USDA Maintains Extremely Specific Cosmetic Grading Tiers for Fresh Produce
Abhi Ramesh · Misfits Market: Abhi Ramesh · Mar 31, 2025 · at 18:45
Misfits Market founder Abhi Ramesh explains the origin of his business idea after discovering government agricultural grading guidelines.
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“They're actually like extraordinarily specific specifications that the USDA puts out for every item, bananas, apples, oranges. There is strict guidelines on, you know, what falls into what tier. If you look at apples, for example, there's extra fancy, fancy, You know, grade one, grade two, and all the way down.”
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