"Cary Fowler...and the Vavilov Institute...engaged in the Noah-like task of gathering the seeds of about
two million varieties of food plants,
both the familiar domesticated crops and many of their wild relatives,
in order to create the first global seed bank."
(The New Yorker, "Sowing for Apocalypse," August 20, 2007)
Table of Contents
There are more than 50,000 edible plants in the world today,
but just 15 of them provide 90 percent of the world's food energy intake.
10 Fruits, Nuts, and Vegetables You Did Not Know Were Human-Made
You can access the virtual interactive tour here or by clicking the title above.
"Entrance to Seed Vault (cropped)," from Wikimedia Commons, December 22, 2019
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Or, watch Motherboard's, "Exploring the Arctic's Global Seed Vault," November 11, 2016 [5 minutes] and CNN's "See inside the 'Doomsday' seed vault," October 22, 2015 [3 minutes]
You can access the article here. If you have a Paramount+ account, you can stream the 60 Minutes episode on the same webpage.
Or, read BBC's "The Gloomy Arctic Seed Bank That's Key to Future Crops," January 12, 2016 [10 minute read at eighth grade reading level]
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You can access the article here.
Or, read "Ten Worst Famines of the 20th Century," The Sydney Morning Herald (August 8, 2015) [10 minute read at eighth grade reading level]
Infographic showing the transfer of goods and diseases from the Columbian Exchange. By Anita Ravi. Khan Academy (2024)
Date of First McDonalds Restaurant by Continent |
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Foods Indigenous to the Western Hemisphere
https://foodwise.org/articles/10-foods-native-to-the-americas/
COFFEE: The History of Coffee
APPLES: All About Apples: Some History, a Recipe, and Recommendations
from Wikimedia Commons
WHEAT: Wheat Domestication--The History and Origins of Floury Grains
CORN: Rethinking the Corny History of Maize
WILD RICE
POTATOES/TOMATOES: Origins of Species of Corn, Potatoes, Tomatoes and Some Other Interesting History
SUNFLOWER: How the Russians Saved America's Sunflower
COCOA: History of Cocoa and Chocolate
SQUASH: Foods Indigenous to the Western Hemisphere
BLUEBERRIES
CRANBERRIES
https://extension.umaine.edu/cranberries/cranberry-facts-and-history/
Meet the Three Sisters Who Sustain Native America
Three Sisters . . .and the Fourth Sister No One Really Talks About