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Carrot

Orange carrots were bred in the Netherlands a few hundred years ago; before that most carrots were purple or yellow.

🌾 Fibre🍊 Vitamin C

How it grows

Underground as a taproot, with feathery leaves above.

Where it came from

Afghanistan.

🚚 From field to plate

  1. 1. Sown
  2. 2. Root swells
  3. 3. Lifted from soil
  4. 4. Washed
  5. 5. Shop
  6. 6. Your lunchbox

🤓 Fun facts

  • Carrots were purple first.
  • Carrot tops are edible and make good pesto.
  • The 'carrots improve night vision' story was wartime propaganda.