#berries

#berries

If you're wondering why your favorite fresh berries are so much more expensive than other options like apples and bananas, it's probably because you are thinking about fruit as plants, not commodities. Like it or not, our modern food infrastructure is full of complex structures to get oranges from California, tropical fruit, and potatoes from Idaho onto the same store shelves. And being a commodity means every little bump in that road ends with a little bump in price that you see at the grocery store.

Kiwi berries are native to Asia, thriving in cooler climates such as New England and the Pacific Northwest, and are dense in nutrients including vitamins E and C.