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Back to Bascis: Forgotten Fruit

Elyse Umlauf-Garneau
August 2017

What successful home gardener doesn’t end up with bushels of excess produce at the end of the growing season? 

Zucchini anyone?
Just imagine how much is left behind in community gardens and on farms. 
 

According to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, about a third of the food produced in the world for human consumption every year—approximately 1.3 billion tons—goes uneaten. 

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