Rice
How many varieties of rice can you find at the grocery store?
20 varieties of rice are produced in the US
how many types of corn are grown for food today?
How many types of potato are commercially grown?
80!
How many types of wheat are grown commercially?
six! they are closed by color
What state produces most of the rice we buy?
the US California is home to a a rice paddy that produced 9 million tons of rice in 2008
How many types of corn did indigenous people grow for food?
over 59 types
How many types of potato exist?
over 4,000!
How many types of wheat exist?
over 100,000!
around 3,500 years ago!
Where is most of our corn grown today?
Where do most of the world's potatoes from from
most varieties of potato come from Peru!
How much of the US's wheat is Genetically modified?
0% as of 2020 no US grown wheat is genetically modified
40,000
How much of the US's corn is genetically modified?
92%
where are most of our potatoes grow today?
Iowa!
Where was wheat first cultivated for food?
What kind of plant is rice
Rice is a grass!