Our Daily Bread (Ghent Botanical Garden)

GAND GOURMAND Everyone knows that grain is the traditional basis of our food. But where do wheat, rye, barley and oats come from? How did grain cultivation start and how did its importance evolve? We will find some sometimes surprising answers to that. And how different from ours is the daily fare of people on the other side of the world? Join Joost to learn all about rice, corn, plantains, cassava, taro, yam, sorghum, quinoa and other crops grown as staples.