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Yolanda explained the nutritional value of carrots. Could it be that we health-seekers are deluded by pills of processed nutrients?

We agreed to plant carrots and meet in the fall. She returned to Berkeley where her garden awaited her. I went to the roof of my building where my farm is two plastic tubs.

Carrots come from Afghanistan (so do apples).

They were originally purple or white.

The crusaders brought them to Europe.

The Netherlands were ruled by the House of Orange, who demanded that an orange carrot be hybridized.

Baby carrots are falsies, whittled down from big cast-offs. They account for 80% of the carrot market.

Carrots have vitamin A, potassium, vitamin C, vitamin B6, thiamine, folic acid, magnesium, copper. And lots of beta-carotene which makes them orange.

There really are black carrots!

Cooked carrots have more antioxidants.

Queen Anne’s Lace is the wild carrot.

To Be Continued . . .