1/14/18
To finish off my first week, I spent my day at Farm to Fit to do the packaging component of the products (my 10 weeks will be split doing several packaging weekings, several delivery, some in the kitchen and ending on nutrition data). Getting there at 7 am, I was put to work doing data entries for the first four hours. These entries included every customers delivery information and whether or not they returned their last orders bag. From what I understood from asking questions, each order is placed in a bag, when Farm to Fit delivers a new meal, the customer is supposed to have their previous order’s bag sitting out. This way Farm to Fit can re-use rather than waste. The data I was inputting recorded if they returned the bag, and if they did not, how many bags have they kept since they began ordering, these entries are done for every week. I recorded one entry that had up to 17 bags they have not returned! I was not able to ask, but what type of bags are these? What does Farm to Fit do if somebody never returns their bags?
What I found interesting from doing these entries is Farm to Fit delivers as far as Hillsboro, considering they are in NorthEast Portland it can be up to an hour drive depending on traffic. They deliver in their Hybrid Electric Pruis’s.
My final hour today was helping package the actual food in little plastic bowls, similar to tupperware. Meals were organized by type, so paleo, vegetarian, 1200 cal diet, 1600 cal diet, 2000 cal diet, dairy free and gluten free. Each component that went into the bowl (we were making a breakfast scramble) was weighed out to an exact number, these numbers ranged depending on diet restriction. This way, chefs know how to make the perfect amount of food without waste. I am curious if customers re-use these tupperware, recycle them, return them, or just throw them away?
Side note: Another common theme I’m noticing is Farm to Fit as well markets very sustainable forward but in reality it has become a lot harder to stick with, especially considering the winter season and lack of producing farms. A parallel to keep in mind between Celebrate and Farm to Fit