Brazil nuts help seed sustainability in rainforest

Oakland Tribune | December 26, 2007| | Copyright

UNTIL 15 seconds before I wrote this sentence, I honestly had no idea why nuts are associated with the holidays. I just knew that I grew up always getting a handful of unshelled Brazils, hazels, and walnuts in my stocking (which I always found a lot more exciting than the toothpaste, oranges, and batteries that also weighed it down; my mom has always been practical). A quick Google search just revealed the answer: the practice of consuming tree nuts is linked to the winter solstice festivals of medieval Europe, when calorie- dense foods were necessary to maintain body fat.

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