“Brambles, in particular, protect and nourish young fruit trees, and on farms bramble clumps (blackberry or one of its related cultivars) can be used to exclude deer and cattle from newly set trees. As the trees (apple, quince, plum, citrus, fig) age, and the brambles are shaded out, hoofed animals come to eat fallen fruit, and the mature trees (7 plus years old) are sufficiently hardy to withstand browsing. Our forest ancestors may well have followed some such sequences for orchard evolution, assisted by indigenous birds and mammals.” YearsWellsMayAgeYoungUsedAnimalTreeParticularEvolutionProtectBirdFruitForestsFallenRelatedApplesPlusMatureFarmsAncestorSequenceIndigenousDeerCattleHardyMammalsOrchardFigsPlumsBlackberriesFruit TreesBrowsingCitrusQuince Author:Bill Mollison
“There are no wild, seedless watermelons. There's no wild cows... You list all the fruit, and all the vegetables, and ask yourself, is there a wild counterpart to this? If there is, it's not as large, it's not as sweet, it's not as juicy, and it has way more seeds in it. We have systematically genetically modified all the foods, the vegetables and animals that we have eaten ever since we cultivated them. It's called artificial selection.” IfsWayAsksAnimalSweetFruitSeedsListsVegetablesCowsArtificialSelectionCounterpartsJuicyGenetically Modified Author:Neil deGrasse Tyson
“The ideal human diet looks like this: Consume plant-based foods in forms as close to their natural state as possible (“whole” foods). Eat a variety of vegetables, fruits, raw nuts and seeds, beans and legumes, and whole grains. Avoid heavily processed foods and animal products. Stay away from added salt, oil, and sugar. Aim to get 80 percent of your calories from carbohydrates, 10 percent from fat, and 10 percent from protein.” HumansLooksStatesWholeFormNaturalAnimalProductsPercentIdealsAimPlantFruitOilSeedsFatsVarietyDietsNutsVegetablesSugarSaltGrainBeansProteinCaloriesCarbohydratesProcessed FoodWhole FoodsWhole Grains Book:Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition Source: Whole: Rethinking the Science of Nutrition
“Stupid National Anthem... Look at this flag; Two bears fighting over a pineapple. What kind of message does that send to the world? "Come to Belarus, where wild animals will steal your fruit."” WorldLooksKindDoeTwoHumorFunnyFightingAnimalStupidBearsCitizensMessagesFruitStealingFlagsAnthemImitatingWild AnimalNational AnthemPineapplesBelarus Author:Bill Bailey
“There is no doubt, that man is not built to be a carnivorous animal. What a sweet, pleasing and innocent sight is the spectacle of a table served that way and what a difference to a make up of fuming animal meat, slaughtered and dead! Man in no way has the constitution of a carnivorous being. Hunt and voracity are unnatural to him. Man has neither the sharp pointed teeth or claws to slaughter his prey. On the contrary his hands are made to pick fruits, berries and vegetables and teeth appropriate to chew them.” MenWayMadeHandsDifferencesAnimalDoubtSweetPicksBuiltSightConstitutionTablesFruitContraryTeethInnocentMeatNo DoubtAppropriateVegetablesHuntsPreyUnnaturalSlaughterClawsDead ManBerries Author:John Ray
“We shall have to share out the fruits of technology among the whole of mankind. The notion that the direct and immediate producers of the fruits of technology have a proprietary right to these fruits will have to be forgotten. After all, who is the producer? Man is a social animal, and the immediate producer has been helped to produce by the whole structure of society, beginning with his own education.” MenHas BeensWholeSocialAnimalTechnologyShareMankindProduceDirectStructureFruitNotionForgottenProducers Author:Arnold J. Toynbee
“The raw fruits of the earth were made for human sustenance. Even the white tails of rabbits, according to some theologians, have a purpose, namely to make it easier for sportsmen to shoot them. There are, it is true, some inconveniences: lions and tigers are too fierce, the summer is too hot, and the winter too cold. But these things only began after Adam ate the apple; I before that, all animals were vegetarians, and the season was always spring. If only Adam had been content with peaches and nectarines, grapes and pears and pineapples, these blessings would still be ours.” IfsHumansMadeStillsEarthPurposeWhiteAnimalColdEasierBlessingSummerSpringSeasonsHotFruitWinterApplesVegetarianLionsAdamFierceTailsTigersTheologianRabbitsGrapesInconveniencePeachesSustenancePearsSportsmanPineapplesNectarines Author:Bertrand Russell
“The animals possess a soul and men must love and feel solidarity with our smaller brethren. All animals are fruit of the creative action of the Holy Spirit and merit respect and they are as near to God as men are.” MenFeelsSoulActionSpiritAnimalCreativeHolyFruitMeritHoly SpiritSolidarityBrethren Author:Pope John Paul II