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Top 5 -last week
- Avocado consumption reduces total cholesterol and Ldl C
- "I am destroying my celery because they humiliate us offering just a few cents"
- South African consumer has to expect higher-priced tomatoes in near future
- Apple producers are refusing storage en masse
- “We chose stonefruit because it’s difficult”
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- El Niño will probably add to misery of SA farmers
- Avocado consumption reduces total cholesterol and Ldl C
- Criminal ‘food sellers’ are posing problems in South Africa
- "I am destroying my celery because they humiliate us offering just a few cents"
- Pomegranate grower gets off expensive chemical carousel
Forgotten vegetables will save the world
Large-scale production of little consumed fresh produce can make the worldwide food system more environmentally friendly, nutritious and flexible. According to the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, at least 12,000 edible crops are known. Still, we grow at most thirty of those on an industrial scale, with rice, corn and grains together making up no less than 60 percent of all calories consumed by the global population.
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