stackyFACTSFor every single cashew nut extracted, an entire juicy, highly nutritious attached fruit is essentially left to rot because it spoils too fast for global shipping. The agricultural industry collectively decided that abandoning millions of tons of edible fruit was just the necessary overhead for your expensive trail mix.
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