Hungry Harvest Review

My review of Hungry Harvest, a mission-driven business delivering fresh produce with the aim to fight food waste and hunger. Keep reading to learn more about this service, as well as for a discount code if you want to try it out yourself!

A LITTLE BIT ABOUT HUNGRY HARVEST:

Hungry Harvest is a fresh produce delivery service whose whole mission is to end food waste and hunger one box at a time. The company was born in the dorm room of Evan Lutz, CEO & Co-Founder, back in 2014, who dreamed of changing the food system. Today, Hungry Harvest delivers produce across nine US states, and over the years has reduced over 12 million pounds of food from going to landfills and provided access to over 915,000 pounds of produce to people in need.

HOW IT WORKS:

• Hungry Harvest sources produce from farms and wholesalers, recovering fruit and vegetables that are perfectly good to eat but may have some aesthetic imperfections that would result in them getting thrown away.
• They assemble boxes of produce at their warehouse and deliver customised Harvest boxes straight to your front door!
• For every box delivered, they also donate produce to local hunger relief programmes.

WHAT’S IN THE BOX:

The produce varies depending on the time of year when you order, and there are options for organic produce. You can also customise your box and add in any specialty items (including bars, grains, dressings, etc). My Mini Harvest box included:

• Asparagus
• Cauliflower
• Red potatoes
• Kale
• Acorn Squash
• Onions
• Oranges
• Mangos

COOKING WITH HUNGRY HARVEST:

I got my Hungry Harvest delivery shortly before Easter Sunday, and so actually used quite a lot of the produce to cook up our Easter lunch – you can read more about it in the post Vegan Easter 2019:

PRICES AND DELIVERY:

Hungry Harvest delivers fresh produce straight to your doorstep! You can check out more information on their website, but here’s the breakdown of prices:

Mini Harvest Box (good for 1-2 people), including 1 type of green, 3 types of veggies, 2-3 types of fruit:

• Standard: $15 – $17
• Organic: $24 – $28

Full Harvest Box (good for 2-3 people), including 1 type of green, 2-4 types of veggies, 2-4 types of fruit:

• Standard: $23 – $27
• Organic: $34 – $40

Super Harvest Box (good for 4-7 people), including 1-2 types of greens, 4-7 types of veggies, 2-5 types of fruit:

• Standard: $33 – $35
• Organic: $42 – $50

Currently Hungry Harvest Delivers to:

• Maryland
• Washington, DC
• Virginia
• Greater Philadelphia in Pennsylvania
• Southern New Jersey
• Northern Delaware
• South Florida
• The Triangle Area in North Carolina
• The Detroit Metro Area in Michigan

You can check if they deliver to your neighbourhood on their website. If they don’t, they are constantly expanding, so you can sign up for their waitlist!

* Use the code BITESBYBEKAH for $5 off your first order!

FAST FIVE REASONS TO TRY: HUNGRY HARVEST

1. Fresh fruit and veg delivered to your front door – the best kind of delivery!
2. Customisable boxes, with organic options, and produce mainly sourced from local farms.
3. Prices on produce which are often less than your average grocery store.
4. Helps support Hungry Harvests’ mission to end food waste and hunger by using their perfectly good but aesthetically imperfect produce, which otherwise would be thrown away.
5. Hungry Harvest also donates part of their produce to hunger-solving organisations every week!

*Not a sponsored post, but I was kindly gifted a mini Hungry Harvest box to try. There was no obligation to do a blog post, that was my idea! All opinions are my own and I would not be sharing if I did not genuinely love what Hungry Harvest does. If you love this concept, but live in the UK, check out my review of Oddbox, which does a similar service across the pond in London!