MANUFACTURED MARKET MANGO MAGNIFICENCE

By Dr. R Sudarshan

This week, we will begin bringing down the mangoes from our trees to wrap them warm in paper or hay to ripen. And we begin bringing to store the fruit royalty as it begins to blush. We will also allow people to go to the farm and pluck all they want. Tons of mangoes are on the trees now. Birds have begun to abandon a dozen other types of fruits on the farm as they are clamoring around mangoes. Insects, thieves, bees, and we are all eyeing them.

Meanwhile, you know but let us remind you that most mangoes in the open market are chemically ripened. Ethylene sachets are legally used by some to fumigate the fruits to color and tenderness. The banned Calcium carbide is believed to be widely available and not just that it contains traces of arsenic and phosphorus but produces acetylene. Most of the market mango magnificence that you see is manufactured. And you will have read that FSSAI is raiding godowns and destroying tons that have been exposed to toxic chemicals

Mango is not a part of your food security like staple foods are. If you didn't eat, no sky would fall over. If you must eat, try knowing where it came from and how it got that seductive blush.

We don't mind if you didn't prefer to pick organically grown and traditionally ripened mangoes that don't blush well and may decay quickly on the shelf. We will put tons back into the soil anyway. But you will be consciously discompassionate on yourself if you brought home the king who doesn't deserve to rule.

For any relevant query, message 81051 12990.

Padma Farms (Gaddige Road), Farmer's House, 1A, 13th Cross, Kalidasa Road, VV Mohalla, Mysore.

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