The Little-Known Tale Of The Noorjahan Mango — A Mammoth Fruit Linked To A Mughal Queen And Protected By Farmers Who Treat It Like Royalty

The Noorjahan mango, named after the Mughal Queen, is one of India’s largest and rarest fruits, weighing up to 3.5 kilos. With roots tracing back to Afghanistan and a long-standing legacy in Madhya ...
The New York Times

‘Mango Man’ Is the Fruit’s Foremost Poet, Philosopher, Fan and Scientist

With 300 types of mangos to his horticultural credit, Kaleem Ullah Khan is quick to tell anyone in India and beyond about the infinite potential of the fruit and its tree, including as medicine. By ...
Sarasota Magazine

The Mango's Deep Roots in America Started in Manatee County

In certain academic circles, there’s a fierce debate over which fruit Eve gave Adam in the Garden of Eden. The King James Bible asserted it was an apple. Rabbis have claimed it was a grape turned into ...
The New York Times

The Colors and Shapes of Refugee Childhoods

In Edel Rodriguez’s “The Mango Tree” and Viet Thanh Nguyen and Minnie Phan’s “Simone,” environmental displacement is a reality and a metaphor. By Alan Gratz Alan Gratz is the author of the middle ...
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Mango farms where? Climate change is scrambling where the world's food is grown.

Twelve years ago, Vincenzo Amata stumbled upon a plot of flowering trees while wandering the Sicilian countryside. Before long, he found a farmer tending the grove. As Amata asked one question after ...