Resources Tagged: Leafy Vegetables

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  1. Vegetables for SW Florida in the Summer Months

    Key Resource 2009-01-01 Within a couple days after Bonnie and I arrived in Florida in June 1981 to assume my new role as founding CEO of ECHO, I began digging a garden. For an avid gardener used to the long winters “up north” this was an exciting adventure. I was going to grow flowers and vegetables year-round in the...
    Home Garden Perennial Vegetables Leafy Vegetables Garden Vegetables Vegetable Legumes Vegetable Moringa Squash and Gourds ... Urban Gardening Yard Gardens Legume

  2. Amaranth Grain & Vegetable Types

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    1983-01-01 Amaranth [Amaranthus hypochondriacus, A. cruentus (grain type) & A. tricolor (vegetable type)] is an herbaceous annual with upright growth habit, cultivated for both its seeds which are used as a grain and its leaves which are used as a vegetable or green. Both leaves and seeds contain...
    Amaranth Grain Crops Leafy Vegetables HIV/AIDS

  3. The Nutrient Content of Moringa oleifera Leaves

    2020-01-01 Despite considerable interest in the use of Moringa oleifera as a nutrient source, gaps and inconsistencies in the information on the nutrient content of this interesting plant remain. There are many reasons for this. The nutrient content of newly harvested plant material naturally varies with...
    Moringa Leaf Extract Moringa oleifera Moringa Leafy Vegetables Malnutrition Health and Nutrition

  4. Green Leafy Vegetables

    2018-10-17 Green leafy vegetables are an important source of vitamins and minerals. In areas where eating leaves is not part of the culture, leaf powder can be an important addition to the diet. We have written in the past about the positive difference that leaf powder can make in terms of nutrition. Here...
    Dark Green Leafy V... Leafy Vegetables Annual Leafy Greens Health and Nutrition

  5. Jewels of Opar

    2018-10-17 Rarely is an easy-to-grow and attractive ornamental also a tasty, edible leafy green, suitable for salads, sandwiches, soups, and stews. Jewels of Opar (Talinum paniculatum), also called fameflower, grows similarly to purslane. As such, it can reseed itself and grows easily, with little need for...
    Dark Green Leafy V... Annual Leafy Greens Leafy Vegetables

  6. Jewels of Opar

    Native to tropical America, this plant can now be found throughout much of the tropics. Jewels of Opar is an erect, herbaceousperennial ground cover or low shrub that can reach a height of 1 m. The leaves are alternate, simple, and succulent. The self-pollinated flowers are small with 5 pink or...
    Leafy Vegetables Annual Leafy Greens

  7. Underutilized Crops for Small Farm Abundance

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    2018-02-09 Traditional diets included a wide variety of ingredients from myriad wild and domesticated plants. Regional cuisines were shaped by native species in their local environment and by gradually-adopted plants from distant places. The modern global food system and market pressures have reversed this...
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  8. LACN Issue #4

    2018-02-22 Green Leafy Vegetables and Powders for Improved Nutrition in Honduras Member Highlight: Elioena Arauz,Artists for Soup, Nicaragua Echoes from our Network: Deep Litter System ECHO Resource Highlight: Green Leafy Vegetables Technical Note Spotlight: "Linking Smallholder Farmers to Markets"
    Dark Green Leafy V... Economics Linking to Markets Deep Litter Pig Farming Pig Feed Home Garden School gardens Change Agents Leafy Vegetables Annual Leafy Greens Moringa Chaya Health and Nutrition Nutrition ECHO Resources Smallholder Farm Latin America and ...

  9. Leafy Greens and Vegetables in Cameroon

    2022-01-01 This book is designed as a simple introduction to the more common leafy greens and vegetables of Cameroon. It is hoped people will take greater pride and interest in these plants and become confident and informed about how to grow and use them. Many of the local food plants that occur in every...
    Indigenous Food Pl... Food Plants Leafy Vegetables Annual Leafy Greens Edible greens

  10. Leafy Greens and Vegetables in Solomon Islands Practical Ways of Growing Local Food Plants, and Doing it Well

    2010-01-01 This publication shows practical ways of growing local food plants, and doing it well.
    Leafy Vegetables Garden Vegetables Solomon Islands Annual Leafy Greens Kangkong Amaranth