Discuss: Fruit: The Go-To Transitionary Fuel for a Multisensory Experience

I wonder if mega-agriculture companies will ever wake up to the fact that if they want people to eat more fruit, it needs to taste good.  Do you think it will ever occur to them to wait until the fruit is ripe instead of picking it ridiculously green and gassing it? Do any of the CEO’s of these companies actually eat their own fruit? Do any of them even know what ripe fruit tastes like? Any more, I refuse to buy commercial Washington apples, because none of the conventional growers out there would know a ripe apple if it landed on their heads. I grow my own and eat them in season.

yes.  real apples, real peaches, apricots after the crunchy stage, carrots and tomatoes that taste like carrots and tomato instead of like sugar, pears with flavor and texture at the same time, and fresh green beans, squash, etc., even potatoes.  real food tastes sooo good.  i wonder how much over-eating and obesity is just a natural response to our bodies’ desires to eat something real.

“i wonder how much over-eating and obesity is just a natural response to our bodies’ desires to eat something real.”

My guess would be that over-eating and obesity is more likely a natural result of our society’s odd affinity for food products that are un-real, un-filling, and ultimately un-healthy.

I have never heard about mega-agriculture companies picking fruit before it is ripe then gassing them. Do companies do that with fruits in canda? Because all the fruit i eat here taste really good and is usually very healthy for you. One thing we shouldn’t be eating is Mc donalds it is a proven fact it is a horrible fat intake. Why do ppl eat it, Because of the taaste? Not the health facts?

The best tasting fruit is what you can find locally.  I try to purchase my fruits (apples, pears, peaches) from a local orchard or farmers market.  These always taste better.  If I am purchasing fruit at a large supermarket I look for apples that are grown in this region (New England).  Here in CT I look for local grown as much as possible, and more and more of my friends are also looking for local grown as a way to support local agriculture.  Great article, and wonderful magazine!