Status Updates From Eating to Extinction

"In the past fifty years, we have lost one-third of the diversity in our gut microbiome..."

"Because of...the absence of seeds, the navel and Valencia varieties also caught the attention of Sicilians." However, based on personal experience, I can say that Valencia oranges do have seeds.

"There's a reason monocultures do not exist in nature." Not quite. They are rare, but they do exist. One example are the stands of old-growth coast redwood in California. The redwoods at a place like Muir Woods aren't mixed in with other tree species, and it's considered a naturally-occurring monoculture.