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Every year in the U.S. about 133 million pounds of food goes to waste. A lot of it is fruits and vegetables, like three legged carrots, and fought strawberries. They are deserted simply because they are not pretty enough to be displayed on store shelves. If you look at the big picture, about a third of the planet's food goes to waste for the same reason.
在美國，每年大約有1.33億磅食物被浪費掉。其中很多是水果和蔬菜，比如三條腿的胡蘿卜和草莓。之所以被遺棄，僅僅是因為它們外形不夠美觀，不能陳列在商店的貨架上。如果從大局來看，地球上大約三分之一的食物都因為同樣的原因被丟棄了。
That's enough to feed 2 billion people. Now, a company called Imperfect Me is trying to change that situation. The company collects ugly fruits and vegetables from farmers and markets and sells them to local residents at a deep discount. It can be 30 to 50% of the regular price. Similar campaigns are underway in places like Boston, as well as Portugal and the UK.
這些食物足夠養活20億人。現在，一家名為Imperfect Me的公司正試圖改變這種狀況。該公司從農民和市場上收集賣相不佳的水果和蔬菜，然后以極低的價格賣給當地居民。售價可以是原價的30%到50%。波士頓、葡萄牙和英國等地也正在進行類似的活動。
For now, most chain supermarkets don't carry ugly fruits and vegetables. But Steve Clark's of Imperfect Me hopes the supermarkets will come around because customers want such food. He says it is really easy to convince people when they realize they can pay a lower price to get the same kind of taste and health.
目前，大多數連鎖超市都不出售外形不佳的水果和蔬菜。但Imperfect Me公司的史蒂夫·克拉克希望超市能改變觀念，因為顧客想要這樣的食物。他說，當人們知道低價就能收獲同樣的味道和健康時，說服他們真的不是問題。
