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Woman bending down in a field of vegetables growing

A collage of four photos showing vegetables with slight imperfections

"Supermarkets go off what's left on the shelves, so if you're rummaging through cauliflowers or broccolis or apples and picking out certain ones, the data shows they sell those certain ones, and then that makes the spec,"
she said.

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two men wearing construction vests in a factory holding a capsicum

"They'd say things like 'Why would you buy that? We've been told for 40 years this is rubbish, literally, or we should just put it in a paddock and let it break down',"
he said.

A graphic showing food waste percentages

A collage of three photos showing box of vegetables in the factory and people looking moving at white buckets of food

Man standing next to boxes filled with food

Collage of people preparing meals with fresh produce

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