In the News . . .

• Can Fruits and Vegetables Boost Brain Health? -- The New York Times (09 August 2021)
  
  
• This little-known Japanese fruit now has a cult following -- CNN BUSINESS (31 March 2021)
  
  
• Sanbokan: Japan’s rare, sour citrus fruit -- BBCtravel (24 September 2020)
  
  
• A Longevity Expert On The Weird Fruit That's A+ For Blood Sugar Balance [bitter melon/"goya"] -- mbgFood (20 September 2020)
  
  
• Milk and Juice Are Not as Needed as You Might Think -- The New York Times (24 February 2020)
  
  
• In pictures: The battle of the oranges -- BBCnews (20 February 2020)
  
  
• Hooked on precut fruit: I must be infected by Goop -- The Guardian (23 January 2020)
  
  
• ‘Gastronomic terrorism!’ How the cucumber has sliced Spain in two -- The Guardian (04 August 2019)
  
  
• How climate change is affecting Minnesota's apples and wine grapes -- MPRNews (29 May 2019)
  
  
• Most Farmers in the Great Plains Don’t Grow Fruits and Vegetables. The Pandemic is Changing That -- Civil Eats (12 May 2020)
  
  
• From Apples to Popcorn, Climate Change Is Altering the Foods America Grows -- The New York Times (30 April 2019)
  
  
• How the vegan food trend made a star of the stinking jackfruit -- The Guardian (16 February 2019)
  
  
• Most of America’s Fruit Is Now Imported. Is That a Bad Thing? -- The New York Times (13 March 2018)
  
  
• What gave some primates bigger brains? A fruit-filled diet -- MPRNews (28 March 2017)
  
  
• A change in diet may have helped our brains get so big -- BBCearth (27 March 2017)
  
  
• British researchers say they have solved the global chocolate crisis with an ingenious replacement for cocoa butter -- The Telegraph (04 September 2016)
  
  
• You Say Tomato… Why Some Fruits Are Forever Doomed to Be Called Veggies -- Conversation (30 August 2016)
  
  
• Monster watermelon spotted on back of lorry -- The Telegraph (28 August 2016)
  
  
• Japanese grapes auction: Ruby Romans fetch record price -- BBCNews (07 July 2016)
  
  
• Want a healthier diet? Then don't believe the hype -- The Guardian (06 July 2016)
  
  
• Smoothies and fruit bars are latest targets in war on sugar -- The Telegraph (03 July 2016)
  
  
• Office cake culture is 'danger to health' -- BBCNews (24 June 2016)
  
  
• Romans Ate Porridge, Pasta and Bread, Imported Opium Poppy and Had Fleas at a Fort Near Glasgow -- Culture24 (06 June 2016)
  
  
• Neanderthal Diet: 80% Meat, 20% Fruit, Veggies -- Discovery News (14 March 2016)
  
  
• Original Paleo Diet Included Red Meat, Starchy Veggies -- Discovery News (09 March 2016)
  
  
• Farmers May Have Been Accidentally Making GMOs for Millennia -- New Scientist (07 March 2016)
  
  
• Report: More pollinators species in jeopardy, threatening world food supply -- MPRNews (28 February 2016
  
  
• China's curious cult of the mango -- BBCNews (11 February 2016)
  
  
• Earth's Largest Ever Ape Died Out Because It Refused to Eat Its Greens – Guardian (04 January 2016)
  
  
• Why are we drawn to heirloom fruits and veggies? They're 'Edible Memory' -- NPR (04 September 2015)
  
  
• The 5,000-Year Secret History of the Watermelon -- National Geographic (21 August 2015)
  
  
• Life as a rare fruit collector -- BBCNews (27 March 2015)
  
  
• 20 Reasons To Love Avocado! -- FOODMATERS (23 July 2015)
  
  
• The small fruit with a big flavour -- BBCNews (18 July 2015)
  
  
• The Biggest Fruit in the World [pumpkin] -- BBCEarth (15 January 2015)
  
  
• Ancient Peach Stones Reveal Domestication History -- Past Horizons (06 September 2014)
  
  
• Archaeological Evidence for Peach (Prunus persica) Cultivation and Domestication in China -- PLoS ONE (05 September 2014)
  
  
• Did Cavities Kill Earth's Largest Ape? -- Discovery News (15 January 2014)
  
  
• Real King Kong may have been brought down by fruit -- New Scientist (14 January 2014)
  
  
• What Did Prehistoric Humans Eat? Photos -- Discovery News (07 January 2014)
  
  
• Fruit-Mad South American Monkeys Eat 50 Varieties a Day -- BBC News (05 December 2013)
  
  

Food preferences start young...

Casey Pedro Roufs, age 8 months
November 2007

#1 bananas

#2 veggies

nurture or nature?