Sentences with phrase «root crop»

The curry flavor may even convert some of your beet - avoiding friends and family, as it balances out the earthy sweetness of this phytonutrient - rich root crop.

Some plants contain large amounts including chicory root (from which most commercial inulin is extracted) and especially the root crop Jerusalem artichokes (they actually belong to the sunflower family).

Schaal's interest in agricultural species was spurred when Rob Bertram, a staff member at the U.S. Agency for International Development, asked if her research on plant DNA sequences could help trace the origin of cassava, a starchy root crop that is a large source of food carbohydrates in the tropics.

As I see it, I can enjoy three entire roasted beets, meet more than 15 % of my iron requirement, and prevent cancer — all with a root crop that is extremely easy to grow in my garden, and that kids actually enjoy eating.

The fall box features hearty root crop, like our multi-colored heirloom carrots and potatoes, as well as cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, spinach, lettuce, leeks and complementary herbs.

Likewise, 45 % of root crop fruit and vegetables are wasted, representing the highest wastage rate.

Beets — the colorful root crop native to the Mediterranean region and enjoyed by humans since Roman times — are one of nature's nutritional powerhouses, delivering nutrients that support a healthy circulatory and immune system.

SFC also has used dasheen — a root crop of sugarcane that extracts nutrients from the soil and liquid in which it is placed — in its aquaculture research.

Klausing says the company recently added a cooker manufactured by Lyco Manufacturing Inc. — a world - leading manufacturer of commercial cooking and cooling, liquid / solid separation, root crop preparation and snap bean equipment for food processors.

An alkalizing root crop sweet potatoes are not just for Thanksgiving.

La Fe is a full - service distributor of 1,400 food and beverage products, including frozen vegetables, tropical fruit pulp, frozen entrées and frozen root crops.

The farm also has a small experimental orchard and research plots for grain, dry land vegetables, berries, and root crops, and a beautiful home which he helped his father build with a stunning view of the Bears Paw Mountains.

In this case, increase your intake of vegetables, fruits, root crops, nuts, seeds and spices, striving to get 80 % of your nutrition from these alkalizing foods.

Or, if you like to spice up things by glazing your root crops, try mixing a bit of blackstrap with butter for a flavorful glaze.

Focus on eating whole foods, like vegetables, root crops, fruits, nuts, seeds, spices, whole grains and beans (especially lentils).

Unusual vegetables include breadfruits, strange - looking root crops like dasheen and taro, a wide variety of pumpkins, christophene (chayote), and the leaves of the dasheen, which resemble spinach and are used in the popular Caribbean soup, callaloo.

They provide simple starches (carbohydrates) as all root crops do, but they also are rich in dietary fiber, of which nearly 95 % of Americans do not eat enough!

Shares include summer favorites like heirloom tomatoes, peppers, and carrots; you'll also receive the best of fall, including parsnips, winter squashes, onions, potatoes, sweet potatoes, and other root crops.

It also supports the environmental controls for the root cellar in the basement of the barn, where our root crops are stored in the winter months for sale to restaurants and our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program.

«Since these tubers and root crops are in direct contact with the soil they may show a greater propensity for [antibiotic] uptake,» said Gupta.

Professor Douglas Kell, Chief Executive of BBSRC, said: «We usually think of improving food crops solely in terms of traits such as the yield and quality of the food itself, and apart from root crops such as potatoes and carrots these are easily visible, above - ground traits.

One major change, he said, is the appearance of root crops like black carrots and purple sweet potatoes (PSPs), which are grown specifically for the natural colors industry.

After adjustment for intake of meat, beer, potatoes, root crops, and vegetables the associations were weakened, but significant inverse associations remained between 15:0 in serum cholesterol esters and body weight and BMI (data not shown).

When adjustments were made for intake of meat, beer, vegetables, and root crops, the intake of fat from milk and cream was still related to body weight, waist circumference, BMI, the waist - to - hip ratio, and the fasting plasma glucose concentration (data not shown).

After adjustment for intake of possibly confounding groups of food, such as meat, vegetables, potatoes, root crops, and beer, some of the relations between intake of milk products and serum 15:0 and clinical characteristics lost their significance.

The alterations of the associations suggest that the intake of milk products is part of a more complex dietary pattern also characterized by, for example, the intake of meat, vegetables, root crops, and beer.

Wild foods like herbs and greens as well as nuts, berries, and root crops, legacies of the national agrarian roots, remain popular parts of every Dane's diet and have been especially enthusiastically embraced by many restaurateurs as a way to keep food more local, sustainable, and unprocessed.

And before World War II, people living in island countries, like the Philippines, consumed a diet that consisted mainly of rice, root crops, vegetables and an abundance of the ultra-healing superfood, the coconut.

From Brooke Burke to Rachel Ray, celebrities are flocking to the diet rich in Omega 3, root crops, and vegetable oils.

Even very - low protein starchy root crops, such as casava root, are sufficient enough in nutrients, including protein, to keep people healthy.3

Flea beetles — these eat the leaves of root crops like beets, radishes and turnips.

I also interspersed other root crops (carrots and beets) above the onion hedge.

This object functions like the stock Silo or Hayloft, but for root crops.

The truck — probably loaded with some poor farmer's kurakkan, or root crops — was rounding the bend at upward of eighty miles per hour, as fast as the groaning engine would go.

These include introduction of drought tolerant crop varieties (legumes, root crops, and vegetables).

It is interesting to note that the LIA led to significant innovations in farming technology: enclosure (end of the commons), crop rotation, green manures, legumes, root crops, etc..

The 4 - Tier planter has nearly 12 sq feet of planting space, and is deep enough for planting root crops like radishes, carrots, parsnips, beets, turnips, rutabagas, onions, peanuts, and celeriac among others.

The first Green Revolution developed improved varieties of wheat and rice at the exclusion of African staple root crops and tropical maize.

A further 20 % is dedicated to root crops.

Not exact matches

Cassava yields well in poor soils, is drought - resistant and the roots give food security during droughts and famine making it an ideal crop for poorer areas in the world.

«Soil provides nutrient content, aeration, and pest infestations basic to crop production, besides support to root stocks and drain water.

The foursome not only kept everything going but were able to plant spring crops and dig a small but functional root cellar.

Subsistence farmers depend on the soil to produce food for their families; they know the seasons and when rains will come to water their crops and allow seeds to send out roots.

Apparently, it is a good crop for the southwest because its root system is deep, making it able to withstand dry spells and drier climates like ours.

As the weather warms and new crops begin producing new fruits and vegetables, our food focus changes; time to change the focus from the root veggies of winter to the baby veggies of spring.

Most significantly, they found that it is resistant to root - knot nematode, a pest that can destroy certain plants and crops.

Quinoa has deep South American roots and is an ancient grain - like crop.

Adding buckwheat is also a little nod to Polina's Georgian roots, as buckwheat is a staple crop in Georgia.

Every vineyard is planted with winter cover crops intended to hold precious soils in place while their roots host a rich mixture of beneficial micro-organisms that provide nutrition to the vines.

Although firmly rooted in simple peasant cooking, the foods eaten in the Balkans reflect a wide variety of influences over a long period of time: geography and history, ethnicity and religion, wars and invasions, and new ingredients brought from other parts of the world, especially spices from the East and crops from the West.