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Growing vegetables has traditionally been done in long rows. This allows machinery to cultivate and increase the efficiency and output. Over the past 100 years a new technique has emerged-- raised bed gardening, which has increased yields from small plots of soil without the need for commercial, energy intensive fertilizers. Modern hydroponic farming yields very high yields in greenhouses without using any soil, but expends much more energy. In America, vegetable farms are in some regions known as truck farms after the trucks used to transport the produce, or muck farms after the dark black soil in which many vegetable grow best.

Common vegetable crops include:

Fabaceae (pea family)

Solanaceae (nightshade family)

tomato
eggplant
bell pepper
potatoThe potato Solanum tuberosum is a perennial tuber of the Solanaceae, or nightshade, family, which is one of the most widely used vegetables in Europe and North and South America. There are thousands of varieties of potato in cultivation. The potato is unr

BrassicaceaeSee text The flowering plant family Brassicaceae known as the mustard cabbage family provides much of the world's winter vegetables. These include cabbage, kale, collard, broccoli, cauliflower, brussels sprouts, chinese cabbage bak choy pak choy choy sum (mustard family)

cauliflowerCauliflower is a vegetable belonging to the Cabbage family (Family Brassicaceae or Cruciferae). Its scientific name is Brassica oleracea var. botrytis''. Cauliflower resembles broccoli, to which it is closely related, except with very densely packed white
cabbageCabbage Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Brassicales Family: Brassicaceae Genus Brassica Species olearacea Variety capitata Trinomial name ''Brassica oleracea var. capitata The cabbage Brassica
brussels sproutThe Brussels sprout Brassica oleracea gemmifera is a variety of cabbage cultivated for its small (typically 1 inch/ 2. 5cm across) leafy heads, which resemble miniature cabbages. Brussels sprouts were first cultivated in Belgium, and are therefore named a
broccoliBroccoli Broccoli Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Brassicales Family: Brassicaceae Genus Brassica Species olearacea Variety italica Trinomial name ''Brassica oleracea var. italica Broccoli is

Other plant families:

avocadoThe avocado is a tree and the fruit of that tree Persea americana in the flowering plant family Lauraceae. It is a tree to 20 m tall, with alternately arranged evergreen leaves 12-25 cm long. The flowers are inconspicuous, greenish-yellow, 5-10 mm wide. ( LauraceaeLauraceae Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Laurales Family Lauraceae Genera many, see text The Lauraceae or Laurel family comprises a group of flowering plants included in the Order Laurales., Laurales)
carrot ( Apiaceae)
lettuce ( Asteraceae)

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