The Diversity of Food

What are some of the other plants that exist that are not consumed regularly that could be used for human food?

If it’s not something we consume regularly that its either not liked over all or on the expensive side. Meaning it’s hard to reproduce. I personally think the mangosteen fruit should be less expensive. It has such great benefits but it’s not cheap. It also is not something that is easy to grow. Something I don’t know a lot about but have looked into it is weeds. Some are safe to eat but don’t taste so hot. Others are tasty. I only my garden this year grew the tasty weeds. I remember eating miner’s lettuce as a kid it. It grew every where but I never saw it in stores. I also like foods that can be used in more then one type of foods. Something that is good for baking, fresh, steamed, etc.

A minimal diet for the human race could be put to a test if one of our main food supplies (wheat, rice, corn) was destroyed. We would have to look quickly to something else that can be easy and quickly to grow.

Having the same three grows grow could lead to less and less nutrition. They are changing the genes of plants all over in hopes of making a better plant but it also can lead to things like hard to reproduce. Take watermelon, every hated those black seeds so they bred them to have softer whiter seeds and now they have a couple of any seeds. Yes it’s great for the people who like watermelon and did not want to take the seeds out but what is really happening to all the watermelons plants? Will I be able to grow a watermelon myself in the next few years?