PRO LOCAL QUIZ
November

Okra is less well-known in Europe, but it also contains a natural lubricant that has anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties. This lubricant called mucilage and can help to dilute digestive juices and protect the mucous membranes.

The Middle East is generally described as the homeland of grapes and the cultivation of this plant began 6,000–8,000 years ago.

They are a good source of vitamin C, potassium, fiber, and antioxidants. Actually a superfood. No, not actually. Potatoes are a superfood.

Passion fruit is a climbing plant that can grow up to 10 meters.

The Three Sisters are the three main agricultural crops of various Indigenous peoples of North America. In a technique known as companion planting, the maize and beans are often planted together. The cornstalk serves as a trellis for climbing beans, the beans fix nitrogen in their root nodules and stabilize the maize in high winds, and the wide leaves of the squash plant shade the ground, keeping the soil moist and helping prevent the establishment of weeds.

It is named after Maria Ann Smith, who propagated the cultivar from a chance seedling.

This is the current scientific consensus based on archaeological evidence. It was first cultivated 13 500 - 8200 years ago.

Many watermelon seeds have been found in north Africa and the Middle East. Watermelons were cultivated for their high-water content and were stored to be eaten during dry seasons.

True. Tomatoes were grown mainly as ornamentals early on after their arrival in Italy. They were not adopted as a staple of the peasant population because they were not as filling as other fruits already available. Additionally, both toxic and inedible varieties discouraged many people from attempting to consume or prepare any other varieties. The earliest cookbook with tomatoes in a recipe is from Naples, from the year 1692.