The World's Vegetables Are Vanishing Walk into almost any modern supermarket and you will probably see plenty of vegetables: tomatoes, onions, carrots, lettuce, broccoli, peppers and potatoes. So how can the world's vegetables be disappearing? The answer is vegetable biodiversity. Scientists are warning that the world is losing many vegetable species, varieties and wild relatives that have traditionally provided farmers and communities with a broad range of foods. At the same time, people around the world are eating fewer vegetables...Click for full post
