Food connects us all. Beyond providing basic nourishment, food can spark memories, inspire creativity, expand our horizons and bring us together. Within our collective food story, plants play a starring role. Their nutrients have found their way from field to fork for millennia, and even today, new insights and discoveries about the role of plants as food are made daily — close to home and around the world.
Throughout 2013, the Missouri Botanical Garden and its family of attractions are inviting everyone to dig deep into the roots of food, think about plants on their plate in whole new ways, connect and share with others and get inspired...