with every order you get from us, but there are so many nonse...
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We share why we’re so passionate about composting as a way to reduce food waste ...
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To address issues of racial injustice, we all need to take collective action to ...
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Learn what items you should always have in your fridge and pantry to make cookin...
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Learn how we’re working with olive growers in California to source delicious and...
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Learn 4 fun and creative ways to reuse your Imperfect box so it doesn’t go to wa...
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See what our most popular grocery items of 2019 were, learn what your impact on ...
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We created a fund to invest in innovators who are working to build a better food...
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We share the positive impact that our community has had on our food system so far.
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Learn all about our brand new podcast: “Unwasted with Imperfect.”
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Supporting farmers means more than buying their produce. It means building empat...
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Our co-founders share some highlights from this past year and a look at what we’...
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Imperfect partners with Renewal Mill in the Bay Area to bring okara flour t...
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Kevin Durant joins the Imperfect team to help us grow roots on the East coast!
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How Imperfect celebrates Pride, this month and always.
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We spent an afternoon at the Oregon Food Bank and learned a lot about hunger, pe...
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We teamed up with a talented Bay Area chef to create a wholesome dinner, support...
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We're not crying-- we've just been cutting onions while reviewing our favorite m...
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Fresh herbs are essential to cooking delicious meals with seasonal produce. Here...
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We take a closer look about what the heavy winter rains have meant for produce i...
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Valentine's Day is around the corner so we're sharing our top tips to make a rom...
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This week we answer your burning questions about how and why we source ugly prod...
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While visiting a friend living in Hip House, a UC Berkeley housing cooperativ...
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In cooking as in life, knowledge is power. We want you to feel as empowered as p...
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They don’t teach cooking tips in school, but they really should! That’s why we t...
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How can you get the most out of your groceries? Our next Imperfect U lesson come...
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It’s no secret that we love fennel. But we know it’s not always the easiest vege...
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Learn how to make this misunderstood root vegetable delicious with a few tips an...
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Broccoli and cheddar cheese are truly soulmates. They deserve a celebrity couple...
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The first time we talked with Michael Bosworth about bringing his barely broken ...
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Something crazy happens when you make shrimp spicy. Mix them together with spice...
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Feeling festive for fall and craving something sweet? This easy recipe for pumpk...
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Whether you’re recovering from a summer of weddings, coming back from your annua...
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See what goes into calculating our environmental impact stats and learn what you...
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It’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month and we’re excited to cel...
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We started Imperfect Foods to save ugly produce from going to waste. It felt wro...
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When we look at food waste in our homes, the two main causes of waste are buying...
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Learn when avocados are in season so you can know where your current batch is li...
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Learn how buying ugly produce helps make family farming more sustainable.
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Learn about how we’ve partnered with Homegrown Organic Farms to find a sustainab...
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Learn how buying ugly produce helps make family farming more sustainable.
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Our friends at The Spare Food Co. know that reducing food waste can also be fun....
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Bubble and Squeak is a classic British do-it-all dish made from cooked pot...
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It can be hard to predict just how much mashed potatoes to make. And if it’s the...
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Not all the best presents arrive via the chimney. This holiday, you can get swee...
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Over the last year, the term "supply chain" has probably flickered across your s...
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Chocolate and matcha are a match made in dessert heaven. These Chocolate-Dipped ...
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Hamantaschen are traditionally enjoyed during the Jewish holiday of Purim. How t...
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We were curious to see how our beloved Imperfect Foods Dark Chocolate Covered Ch...
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Our Alfajores Cookies consist of dulce de leche sandwiched between two buttery s...
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About Chef Analise Analise Roland is a regenerative farming activist, speaker, a...
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When you make your own all-purpose cleaner, you never again have to wonder, “Wha...
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This recipe is a little more involved than a few of our other Thanksgiving lefto...
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We all tend to be optimistic about Thanksgiving leftovers. But it doesn’t ...
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Thanksgiving is all about an abundance of good food – and putting it to good use...
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Sea beans are the succulent seaside dwellers your cooking has been missing. Thes...
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Inevitably, something is going to go wrong when you’re whipping up new dishes or...
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Goldenberries, the bright orange fruits that look like little paper lanterns, ha...
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These Mac and Cheese Muffins are easy to stack and store in the fridge and are a...
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Richly chocolatey and generously spiced, our Mexican Spiced Chocolate Pumpkin Pi...
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Right now at Imperfect, we have slightly undersized pomegranates that almost wen...
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We’re proud to share that Imperfect Foods is officially a Certified B Corporatio...
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Right when you think you know everything about how to make delicious roasted veg...
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Like butternut squash but better, cuter, and easier to cut, honeynuts are perhap...
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Photo and epic carving skills by Antonio Wothe, Imperfect produce buyer. Welcome...
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We answer your top questions about cooking with pumpkins!
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Learn what to do with your Halloween pumpkin after the big night so you don’t cr...
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Recreate restaurant-style pizza at home with this cast iron classic from Seemore...
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When the air swirls with the first crisp autumn wind and a pumpkin patch sprouts...
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You can make this DIY Coffee Candle about as upcycled as you want by using spent...
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Irene here 👋, I’m part of the creative team at Imperfect Foods! As a Taiw...
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Whether you mistook 2 pounds of chiles for 2 chiles during customization or just...
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In addition to being a delicious beverage in your cup, your Imperfect Sightglass...
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Pickling is a quick and easy way to give new life to your produce, use up excess...
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Fun fact: ugly produce makes beautiful and refreshing summer drinks!
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So you got an unfamiliar vegetable in your Imperfect box...Now what?
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There are a ton of kitchen gadgets and gizmos on the market so we thought we'd w...
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This week we explore "gapping," one of the biggest factors impacting produce pri...
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We reveal some of our kitchen-tested tips for turning the straggler veggies from...
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We round up the "water cost" of some of your favorite fruits and vegetables and ...
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Our definitive guide to making the best roasted Brussels Sprouts on the planet.
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We finally answer your burning questions about those fruits and vegetables that ...
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Free yourself from repetitive winter meals with this helpful guide from your fri...
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We dive deep into the scary true story of food waste happening in the US and ...
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ReGrained cofounders Dan Kurzrock and Jordan Schwartz started turning waste into...
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The Beets of Today look quite different from the Beets of the Past. In the Middl...
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One season of growing vegetables will introduce any amateur gardener to the fasc...
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We are Team Resurge, four 8th graders from Dublin, California participating i...