Produce'd

Nearly 80 billion pounds of food is wasted every year in the US… something has to change.

To give you some perspective, that’s like every person in America throwing two medium sized apples in the garbage every single day.

Wasted resources at each level of the food chain are estimated at $218 billion dollars annually in this country.

Since we cannot expand the earth and the US population is expected to reach over 400 Million people in less than 30 years, the question becomes: how do we increase food production to feed this many people?

GOOD RESOURCES
https://unfccc.int/news/fighting-food-waste-means-fighting-climate-change
https://www.rts.com/resources/guides/food-waste-america/
https://www.epa.gov/international-cooperation/international-efforts-wasted-food-recovery
https://www.rubicon.com/blog/food-waste-facts/

Climate Change – The carbon footprint of US food waste is greater than that of the airline industry. One third (1/3) of all edible farmed produce in the US goes to waste.

Twenty one percent (21%) of all agricultural water resources goes to waste.

Food makes up twenty one percent (21%) of all landfills are wasted food cosmetically imperfect, damaged, culled, unharvested.

Nearly 40% of all food in the United States is wasted, according to a study from the National Resources Defense Council.

Here at Produce’d we know we can’t save the world … but we’re going to try. One family at a time. One hydroponic system at a time. Will you join us? Comment below to learn how.

Glad to see founder of (Ryan Dunn) expand with a marketplace and bakery opening soon!

Using better than organic food growing inside with his new Inland.😍

Congrats Ryan!

Besides the Vitamin A/C/K, cancer-fighting carotenoids, and numerous other benefits, romaine lettuce is also a powerful sleep aid!

It contains high levels of lactucarium - that milky looking fluid that comes out of the bottom of the lettuce stem. Yep that stuff.

Well it’s called the “lettuce opium”, and has sedative properties to promote relaxation.

Now that’s a pretty cool fun fact. Include romaine lettuce in your home gardens and give it a try!

Gardening is quickly becoming the thing to do and not only because of the pandemic alone.

Gardners are now younger (18-34) and represent 29% of all gardening households.

From traditional outdoor gardening to the increasingly popular indoor hydroponic gardening.

Growing your own food is here to stay! Do yourself some good and grow something.🙂