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Wonderful article, thank you. On my summer list of 'things to do' - find a mulberry tree!

It's interesting that most of our food sources defend themselves against us. Anything in the category of meat will run away or inflict damage upon us if possible. Although they are rooted in the ground, plants actively protect themselves with chemical compounds (Oxalic Acid, Solanine, Glucosinolates) or physical defenses (heavy fiber, spines, trichomes).

Select fruit seem to lovingly offer up the most delicious of substances with no penalty -- only the benign agreement to carry forward the embedded life, which ultimately produces more delicious food. Truly this is an enlightened life-form, where the divine essence shines forth through the material manifestation.

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