VEGETATION. The world's mythology and folklore offer one example after another of sacred plants, both wild and cultivated, as well as stories about the divine origins of plants, their magic or medicinal properties, and heroic quests to obtain...

Vegetation serves several critical functions in the biosphere, at all possible spatial scales. First, vegetation regulates the flow of numerous biogeochemical cycles (see biogeochemistry), most critically those of water, carbon, and nitrogen; it is also...

WHEN IT COMES TO LOW-FAT, LOW-CALORIE PREPARATIONS, VEGETABLES ARE GLORIOUS SALVATION. THEIR NUTRITIONAL STRENGTH AND BREADTH OF VARIETY CAN LIVEN UP MANY MENUS. A cup of diced beets: 55 calories. A cup of shredded cabbage: 15 calories. A cup of steamed eggplant:...

Vegetable, fruit donations healthy despite weather By DARRYL ENRIQUEZ denriquez@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel Monday, October 6, 2003 Despite a harvest hurt by a summer drought and chilly fall, the amount of produce donated to hunger programs has been surprisingly high, thanks to...

The wait could soon be over for hundreds of people seeking coveted city street vendor's licenses — if they say no to hot dogs and pretzels and yes to apples and carrots.Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said Tuesday they would support...

Fewer than a third of American adults eat the amount of fruits and vegetables the government recommends, a trend that's remained steady for more than a decade, health officials said Thursday. That's "well below" the government's goal of getting 75 percent of Americans to eat...