Rice history: Where does rice come from? South-east Asia
Rice history: A bowl of brown rice What is rice? Rice is a kind of grain, or grass, like wheat, millet, or barley, that provides carbohydrates to people who eat its [...]
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Where do potatoes come from? South America
Wild potatoes were much smaller than modern potatoes Potatoes, like other flowering plants, evolved from earlier plants around 350 million years ago. They're related to the poisonous plant nightshade, and [...]
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Where do pinto beans come from? South America
Pinto Beans (USDA photo) Beans evolved along with the other flowering plants about 360 million years ago. Bean plants are a kind of vine or bush, and the beans grow [...]
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Where does black pepper come from? India
Black pepper growing in India What kind of pepper? There are two main different kinds of plants that we call "pepper" - chili peppers and black pepper. Black pepper is [...]
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Where do peanuts come from? South America
History of peanuts: a wild peanut plant growing in sandy soil Wild peanuts Wild peanuts evolved about the same time as other flowering plants, about 350 million years ago. They're [...]
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Where do peaches come from? China
Peaches growing on a peach tree Where do peaches come from? China was the first home of peaches. Peaches are related to almonds and apples, but apples and almonds grew [...]
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Where does palm oil come from? Africa
Palm trees Palm trees first began to grow in
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Where do oranges and lemons come from?
Oranges and lemons come from earlier fruits; this is a type of citron called Buddha's Hand Wild ancestors of oranges and lemons The first wild ancestors of oranges and lemons [...]
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History of oats: where are oats from?
History of oats: Oats growing in a field What is the history of oats? Like wheat and barley and millet, oats grow wild all around West Asia. Probably early gatherers [...]
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What did people eat? World history of food
Food history: Uighur women picking mulberries (ca. 400s AD) Going hungry Throughout most of history, most people never got enough to eat. Many people starved to death. Food was much [...]
