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Ummm, plants are alive longer than “half the year“. Humans have also preserved foods for out of season consumption for millennia. Natives in California had plen
by chabes 7y ago
Ummm, plants are alive longer than “half the year“. Humans have also preserved foods for out of season consumption for millennia. Natives in California had plenty of plant-based foods in winter months.
- Robotbeat 7y ago"California" being the operative word, there. Oslo, Norway has a 60 degree latitude. Sacramento has a 35.8 degree latitude.
- chabes 7y agoMost humans live closer to 27 degrees north of the equator. I mentioned California natives because that’s what I’m most familiar with. Plant preservation is a thing in northern latitudes too..
- bdamm 7y agoNatives in California can still be harvesting in November and can see the ground all year round except in the mountains. Natives at the far north might be done with harvesting by late September or early October and might not see the ground again until April. Not even remotely comparable in terms of the severity of the issue and the impact to survival.
- chabes 7y agoNatives in the far north still preserve food for consumption during winter months.
- BurningFrog 7y agoSure, the plants are alive as roots, seeds etc under the snow, but they have nothing edible to offer, so for the purposes of nutrition, they might as well be dead.