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Assorted fresh vegetables including carrots, cabbage, broccoli, peppers, tomatoes, squash, lettuce, onions, and leafy greens arranged on a wooden surface.

Cucumber (Cucumis sativus).

Sampling of potato diversity

A woman with curly hair and a handbag shops at a busy outdoor farmer's market in Bulgaria, surrounded by stalls filled with fresh fruits and vegetables.

A colorful assortment of fresh vegetables and fruits including red bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce, pumpkin, grapefruit, grapes, and eggplant arranged together.

Vegetable farm on Pok Toi Chau (Lamma Island).

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See the decomposing of various fruits and vegetables

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