India’s forgotten vegetables offer a glimpse into what global diets are missing

Mongabay
Oct 29, 2026, 1:53 am78 ptsTrending
The world is eating a smaller variety of vegetables as diets become increasingly uniform, reports contributor Sharmila Vaidyanathan for Mongabay India. In India, Indigenous crops such as the clove bean and the Yerengere white long eggplant have largely vanished from commercial markets as hybrid varieties…

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