News Headline
Forgotten Crops of the Past
Source
Sierra
Publication Date
2019-01-14
Dr. Jesus Garcia gets calls all the time from people who’ve found some long-forgotten plant growing in a patch of dirt somewhere in the hot dry desert around Tucson, Arizona. Over the years, he’s become something of a plant detective, having identified a white pomegranate growing in a grandmother’s backyard, an Asian jujube tree behind a long-closed Chinese grocery store, and quince trees in an abandoned mining town south of the city.
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https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/forgotten-crops-past