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Saturday June 17. We celebrate the first anniversary of Fruta Feia Porto. David and Susana, one of the first farmers who joined our network, open the door of their farm to receive the party.

The afternoon started with lunch and everyone brought some of their best dishes to share. Afterwards, the Fruta Feia Olympics challenged everyone into team playing to participate in traditional games. The result brought together consumers, farmers and volunteers and the day ended with the awarding of prizes to the winners and a delicious birthday cake for 1 year of Fruta Feia! 

Fruta Feia Porto completed, on May 11, 1 year of fighting food waste. Farmers, consumers and volunteers came together and saved 103 tons of fruits and vegetables from being thrown to the garbage. An overwhelming number that motivates us keep going: Congratulations to everyone!

See the complete photo album here (at the bottom of the page).

"Ugly but Tasty" contest farewell party took place on 19th May at Monsanto Park, Lisbon. On that day more than 500 students of Lisbon first grade schools participated on activities that aimed to promote healthy meals and sustainable consumption, as well as the consumption of ugly fruit and vegetable as a mean to to fight food waste due to appearance through ugly fruit consumption. Fruta Feia Co-Op organized the “ Fruit Challenge “ game in which kids had to try an ugly and beautiful strawberry without knowing which was which. At the end they had to choose the most delicious and which one was the ugly strawberry. The opinions were divided because in fact ugly fruit tastes the same, or even better, when compared to beautiful fruit.

“Ugly but Tasty” was a contest launched on 17th November of 2016 by the Education department of Lisbon city Council, within the FLAW4LIFE project. Addressed to all the 1st grade students of Lisbon’s public schools, this contest aimed to write and illustrate stories, with the main objective of launching a book focused on the themes«Sustainable Food | Healthy Eating | Combating Food Waste | Consumption of Fruit and Ugly Vegetables».

The proposed challenge resulted in 33 stories book, written and illustrated by the students of the 16 participating Schools. On the farewell party, Catarina Albergaria , the Education Councilor of Lisbon City council, awarded the prizes to the 10 best stories that won the contest.

Le Petit Journal met our Co-Op and how are the delivery days of Fruta Feia's baskets.

Read article here (in french).