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Tuesday, February 26, 2008

What were the first foods grown by man?


What were the first foods grown by man?

Green vegetables were undoubtedly the first foods to be cultivated by the early farmers. They were the easiest to grow. Lettuce, spinach and cabbage led the way, to be followed by the cereal plants. Two types of early wheat, einkorn and emmer wheat, appeared very early in history, but barley, rye, oats and millet were also cultivated. Taken as a whole, the controlled cultivation of plants initiated a completely new era for man.

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