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"The World's Vegetables Are Vanishing, And It's Quietly Wrecking Our Diets :" ScienceAlert

https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-vegetables-are-vanishing-and-its-quietly-wrecking-our-diets 


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A review by the United Nations' Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) estimates that 24 percent of the wild relatives of vegetables assessed at the species level are at risk of extinction.

And as we lose the genetic diversity of vegetables, we also lose their nutrients and the ability to adapt our crops to changing climate conditions..."