This Farmer Says He Reluctantly Throws Away Enough Cauliflower To Feed A Province
Richard Melvin hopes there will come a time when the majority of food waste from his farm ends up in the mouths of the people who need it most. Despite being “ideally good to eat,” as much as 40 percent of Melvin’s 36 acres of cauliflower is plowed back into the ground each year, the Nova Scotia farmer estimates. “We waste enough cauliflower on our farm to feed everyone in Nova Scotia or the Maritimes,” he said....