Plated Earth – Specialty Produce Network

Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells the story of a detective and his bumbling associate, who are called to investigate suspicious poisonings at an upper-class home in the English countryside in the early 17th century. Through his intuitive investigatory skills, the detective comes to find that the poisonings do not lead him to interrogate someone, but rather some thing – the tomato.

The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells the story of a French spy who traveled to Chile in the 1700s on an expedition entrusted to him by Louis XIV. By his own account, we hear how and why this French spy came across the Chilean strawberry, which he brought home to France, opening the door for the cross between Chilean and Virginia cultivars – the ancestors of our modern-day beloved strawberry.

The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells the story of a mystical fig tree that is not bound by time or space. The tree itself recounts its memories of visitors who came and went beneath its branches throughout time and across cultures, from Adam and Eve, to Buddha, to Romulus and Remus, and more.

The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells the story of an old Samurai who suffers tragic loss, but finds solace in his ancestors’ cherry tree, which is growing in his yard. It is a re-telling of a well known Japanese ghost story, Cherry Tree of the Sixteenth Day.

The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration.

Plated Earth Food Fables are original short historical fiction stories about produce and its ability to connect people, culture, and history. This Food Fable tells of Thomas Jefferson’s passion for the gardens of Monticello through his own written word. This letter, addressed to Monticello itself, recounts Jefferson’s memories of the garden’s history, evolution, and future aspirations, and confesses some of Jefferson’s favorite produce items amongst the vast varieties.

The Food Buzz highlights specific produce facts and history to help guide future produce exploration. This week’s Food Buzz is in honor of the upcoming 4th of July holiday!