My Mission

Every year, over 6 billion pounds of produce is thrown away because it is judged to be “ugly”, and therefore, is not bought. That is enough produce to solve world hunger! In fact, 1 in 5 produce items is wasted because it does not meet the cosmetic standards of supermarkets. It is not economically viable for farms to throw away so much time and money worth of healthy, edible produce. GroGreen Tech is an iOS application that aims to turn wasted food into wanted food by minimizing the amount of ugly produce wasted each year. As it turns out, restaurants and juice and smoothie bars are the perfect beneficiaries of this produce since they transform the produce to the point where the original form no longer matters. On the other hand, farms benefit from using GroGreen Tech since they can sell produce that would otherwise be wasted. GroGreen Tech's qualified delivery couriers transport these produce items from local farmers markets to restaurants.