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Food Hub Adopts Compostable Packaging for Circular System

Organic food delivery service Fresh Harvest supplements its reusable packaging with new compostable produce film that is also used to fertilize its crops at its end of life.

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Fresh Harvest is using transparent, compostable packaging for produce such as loose, leafy greens.

Since starting its organic produce and grocery delivery service more than a decade ago, Fresh Harvest, based in Clarkston, Ga., has been just as dedicated to minimizing packaging waste as it has been to ensuring the origin and quality of its products.

In 2012, a small group of friends wanting to create an ethical food hub in Georgia founded Fresh Harvest. The company collaborates with local farmers and suppliers to deliver sustainably sourced fresh produce, meat, dairy, and other products to around 3,200 customers in the greater Atlanta area every week.


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According to Fresh Harvest, it is committed to a “no-waste” mentality across both its food and packaging. “We purchase and deliver according to exact orders and nothing more, reducing food waste,” it says. “At the end of each week, our coolers are empty, and fresh produce arrives the following week.”

A no-waste mentality around packaging means Fresh Harvest delivers its products in reusable packaging, with returnable, reusable packaging components inside. It also means no single-use plastic for a number of Fresh Harvest’s produce offerings. Instead, the company has adopted compostable film from TIPA that it uses not only to package the produce, but also to nourish the soil the products are grown in when the material has reached its end of life.

Fresh Harvest addresses single-use plastic film

Fresh Harvest offers its fresh food products through subscriptions. Customers can choose from a variety of customizable Produce Baskets, each with different items. Options include Georgia Grown, Mixed Fruit and Veggies, Vegetable, Fruit, and Office Baskets. Customers can then add other food products to the box each week.

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