LCBO Food & Drink Autumn 2017

TREND SPOTTING BY ERIC VELLEND  •  PHOTOGRAPHY BY VINCE NOGUCHI

WHAT’S ON OUR RADAR FROM THE WORLD OF FOOD AND DRINK.

Reducing food waste is one of the most important issues of our time. From smart shopping to dining on discards, here’s how to help at home. Imperfect Fit Those pyramids of perfect peppers have a hid- den cost: small, misshapen or oddly coloured specimens can end up rotting on a farmer’s field or in the dumpster. Turning the page, Loblaws now celebrates these outcasts of the produce aisle. At their affiliated supermar- kets, you can find curvy carrots, runty apples, and lumpy potatoes at a discount under the No Name Naturally Imperfect Produce label. The line has been so successful that they’ve ex- panded into frozen fruits including mixed ber- ries and mango. After all, if it’s going into soup or a smoothie, who cares what it looks like?

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