The Ancient Crops We've Forgotten How to Grow

Today, humans live on just a few staple crops, like maize, rice, and wheat. But in the early days of agriculture, humans were domesticating foods left and right. Come with us as we discover the lost crops of North America, like pitseed goosefoot, maygrass, and sumpweed. Hosted by: Savannah Geary (they/them) ---------- Support us for $8/month on Patreon and keep SciShow going!   / scishow   Or support us directly: https://complexly.com/support Join our SciShow email list to get the latest news and highlights: https://mailchi.mp/scishow/email ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: J.V. Rosenbalm, Jaap Westera, Jeffrey Mckishen, David Johnston, Gizmo, Friso, Wesus, Jeremy Mattern, Alan Wong, Matt Curls, Bethany Matthews, Blood Doctor Kelly, Spilmann Reed, Lyndsay Brown, Toyas Dhake, Kaitlyn O'Callaghan, Garrett Galloway, kickinwasabi, Martin Osorio, DrakoEsper , Eric Jensen, Cye Stoner, Chris Curry, Jp Lynch, Chris Peters, Alex Hackman, Piya Shedden, Joseph Ruf, Jason A Saslow, Kevin Knupp, Kevin Bealer, Chris Mackey, Steve Gums, Adam Brainard ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? SciShow Tangents Podcast: https://scishow-tangents.simplecast.com/ TikTok:   / scishow   Instagram:   / thescishow   Facebook:   / scishow   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/scishow.bsky... #SciShow #science #education #learning #complexly ---------- Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/...