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Jesse Steinmetz

Scientists find the best crops to grow during the apocalypse

An apocalyptic cityscape with orange sky.

If a global catastrophe suddenly led to a nuclear winter, millions of people could starve. But now, scientists have figured out what crops we would need to grow to sustain a city if such a calamitous event occurred.

According to a new study, farming spinach, sugar beets, wheat and carrots in urban and near-urban areas could feed the population of a midsize city in a post-apocalyptic world.

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