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Food health

received horticultural attention, a sick and dying world. Same way, the so-called climate change

but the 20 or so that are native and all the noise around it was not because nature just decided
to locations from Madagascar to to go after humanity all of a sudden. No. Climate change and the
The Gambia remain unmoved by change in nature are the direct consequences of our greed, evil, and

modernity. Yet at least a dozen diabolic use of our natural environment. They are the fruit of our
of these wild fruits could be waywardness and the capitalist mindset that we carry about while
valuable future food resources. calling it development. We cannot eat our cake and still have it in
Although belonging to the same our hands.
plant family as mango, cashew,

and pistachio, their fruits are So, while we do our best to up our intake of more natural and organic
more like grapes in form. They fruits from Africa, we must also think of the consequences of our
come in pendulous bunches and actions as Africans and how the fruit of such actions is the bedrock

are reddish, purple, or black in upon which our so-called underdevelopment is hinged.
color with a whitish bloom on
the skin. Although some have In conclusion, I encourage you to do your due diligence, search
a resinous taste, many have a online for¬¬ the nutritional values of each of the fruits I have
pleasant flavour described as mentioned, and see how to fully incorporate them into your diet.

truly “grape-like.”
Watch the videos via the thumbnails below

Now, it is clear from all

indications that organic fruits
are good for our health and we
need to incorporate more of
them into our diet. But here is
another fruit that I also want to

talk about.

Just as fruit is the direct

consequence of a tree, either
good or bad, so are many of the
sicknesses, and diseases in our
world the direct consequences
of our misuse of life and nature.

I think that, for there to be
massive amounts of hospitals,
pharmaceutical companies

and huge budgets for health
care is not a sign of health
or development but a sign of

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