Living Roots: The Promise of Perennial Foods

Just four annual crops (corn, wheat, rice, and soybeans) account for 75% of the calories consumed by people. We are missing out on a tremendous bounty of perennial foods—foods that can not only enrich our diets but help heal the land and combat climate change. By investing energy in robust root systems rather than just annual growth, perennial food plants endure year after year, pointing the way to a more resilient future.

In Living Roots, a passionate group of experts from wide-ranging ba...