17 Ancient Crops That Thrive On Neglect

Описание: 17 Ancient Crops That Thrive On Neglect

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Modern gardening has convinced us that growing food requires constant attention — watering schedules, fertilisers, pest control, and endless maintenance. But for thousands of years, civilisations thrived on crops that practically grew themselves.

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Sources:
MARANTH
• Spanish banned cultivation in 1521 (Berkeley Food Institute)
• Aztec tribute: 20,000 tons annually; complete protein with all essential amino acids
https://food.berkeley.edu/from-the-fi...
CHICKPEAS
• Domesticated 10,000 years ago in Fertile Crescent (Oxford Academic, 2023)
• Archaeological remains 7,500 years old found at Jericho
https://academic.oup.com/mbe/article/...
JERUSALEM ARTICHOKE
• Native Americans cultivated before European contact (Wikipedia)
• Champlain brought to France in 1605
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusal...
PURSLANE
• Highest omega-3 of any leafy green - 5x more than spinach (Journal of American College of Nutrition, 1992)
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/1354675/
DANDELION
• "Most nutritionally dense green, outstripping kale or spinach" (Cleveland Clinic)
• 8x more antioxidants, 3x more Vitamin A than spinach
https://health.clevelandclinic.org/da...
MILLET
• Domesticated 10,000 years ago in China (PNAS, 2009)
• Earliest dry farming crop due to drought resistance
https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas...
COWPEAS (Black-Eyed Peas)
• Domesticated in West Africa 6,000 years ago
• Fixes 70-150 lbs nitrogen per acre (National Academies Press)
https://nap.nationalacademies.org/rea...
FAVA BEANS
• Oldest cultivated legume - 10,200 years (Nature Scientific Reports, 2015)
• Only crop domesticated in what is now Israel
https://www.nature.com/articles/srep1...
SUNFLOWER
• Native Americans domesticated 4,000+ years ago in Tennessee (Nature, 2004)
• Only major food crop native to North America
https://www.nature.com/articles/natur...
SORGHUM
• Domesticated in Africa 5,000+ years ago
• Roots extend 10+ feet for extreme drought tolerance
https://nap.nationalacademies.org/rea...
ADDITIONAL SOURCES
• PMC/PubMed (National Institutes of Health)
• Weizmann Institute of Science
• Purdue University Extension
• Iowa State University / USDA-ARS
This video is for educational purposes only. Check local regulations before planting - some species may be invasive in certain areas.