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Composting is something Ive always wanted to do.
And then the Vitamix FoodCycler FC-50 came into my life and changed everything.
In a matter of hours, all of my food scraps are magically transformed into fertilizer.
And theres a better way to tackle that.
TheFoodCycler FC-50arrived this summer as an update to Vitamixs previous model.
Judson Cummins is the senior manager of product management and innovation at Vitamix, one of the most trusted brands in high performance blending technology.
The machine dehydrates your food, grinds it up, and finally cools it.
Your food scraps are now homemade fertilizer.
But it quickly became a nightly habit or even twice a day.
Thats because I live with three roommates and we all cook pretty regularly.
You dont want too much of one punch in of food.
Say you made a ton of apple pies and now have a buckets worth of peels and cores.
Instead of running them together, youd want to save them to add into more diverse mixtures.
A good way to preserve scraps is the freezer, says Cummins.
As much as I love the Vitamix FoodCycler, the biggest downside is that its not cheap.
Judson Cummins is the senior manager of product management and innovation at Vitamix, one of the most trusted brands in high performance blending technology.
If youre looking to invest in a worm-free composter, its one of the best options out there.
Bamboozle also makes a (much more affordable)worm-free countertop composter($40).
Cummins uses the FoodCycler to create the fertilizer for his garden.
Consider reaching out to a local community garden or farm and see if you could donate it to them.
And it could be a cute gift.
Weird, but cute.
Its jarring to see how often we run it.
And thats kind of the point.
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