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Reminded me of this nice piece in the New Yorker: https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/love-the-fig https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-tech

• ipsum2 5y ago
  That article says: > *This article has been revised to clarify the fact that not all fig plants require pollination to produce edible fruit. Which contradicts the Nautilus article: > Anyone who eats figs is consuming wasp biomass. Which to believe?
  • strait 5y ago
    anyone, everyone == usually false there are exceptions == usually true
  • tpm 5y ago
    Many people here (in Slovakia) have self-pollinating figs in gardens. Figs that require pollination are only some cultivars used in agriculture as far as I know.
  • dmix 5y ago
    > Most commercial figs, like the ones you buy at the store, are grown without wasps. https://askabiologist.asu.edu/figs-without-wasps https://askabiologist.asu.edu/figs-without-wasps
    • froh 5y ago
      to save click: > Some types of fig that are grown for human consumption have figs that ripen without pollination. It is also possible to trick plants into ripening figs without wasps by spraying them with plant hormones