RE: Transitioning: Perceiving food as an investment (Finding fruit) [u]

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Elchanan Saturday, April 16, 2005 5:28 PM RE: [Raw

Food] Transitioning: Perceiving food as an investment (Finding fruit)

 

rawfood On Behalf Of korangeli Saturday, April

16, 2005 6:58 AM [Raw Food] On Everything! - and kiwis

Kay writes:

I really dont get on that well with english fruit (or just england really!)

I tend to live by oranges in the winter and peaches by summer. We rarely see

a mango worth eating (I eat 100% organic which limits variety even

further)and quite frankly the fruit season begins in July and ends in

September (and you still rarely see a mango!)

 

Leslie writes:

I think that Kay in England brings up an interesting question regarding this

diet--how are folks supposed to live primarily on fruit in climates such as

this where the selection of fruit is naturally pretty limited? This does not

seem to be a natural way to eat in this climate & one is forced to buy

expensive produce that is shipped in from far away.

 

any thoughts? how do folks eat this way in places like Alaska?!

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In response, I wrote a rather lengthy piece on food availability and money

(perceiving food as an investment), but my friend Laurie Masters points out

they I could also have addressed these questions from at least one

additional perspective.

 

Laurie writes:

In response to: how are folks supposed to live primarily on fruit in

climates such as this where the selection of fruit is naturally pretty

limited? This does not seem to be a natural way to eat in this climate & one

is forced to buy expensive produce that is shipped in from far away. "

 

The obvious answer is that humans were never designed to live in such

climates. We are designed to live naked (or nearly so) in the tropics. When

we leave there, we compromise all over the place.

 

Elchanan