Why Our Favorite Crops Live Fast and Die Young
To start using Tab for a Cause, go to: http://tabforacause.org/r/minuteearth2 We mostly grow annual plants because they reliably produce energy-rich seeds, which we like to eat. Thanks to...
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This video was sponsored by Tab for a Cause. Hi, this is Emily from MinuteEarth. Most of our crops die every year. And it’s not just because we eat them – it’s because dying every year is what the plants we grow for crops tend to do. And that’s weird, because most of the plants in the wild live for more than a year - and sometimes way more! In theory, if we farmed these long-lived perennial plants instead of the annuals, we wouldn't have to re-seed our fields every single year, and our lives would be easier. And we do grow some perennials, but we mostly stick with annuals, because their strategy in life is to grow up as fast as possible so that they can make the seeds of the next generation – or, in the case of wheat, corn, rice, and a few of o...
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This video was sponsored by Tab for a Cause. Hi, this is Emily from MinuteEarth. Most of our crops die every year. And it’s not just because we eat them – it’s because dying every year is what the plants we grow for crops tend to do. And that’s weird, because most of the plants in the wild live for more than a year - and sometimes way more! In theory, if we farmed these long-lived perennial plants instead of the annuals, we wouldn't have to re-seed our fields every single year, and our lives would be easier. And we do grow some perennials, but we mostly stick with annuals, because their strategy in life is to grow up as fast as possible so that they can make the seeds of the next generation – or, in the case of wheat, corn, rice, and a few of o...
