Fresh vegetables are typically only labelled by society as 'fresh vegetables' because they're so calorie-poor you'd need a fridge full of the stuff every day to

Fresh vegetables are typically only labelled by society as 'fresh vegetables' because they're so calorie-poor you'd need a fridge full of the stuff every day to feed someone enough calories that they don't lose weight. Efficient calories don't often get called 'vegetables', but some sort of essential staple food. Vegetables average around 100 calories per pound: http://www.beyondveg.com/billings-t/cal-par/calorie-paradox1c.shtml http://www.beyondveg.com/billings-t/cal-par/calorie-paradox1... . Calories we can produce really, really well with various techniques: Cereal grains - maize, rice, wheat, sorghum / millet Legumes - soya, various beans / lentils / peas Some root vegetables - potato, sweet potato, taro, cassava, yam, beet Sugarcane Plantains & Bananas