Sustainability

Since 1945 the USDA Grades and Standards for Fruits and Vegetables has defined what is “perfect produce” to the fruit, vegetable and specialty crop growers and buyers.  Although the standards are voluntary, produce that doesn’t meet these standards gets rejected. We’ve become accustomed to expecting our tomatoes to be perfectly round, our vegetables symmetrical, and our fruit unblemished. These expectations have driven up the cost of produce and created the problem of food waste.

How Uglies® Help:

Uglies® Kettle Chips are crafted in small batches using potatoes with slight imperfections that might otherwise be discarded and by making Uglies® we’re helping farmers!

https://foodwastefeast.com/why-we-waste-ugly-food-expiration-dates-and-more
 

 

30% of all food produced globally is wasted and 40% of U.S. produced food goes uneaten.  Food waste is landfills’ largest contributor!

Americans throw out uneaten food averaging $165 billion each year and spend another $750 million a year to dispose of it. This wasted food ends up rotting in landfills and is the single largest component of U.S. municipal solid waste, accounting for a large portion of methane emissions. Since 1974, U.S. food waste has risen 50%. Controlling our food waste is the first step in creating a sustainable food system.

How Uglies® Help:

When it comes to taste and flavor there’s nothing wrong with the potatoes used to make Uglies® and by making our delicious kettle chips we’re reducing waste!

https://www.usda.gov/foodwaste/faqs
 

 

20% of the world’s children under the age of fice are undernourished.

If we reduce our food waste by just 15%, we could feed 25 MILLION AMERICANS!

How Uglies® Help:

10% of all profits of Uglies® Kettle Chips are donated to VivaKids, a Pennsylvania charitable organization dedicated to fighting hunger globally.

https://ourworldindata.org/hunger-and-undernourishment

LEARN MORE AT VIVAKIDS.ORG/UGLIES