Did you know that these food plants are not annuals, but rather biennials? This means it takes 2 years to complete its biological lifecycle. They intend to grow all summer from a seed, lay low through the winter, then flower the following spring. In order to fulfill such a destiny, they store the sugars they've manufactured all summer in a bulky tuber or bulb that hides underground waiting for spring. In essence, we are cheating them out of their intended destiny by uprooting these root crops for our culinary pleasure.
...So be it.
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