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Lecture/tour/tasting: Beetroot - the vegetable of the year
As every year, the Tropical Greenhouse is organizing a themed afternoon to celebrate the vegetables of the year. On Sunday, October 1, we cordially invite you to learn a lot about the vegetable of the year, the beet. Beet could also be called black, pink or orange beet - it comes in different colors and shapes, including spherical, conical and cylindrical. The taste also varies depending on the variety. Regardless of color and shape, they are a true superfood! Beet is rich in vitamins and minerals, strengthens the immune system and is considered a health booster. As a concentrate, they can be found in food supplements, as a colorant in strawberry ice cream and other foods, as well as in lipsticks and pet food.
Its leaves, seeds and roots were collected and consumed as early as the Neolithic Age. You can buy beet leaves as "baby leaves" in the supermarket.
Their wild form can still be found today along the coasts of Western Europe and the Mediterranean as far as Western Asia. Beet is related to sugar beet, spinach and garden greens. It is believed that the Romans brought the plants to our gardens.
The Verein zur Erhaltung der Nutzpflanzenvielfalt e.V. (VEN) is particularly keen to present the considerable variety of known and unknown vegetables to a wider public. VEN wants to contribute to the preservation and dissemination of varieties with special characteristics and has named beet the vegetable of the year 2023/24. On Sunday, the VEN conservation group will report on their experiences and the agricultural engineer and vegetable gardener Cathrin Merx will present the 18 varieties in the teaching and learning garden in a practical tour. You will then learn to distinguish between some beet varieties in a small tasting session.
Admission €5, students free. Registration until September 27
Registration and information
Tropengewächshaus Universität Kassel
Steinstraße 19, 37213 Witzenhausen
Tel.: 05542-981231 Email: tropengewaechshaus[at]uni-kassel[dot]de
Homepage: www.tropengewaechshaus.de