(reposted from Rabbi Nina Beth Cardin's blog, dated October 18, 2011: http://blog.bjen.org/)
We can learn a lot from Dr. Seuss, or a local CSA, or a child's coloring book.
That is: there's a lot more variety in the world than we think.
Not all carrots are orange; not all potatoes are white; not all watermelons are red; not all bananas are yellow.
According to Plants for a Future, there are 20,000 edible plants in the world today. Yet, fewer than 20 species supply 90% of what the world eats.
It seems that in our rush to be food ...
