Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable is set in 1849, during the gold rush in California. We meet Little Brother, who is on a mission to save his gold-mining Big Brother from Death. Big Brother is suffering from scurvy, and rumors lead Little Brother to believe that a cure can be found in a different kind of gold – citrus. Through the brothers' journey to William Wolfskill’s orange orchard in Los Angeles, California, Little Brother discovers more powers of citrus than he imagined as he uses it carry on his brother’s legacy.