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posted by pedantic on Dec 3, 2003 - 4 comments

"We think of an orange as a constant, but in reality it's not." Canadian study finds that fruits and vegetables have lost much of their nutritional value in the last decades--potatoes, for example, have lost 100% of their Vitamin A. The reason, it appears, is mass production and a market that values appearance over substance. Is this symptomatic of deeper problems within a system where produce travels so far before reaching the consumer? Here in B.C., for example, the stores are full of California produce, despite the fact that we grow much the same fruits and vegetables locally.
posted by jokeefe on Jul 6, 2002 - 17 comments

Pumpkins in Space Water rockets and large vegetables=pure flying satisfaction. (this is an .mpg)
posted by mecran01 on Aug 4, 2001 - 3 comments

"Officers have even taken a large yam - a staple of African diet - into custody." Need I really say anything else?
posted by ookamaka on Jan 2, 2001 - 8 comments