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Many North American plants have characteristics that are especially promising as candidates for expanding our food supply and generating new economically competitive crops. This book is an informative analysis of the top 100 indigenous food plants of North America, focusing on those species that have achieved commercial success or have substantial market potential. The book's user-friendly format provides concise information on each plant. It examines the geography and ecology, history, economic and social importance, food and industrial uses, and the economic future of each crop.
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Keywords
- Acta Hortic
- American chestnut
- Blue Berries
- blueberry
- Botany
- common language
- Deep Red
- Economics
- Flora Von Deutschland
- Food Plants
- Food supply
- Forest Service General Technical Report
- Hog Peanut
- Indigenous Plants
- Lowbush Blueberry
- Maple syrup
- Native
- Native American Tribes
- Native North American Species
- North American Cornucopia
- North American Indigenous People
- North American Plants
- Northeastern Forest Experiment Station
- Social importance
- Sweet Gale
- tepary bean
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- Wild Leek
- wild rice
- Winter Purslane
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DOI: 10.1201/b15818Editions