Jan 28, 2023
A Vegetable Donned In Royal Colors
Carrots have been domesticated for over 5,000 years, but the orange ones we eat most often did not arrive on the scene until about 700-800 years ago.Learn the history of carrots
January is National Carrot Month. So we salute this delicious health-boosting veggie superhero. Carrots have a long and interesting history that dates to ancient times. They were probably first domesticated in Persia about 5,000 years ago just as agriculture first emerged in human civilization. But you may be surprised to learn that the earliest known cultivated carrots were not orange. In fact,…
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