Are otten crops the future of food?
{A} On a small fruit farm near the Straits of Malacca（马六甲海峡）, Lim Kok Ann is down to just one tree growing kedondong, a crunchy, sour berry that Malaysians mostly use in pickles and salads."It''s not very well-known," says the 45-year-old, who is instead focusing on longan berries and pineapples（凤梨）, which have bigger markets."We have to grow what is profitable," he says.
{B} But less than an hour away in the Malaysian countryside, inside three giant, silver domes, scientists are trying to change the future of food.They''re pushing the boundaries （界限）of what humans eat by growing and processing so-called ''alternative'' crops 一 such as kedondong.At the headquarters of global research centre Crops For the Future (CFF) this particular under-used fruit has been turned into a sugar-free juice, high in vitamin C and getting top marks in sensory evaluations（感官评估）."Anything you see here is a otten crop," says Sayed Azam-Ali of the abunda