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I talked to the guy that runs the produce department at the grocery store, he says they throw out 10, 50 lb boxes of damaged fruit and vegetables every day. I have my vehicle load with damaged fruit, I am going to make wine out of, black grapes, red grapes, green grapes, peaches, strawberries, blue berries, black berries, pomegranates, papaya, red mango, melons, banana, etc.

I washed the fruit in the kitchen sink if there is 1 bad berry in a bag or box the store throws the whole container away. I think I will use the grapes, peaches, blackberries, pomegranates, mango, papaya, few blue berries, and few strawberries to make a 5 gallon batch of wine from all 100% juice.

I am running the fruit though my juicer then putting it in 3 liter soft drink bottles for temporary storage. I am going to boil all the juice to kill all yeast and bacteria then make wine after it cools.

I also have 60 heads of cabbage, several 50 lb boxes of tomatoes, bell peppers, bananas, cantaloupes, lettuce, onions, and lots more that are all going into the compost. If want to haul vegetables from the grocery store to my house every day I could add several 100 lbs to my compost every day.

I am surprised the grocery store throws out so much they must have to increase the price of what they sell a lot to cover the loss of all these vegetables.

I know they dispose of a tone of produce but wow you hit the jackpot! I may have to go by for supplemental supply for the wine batches I plan on doing!

let us know how the wine works out!

I just cracked open my fathers Rhubarb wine!! ohh it was good

I think that is a great thing you are doing, keeping some of all that stuff from just being wasted.

from PBS:

The American food chain, from the farmer to the grocery store to the refrigerator, wastes 40 percent of all food produced, according to a new study

I think that is shameful.

It's really galling to think about. No one should be starving in this country.

I might have to do the same off to the grocery store.

Apparently my City composts lol. They haul for free all of the grocery store organics and use the compost for city jobs.

What a great idea !!

Apparently the waste management place we send our stuff to have 97% waster diversion.

Let me know how the wine is. I don't get to make any