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The Plants Industrial Agriculture Left Behind

Here’s a number that might surprise you: throughout human history, people have eaten more than 7,000 different plant species.1 Seven thousand. Think about that for a second. Today, 17 crops supply 90% of all the calories eaten on Earth.2 A small group of nine crops, including sugar cane, maize, rice,

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Do Ora Pro Nobis Leaves and Green Powder Need to Be Cooked?

Separating Myth from Science There’s a belief floating around social media and informal food discussions in Brazil that ora pro nobis leaves must be cooked before eating for them to be safe. This is understandable as many wild plants contain compounds that benefit from cooking, such as oxalates and tannins.

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