We all know what an apple tree looks like, and can recognize a cabbage patch when we see one, but many of our favourite foods appear vastly different in their natural forms, as they go through a remarkable transformation to get from field to table.
The below photo series features some of our favourite foods as they appear in nature. You might be surprised to see the startling beauty of the saffron flower, or the sheer size of a cacao bean, and this unfamiliarity stands as testament, I think, to how far removed we have become from the natural world and from food production. Many of us would probably walk right on by some of these plants without realizing that food was near — an ignorance which could prove to detrimental in a survival setting. And in the same way that cows have become ‘beef’ and pigs have become ‘pork,’ most fruits and spices have been divorced from their true forms, and with that separation comes a kind of collective amnesia; we forget that each strand of saffron must be carefully parted from its blossom, or every pistachio prized from its pod. And we wonder why some of these items are so expensive!
Let the below images show you just how miraculous nature is and serve as a reminder that every piece of food you enjoy is a gift of the earth — and the product of hard work! Enjoy!
Almonds
![null Almonds](http://cdn3.collective-evolution.com/assets/uploads/2016/04/Almonds.jpg)
flickr.com
Bananas
asergeev.com
Black Pepper
![null Black Pepper](http://cdn2.collective-evolution.com/assets/uploads/2016/04/Black-Pepper-768x1024.jpg)
pixgood.com
Brussels Sprouts
flickr.com
Cacao ![null Cacao](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_t-7o03MH5gkn_Dw1Ne8WYRI5Oc4iRk0h-bp-gWjTacegLatEnXn0zefCt9RggMrcDQAWyn8D0Af7qQA1mdJcqhzniiqrhvAVSBMfhO-DwK0xTIkPA8qCeMfrMtWP-QdJLgp17mDgdLow=s0-d)
eco-turizm.net
airshipflamel.com
Cashews
![null Cashew](http://cdn1.collective-evolution.com/assets/uploads/2016/04/Cashew.jpg)
reddit.com
Cinnamon
cchorita.blogspot.ru
Coffee
![null Coffee](http://cdn1.collective-evolution.com/assets/uploads/2016/04/Coffee.jpg)
wikipedia.org
![null Coffee2](http://cdn2.collective-evolution.com/assets/uploads/2016/04/Coffee2.jpg)
inforegion.pe
Kiwi
![null Kiwi](http://cdn1.collective-evolution.com/assets/uploads/2016/04/Kiwi.jpg)
organiceconomist.blogspot.ru
![null Kiwi2](http://cdn3.collective-evolution.com/assets/uploads/2016/04/Kiwi2.jpg)
organiceconomist.blogspot.ru
Mango
![null Mango](http://cdn1.collective-evolution.com/assets/uploads/2016/04/Mango.jpg)
ecocircuitospanama.wordpress.com
Peanuts
imgur.com
![null Peanuts2](http://cdn3.collective-evolution.com/assets/uploads/2016/04/Peanuts2.jpg)
flickr.com
Pineapple
vulgarfractions.wordpress.com
Pistachios
![null Pistachios](http://cdn3.collective-evolution.com/assets/uploads/2016/04/Pistachios.jpg)
geolocation.ws
Saffron
![null Saffron](http://cdn2.collective-evolution.com/assets/uploads/2016/04/Saffron.jpg)
pixshark.com
sfw.so
Sesame
![null Sesame](http://cdn3.collective-evolution.com/assets/uploads/2016/04/Sesame-768x1024.jpg)
joycitytires.com
thekitchn.com
Vanilla
![null Vanilla](http://cdn3.collective-evolution.com/assets/uploads/2016/04/Vanilla.jpg)
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