Question

pick two edible plants & vegetables. Make two dishes highlighting these vegetables and plants,  provide a reflection on the life cycle of the vegetables.

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1. Where is the plant/vegetable grown and how is it farmed? What work is required?

2. What sort of tools are used in processing the plant/vegetable?

3. What is the nutritional value.

4. What are the costs of the vegetable (is it expense at the store? costly in terms of labor to grow and harvest? costly in terms of resources to produce?)

5. What is a substitute for this plant/vegetable.

Answer 1

Answer;

Vegetables    commom edible parts    other edible parts Dishes

Cauliflower    immature flower    flower stems, leaves Roasted garlic cauliflower

Cucumber    food with seeds    stem tips and young leaves Creamy cucumber salad

Two Plants that are edible- coriander and curry leaves, dishes are Curries and pickled vegetables.

1.California is the major cauliflower producing state in USA. Nursery raising for cauliflower cultivation. seeds should be sown of 8-10cm between rows . seeds should be covered with soil and FYM mixture. During monsoon nursuries should be created under polyhouse or polytunnel.

Florida is the leading states producing all types fresh cucumbers. Slicing cucumber are generally planted in single rows on plastic beds with 9-12 inches between plant in row and 5-7 feet in feet between rows.

2. Tools that are need to process consisting of harvesting machine connected to tractor. knives are used to remove cauliflower heads from plants and helps to cut outer leaves. they are placed in the Conveyor line apllicable also for cucumber.

3.Nutritional value of cauliflower , amounts are entioned per 100 gm-(Total fat0.3gm, cholesterol 0mg, Na/k-30mg/299mg, total carbohydrate-5 gm, protein -1.9gm, vitamin C 80%

Nutritional valu of cucumber-Calories 45, fat 0, carb 11gm proten 2gm, fiber 2gm vitamin c14%,Get 4% of your potassium.

4. Most important cost is cauliflowercultivation is irrigations cost approx 46.92% of the total cost of cultivation . Human labour cost is 16.49% of total and 6.70% if family laboor., so cost will be 1.22$ similarly cucumber cost in whole sale per kg is 1.35$.

5.best cauliflower substitute is Broccoli and best cucumber substitute is celery.

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