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http://polkfl.blogspot.com/2011/01/florida-citrus-and-coyote-grove.html
LOL, some of those comments are hilarious. According to one of them, we have to accept GMO oranges because otherwise we will all die of scurvy in the winter, because where else could we possibly get vitamin C?
Gosh, I don't know, kale, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, potatoes, liver? If we are going to agree that there is a "necessity" to either eat nonlocally or nonseasonably or both, then you can add to the list every other citrus fruit out there, hothouse tomatoes, strawberries, spinach... Actually, vitamin C is in an awful lot of things. That's why, as a species, we lost our ability to produce our own. Hey, there's an idea! Instead of genetically engineering the oranges, we can engineer ourselves to produce our own vitamin C again!
Lots of options out there for those people who don't want to eat oranges yet still don't want to die of scurvy.
LOL, some of those comments are hilarious. According to one of them, we have to accept GMO oranges because otherwise we will all die of scurvy in the winter, because where else could we possibly get vitamin C?
Gosh, I don't know, kale, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, potatoes, liver? If we are going to agree that there is a "necessity" to either eat nonlocally or nonseasonably or both, then you can add to the list every other citrus fruit out there, hothouse tomatoes, strawberries, spinach... Actually, vitamin C is in an awful lot of things. That's why, as a species, we lost our ability to produce our own. Hey, there's an idea! Instead of genetically engineering the oranges, we can engineer ourselves to produce our own vitamin C again!
Lots of options out there for those people who don't want to eat oranges yet still don't want to die of scurvy.
