Veggies

Right now, it appears that the most likely source of Vitamin C after the pole shift will be the potato, sweet potato, cauliflower and broccoli. These are cool weather type plants which are good Vitamin C sources. Some of them mature in just a few months, so if one had enough vitamin tablets to last until then, one should be OK. Just how many potatoes does one need to eat? The RDA for Vitamin C is 60 mg/day for the average person. One potato, boiled (then peeled after boiling) provides 18 mg of Vitamin C. A half cup of broccoli (4 oz) cooked and chopped yields about 37 mg of Vitamin C. Cauliflower yield 30 mg. Greens are other sources.

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A source of Vitamin C is regular bell peppers. One usually sees them green, yet when allowed to ripen on the plant until red, a single bell pepper has more than 500 milligrams of Vitamin C - the greatest source available. They are annuals, and like other plants whose fruit is the important product they need high light or they will make a lot of foliage but little or nothing in the way of peppers. When planting a food garden, you can let your leafy veggies take the partially shady areas, but the fruiters need to hog the light and get the chief benefit from reflecting surfaces.

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