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Comments (0)We can learn a lot from Dr. Seuss, or a local CSA, or a child’s coloring book. That is: there’s a lot more variety in the world than we think. Not all carrots are orange; not all potatoes are white; not all watermelons are red; not all bananas are yellow. According to Plants for a Future, there are 20,000 edible plants in the world today. Yet, fewer than 20 species supply 90% of what the world eats. It seems that in our rush to be food efficient, we have stripped the grand diversity of nature down to a narrow, pre-digested list and thus suffer the illusion of good-world sameness which leads us to question difference. I will explain. Food limits lead to three deficits, it seems to me. 1) We are being deprived of many delightful and fascinating food… read more
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