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Why Do Some Plants Become Food Crops and Others Not? And What Does That Tell Us?

By Rachel Laudan July 14, 2016 Food History, Food Politics, Food Processing, Cooking and Kitchens, Globalization Then and Now, Grinding 2 Comments

  Out of thousands of plant species, only a few are important food crops Globally important food crops in the early twenty-first century include wheat, rice, sugarcane, maize, soya bean,…

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