I received the following from rawfood.com today.  Has anyone in this group ever eaten goji berries or
grown them?  From the description they look like they would make a very healthy addition to a trail mix.
I did an internet search on them and learned that they will grow in zones 5-9 in the U.S.  If I like them
I would like to try growing some.

The goji berries rawfood.com sells are really pricey at $30.00 for 18 oz.  The cheapest source I've found
so far is $16.00 a pound (equals 6 pounds fresh fruit).  Does anyone know if Whole Foods carries them?

L'shalom,

Marishka

> GOJI BERRIES, THE MOST NUTRITIONALLY-PACKED FRUIT ON EARTH, NOW
> IN STOCK!
>
> Goji Berries (Organic, from Tibet) -- Goji berries, sometimes
> called wolfberries, are perhaps the most nutritionally dense
> fruit on the planet. Goji berries contain 18 kinds of amino
> acids (six times higher than bee pollen) and contain all 8
> essential amino acids (such as isoleucine and tryptophan). Goji
> berries contain up to 21 trace minerals (the main ones being
> zinc, iron, copper, calcium, germanium, selenium, and
> phosphorus). Goji berries are the richest source of carotenoids,
> including beta-carotene (more beta carotene than carrots), of
> all known foods or plants on earth! They contain 500 times the
> amount of vitamin C, by weight, than oranges making them second
> only to camu camu berries as the richest vitamin C source on
> earth. Goji berries also contain vitamins B1, B2, B6, and
> vitamin E. Goji berries have been traditionally regarded as a
> longevity, strength-building, and sexual potency food of the
> highest order. Our Goji berries grow in protected valleys in
> million year old soil in wild and cultivated areas of inner
> Mongolia and Tibet. The plants grow like bushes with vines that
> reach over 15 feet. The berries are never touched by hand as
> they will oxidize and turn black if touched while fresh. They
> are shaken onto mats, then dried in the shade. The Goji berry is
> a deep-red, dried fruit about the same size as a raisin. The
> Goji berry tastes somewhat like a cross between a cranberry and
> a cherry. A good daily intake of Goji berries is 10-30 grams.
> Goji berries may be used as snacks or mixed with recipes or
> smoothies like other dried fruits.