2x More Energy Than Carrots, Immune to Frost: Why Big Ag Erased The Roman Emperor’s Favorite Superfood
There is a root vegetable that contains more natural sugar than any other crop in Europe, acts as a biological antifreeze, and grows back every year without replanting. It was so valuable that Roman Emperors accepted it as currency. Yet, in the 17th century, it vanished from the food supply.
This is the story of Skirret (Sium sisarum), the perennial “sugar root” that fueled empires and monks for a thousand years, and why the invention of the orange carrot forced it into extinction. fo
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