Behind the Misfits

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  • HOW much for a broccoli?!

    HOW much for a broccoli?!

    Have you noticed there's a shortage of broccoli in the supermarkets this week? Around eleventy-thousand litres of rain has fallen in the last 2 weeks (that's the official measurement of course!) This makes growing, planting & harvesting veggies very difficult...

  • What is Misfit Produce?

    What is Misfit Produce?

    This is Tarun. He is awesome. He helps mange his family orchards, where they usually grow apples. Luckily for us Misfits this year they have branched (see what we did there?) into stone fruit! Plums, peaches, nectarines, apricots... you name...

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    Morning Glory, Anyone?!

    At Misfit Garden we want to make eating and cooking veggies exciting again! We want people to have the chance to try new veggies that can't be found at the supermarket. In last week's box, we were lucky enough to...

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    Hawkes Bay Stone Fruit

    We rescue fresh, surplus & Misfit produce and deliver it to your door. We're on a mission to break the cycle of food waste in NZ.
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    Changing the DNA of your tomatoes

    FUN FACT: Putting your tomatoes in the fridge causes the DNA to change! Whaaaaa?? Yep, in a fridge, the genes that are responsible for making the tomato taste like a tomato get turned off! Luckily, your Misfit tomatoes this summer...

  • Let's Kick Some Asparagus!

    Let's Kick Some Asparagus!

    At the start of December we headed to Mangaweka to meet Sam, an asparagus farm manager who gave us a pretty awesome insight into the world of asparagus farming. We learnt a lot. Like, did you know that the small...

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We are a zero waste business

We hate to see food wasted so whenever we have surplus produce it gets donated to charity food banks around Taupō.

If you're in the Taupō area and know your box gets delivered by the Misfit van, you're in luck! We will collect your old boxes and put them to use again, leave them out for us in a dry spot on delivery day.

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