Seeing as how John switched hosts, and is in the process of redoing the site, I have been given webspace, yet again, for the never ending crusade to educate the world about plants. As I just got it today, I am still working things out here, so I'll start out with a pretty easy, but still interesting, fact about plant usage.
On this planet, there are about 300,000 species of edible plant species, and historically, only 2,500 species have been consumed fairly regularly. Of these 2,500 species, only 150 of them are eaten in the modern world. This selection of plants has thinned even more, as people started to further alter certain plant species to become more palatable, to about 20 species of agricultural importance (this includes corn, rice, wheat, soybeans, and apples, just to name a few).
Unless otherwise stated, all of these plant facts will be obtained from :
Economic Botany: Plants in our world, 3rd ed. Simpson and Ogorzaly
McGraw Hill Publishing, 2001.
300,00 is a number? ;). "Includss" needs to be fixed as well. Jay was so excited about the PFOTD, his fingers couldn't keep up w/his brain, I see...
I have a request Jay...Tell me something interesting about broccoli. If you can do me this favor, well then hell, you're good man.
Posted by: Kate at October 8, 2003 08:48 AMhey, it was late at night when i posted that, and i was half asleep, gimmie a break. besides, its not like i'm as bad as crystal : )
don't worry kate, i'll post something good about broccoli soon
Posted by: jay at October 8, 2003 08:10 PMi do know one thing about broccoli,it reduces your chances of cancer...lol
Posted by: corry at February 13, 2004 10:48 PM