Nutritional analysis of cold-climate perennial vegetables

Looking forward to this! Congrats :) Will we follow the progress best here on experiment.com or elsewhere?

Yej! Now grow grow grow veggies! :) 🍀🌱🌬️

Tack så jättemycket Anna för ditt bidrag!

Looking forward to hear about the results!

This is great!

Would it be possible to do Caragana arborescens also, as it is a cold-climate productive bean perennial :)

Grattis! Congratulations!

We really appreciate all your support and encouragement for this project! It's now 65% funded with 21 days left. We look forward to harvesting our spring samples!

Mycket intressant studie - ser verkligen fram emot att få ta del av resultatet! Lycka till! Lena

Great project! I am writing books on perennial vegetables and would like to include your findings. Thank you

Spennande prosjekt. Jag gör min permakultur diplom på anti-innflamatorisk mat. Målet är att undvika långrest mat som avokado, kokos, dadlar etc och hitta den näring man behöver i den egna trädgården. Lycka till!

What an awsome initative. Thank you guys! :-)

Its incredible that food just grows out of a plant, year after year. We must learn more about this.

Good luck with the fund-raising. This is such interesting work and I am looking forward to reading more about it. Best wishes Alex

A diet that has a larger proportion of vegetables, in a transformed food system, plays a crucial role in meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement (Willett et al., 2019). By integrating perennial crops, our food systems can be made more sustainable and resilient (FOA, 2013; Foley et al., 2011; Niles et al., 2018; Willett et al., 2019). Growing in perennial systems binds carbon in the soil, reduces soil erosion and increases the biological diversity of cultivation (Sollen-Norrlin, Ghaley, & Rintoul, 2020; Toensmeier, Ferguson, & Mehra, 2020) which are all very important aspects in sustainable food systems. From the growers' perspective, benefits of perennial vegetables are that they reduce the need for irrigation and tillage when established, and that they are less prone to disease and suffer from fewer pests than annual vegetables (Ciotir et al., 2019; Sjöberg, Weiss, & Larsson, 2016). Perennial vegetables also provide a stable harvest, and the harvest season can be extended both in spring and autumn (Crawford, 2012; Sjöberg et al., 2016), which is of particular interest to professional growers. Growers can consequently extend the season when locally grown is available and receive income earlier and later in the growing season. From the consumers' perspective knowing which vegetables are nutritious is also important. For annual vegetables, variety selection and cultivation methods are well studied. Knowledge of perennial vegetables is lacking in many areas. Central issues are consumer preferences and nutritional value, which are closely linked to demand.