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Are vegetables alive, even after being packaged and shipped to the store?
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Raw vegetables are alive until you eat them and the enzymes in your tummy kill them. If you cook or freeze them that will kill them first.
Vegetables aren't alive like animals who have a heart and blood pumping through their bodies. Vegetables are alive with nutrients, enzymes, vitamins and minerals. The older a vegetable is the lower the nutrient value. Also organic vegetables tend to have more nutrients and don't have chemicals sprayed on them.
Uhm.. I would think not.
Would you still be alive after being packaged and shipped to a store?
Vegetables need air and food too. They're not getting those in a package or a store.
Yes, most are. Root veggies such as potatoes, onions, barlic will start growing sprouts. If you plan them they will form a whole plant.
Fruit-type veggies such as tomato and peppers, green beans contain seeds that are alive will sprout if you plant them.
Other veggies like cabbage, broccoli, celery won't recover and regrow if planted, but they aren't truly dead yet.
It depends. Conventionally grown produce is irradiated, which stops the growing process and lengthens shelf life. Much organic produce (carrots, corn, onions, potatoes etc.) will keep growing.
plants are alive as long as cells absorb water and air, separate carbon from carbon dioxide. thats the only alive thing in them. look on wiki for Decomposition.
Yes they are. The cells still perform functions to a certain extent, though they will die eventually
Of course they are ! I just talked to a carrot this afternoon.