Perennial Vegetables as a Climate Solution
Posted on
July 22, 2025 by
The VRG Blog Editor
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In the latest issue of Vegan Journal, VRG Researcher Jeanne Yacoubou, MS, explains how growing perennial vegetables can serve as a climate solution. According to Jeanne, “All plants do not sequester carbon equally. Perennial plants – those that regrow each year instead of dying off after the first frost – sequester carbon longer than annual plants because their ability to store carbon is longer in roots that continually grow deeper and wider for years if not decades.”
Read her complete article here: https://www.vrg.org/journal/vj2025issue2/2025_issue2_climate_solutions.php
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