Guest guest Posted March 2, 2002 Report Share Posted March 2, 2002 , " Simon pJones " <simonpjones@o...> wrote: > Jo, > If there are between 20 & 30,000 edible plant type foods in this world that must leave an almost endless amount of recipes to try,I'm sure I've eaten less than a quarter of a percent of those foods but will try more of them, Plants for A Future list over 7000 edible or otherwise useful plants that can be grown in the UK alone- check out http://www.comp.leeds.ac.uk/pfaf/index.html However the world currently relies on some 20 or so staple crops to feed the entire world's population... Scarey! Graham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 2, 2002 Report Share Posted March 2, 2002 In a message dated 3/2/02 8:25:03 AM Pacific Standard Time, grahamburnett writes: << However the world currently relies on some 20 or so staple crops to feed the entire world's population... Scarey! >> and are only grown in desert like monocultures..... i mean, just look at a modern western style farm...acre upon acre, mile upon mile..of one species of plant ..growing all on its on, with nothing else allowed to grow...where else in nature does this happen? no where can't be good..just can't not to mention all the chemicals, fertilizers, pesticides, etc, happily tossed over the fields fraggle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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