We grade our produce into three categories
Fancies
premium quality, without any cosmetic blemishes
Uglies
incredible flavour and freshness, with maybe one or two blemishes
Feedies
not sold and fed to local livestock or compost piles
#FreetheFlaws
#FreetheFlaws is a campaign to bring awareness to the importance of utilizing what we have, and being good stewards of our resources.
You’ll notice that some of our products are listed as “uglies” in our shop. Uglies simply refers to products that has physical characteristics that aren’t as aesthetically pleasing. It’s still the same great taste, freshness and quality you’ve come to expect from Floating Gardens, they just might have a blemish or funny shape. 100% edible. 100% delicious!
2.2 million tonnes
The estimated annual wastage of edible food in Canada - that’s 100,000,000,000 cocktail tomatoes!