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Coming Soon: Purple Carrots Thanks to Egyptians

Purple carrots?  Yes, and they are on the way to a grocery store near you. 

Rest easy, these 'carrots of a different color' are not the by-product of some biogenetic experiment.  Rather, growers have begun to take the carrot back to its original "roots" so to speak.  

The ubiquitous orange carrot, was actually invented by the Dutch in the 16th century.  In antiquity, carrots are known in a range of colors. The Egyptians, as we know from surviving tomb paintings and texts, enjoyed purple carrots.  Romans favored white. Carrots of yellow, black and green are also known.

Carrot growers are expected to begin offering carrots in a range of striking "new" colors beginning in July in an effort to encourage children to eat more of them.  




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