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A place to talk about living in a sustainable way. The focus here is on individual lifestyles, not big technological fixes. Things like growing and cooking your own produce, repairing instead of replacing, and reusing instead of throwing away.

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Could pawpaw, the US-native fruit, become the new kiwi or mango? (www.theguardian.com)

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Would love to see more native fruits coming into vogue!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

And there isn't a lot of money in breeding new varieties of a fruit that isn't already popular. There's massive money in new varierties of apple, because people eat LOTS of apples, so despite the time it takes to grow new trees, that's worth it. Nobody eats Pawpaw, so taking a decade to create a new variety that keeps longer, or doesn't ripen all at once is very unprofitable.