Introducing Reusable Produce Bags!

When a thing you need doesn’t exist, you just gotta make it, am I right? That’s basically what happened when I made myself a few reusable produce bags last November. I made a few and I love them and then they got lost in my epic mess of a house and then I forgot about them. But guess what. Those bags were amazing. So I made myself some more, only better. And because they’re so dang rad, I decided to share them with the world.

Vintage fabric produce bags hold the same amount, or more than the disposable plastic kind you find in the produce department of the supermarket and they double as bulk grain bags.

Reusable produce bags with ties attached means you’ll never have to send another plastic produce bag to the landfill again! By choosing vintage fabric bags you’re also saving fabric from the landfill!

Introducing the fabulous, amazing Polly Danger Produce Bags. They come with an elastic or tie closure and you’ll be able to get them in a variety of sheer or vintage fabrics. Regular size bags measure about 10″ x 14″- about the same size as the average plastic supermarket produce bag, and the minis are 7″ x 9″, which is still big enough to hold a couple of cups of popcorn or any other small amount of produce you want.

Mini bags may be smaller than the standard supermarket produce bag, but they still hold plenty of bulk grain. Shown here is about 2 cups of bulk popcorn. Mini bags weigh around 0.3 oz and measure 7″ x 10″. Choose an elastic or tie closure.

Bags come in two sizes and 2 closure options. Elastic ties as well as cotton ties are both great options for closing up your reusable produce bags. Elastic is convenient and the cotton webbing will last as long as your bag does!

Reusable Produce Bags are fantastic not just for produce, but for all of the odds and ends in your life. Snack bag, swim bag, shoe bag, project bag. Choose from vintage fabric, sheer fabric, or organic cotton. Almost all elements of these bags are biodegradable. The elastic, if you choose elastic ties, and the thread are the only bits that won’t return to the soil at the end of their life, reducing produce-related plastic use by incredible amounts over their life!

The vintage fabrics are perfect for use as grain bags, and the sheer bags are perfect for using at supermarkets that won’t tare your bags. What the heck does it mean to “tare”? It means that your empty container gets weighed before you put anything in it, so when you pay for your bulk items or produce the weight of the container isn’t added to the cost of the product itself. Sadly my nearest markets won’t do it, but I don’t mind. My reusable bags weigh between 0.3 oz and 0.9 oz. Unless I’m buying something incredibly expensive per ounce, like vanilla beans, the amount added to the cost of my produce is miniscule.

If your supermarket doesn’t tare, or pre-weigh your bulk containers, then sheer fabrics are a really practical option. Happily there will be plenty of stylish *and* sheer options available!

So when and where can you get these lovely bags??? I’ll be taking these cuties to my local Farmer’s Market and putting them up in the shop in early June 2019! Pre-ordering begins in late May!