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Size matters: B.C. market giving away 50,000 pounds of wrong-size fruit

The Desert Hills Ranch Farm Market is urging the community to take as much as they want

An Ashcroft farmers market is turning heads for giving away thousands of pounds of fruit 91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ“ all because it arrived in the wrong size.

On Aug. 11, Desert Hills Ranch Farm Market put a call out to the surrounding community members to come grab some of the 65,000 pounds of poorly sized cantaloupe, free of charge.

The cantaloupes are 1/4 inch too small, according to the market.

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵœWith food shortages around the world it91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s not right to dump something like this in the garbage.91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ

The market asked takers to also consider donating quantities to local food banks and thinking of those in need.

The next day, Desert Hills added undersized honeydew, roughly 20,000 pounds91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™ worth, to the mix.

91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵœWe are so happy to see this product go to such special people. All of you that shop at Desert Hills have become very important to us so we are so happy to be able to return the favour.91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ

Desert Hills is located at 250 Elm St.

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