But the distinction was not merely one of edible versus non-edible crops.
Repeated harvests of edible seeds from perennial plants, on the other hand, would not require annual selection and replanting.
Any foreign company that was dominant in domestically manufactured edible oils and industrial fats might hope to exercise some leverage.
The category of food production includes commodities that are considered edible and that contain nutrients.
This suggests that the uppermost primary branches are more desirable for cutting for their edible leaves as a vegetable.
Seeds are the major edible component of the fruit biomass constituting nearly 56% of the consumable biomass.
Comparably, ear becomes 'hear', air solidifies to 'hair', and 'am' becomes edible: 'ham'.
On the other hand, dry edible beans are difficult to grow organically.