Archive for Downsizer For an ethical approach to consumption
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Barefoot Andrew
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The Foraged Fights BackHmm. If Nature wants wild fruits to be eaten, and the seeds dispersed far and wide, why do brambles have such blinking vicious thorns? 
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Barefoot Andrew
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Yum. After a nice sarnie for lunch (which included some raw mushroom...) what better "pudding" can there be than free fruits and berries. Worth all the pain and suffering it took to acquire them 
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Northern_Lad
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Re: The Foraged Fights Back | Barefoot Andrew wrote: | Hmm. If Nature wants wild fruits to be eaten, and the seeds dispersed far and wide, why do brambles have such blinking vicious thorns?
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'Cause the stems and branches are chewy and tasty to deer and pigs, so they have to make themselve unpalletable.
Rodents, however, are small enough to avoid the prickly bits and do quite a good job in distribution.
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