Even before cultivation, wild carrots were used centuries ago for medicinal purposes. As a pre-cursor for vitamin A, beta carotene, the yellow-orange pigment found in orange carrots is a powerful…
Fungi have been around for millions of years and were probably foraged in pre-historical times. Mushrooms were used in many cultures as medicine and in healing rituals. The first cultivated…
Pears, as many other fruits, first grew wild in prehistoric areas of both Central Asia and Europe. Pears were also one of the first fruits cultivated by American colonists. These…