Eat leaves instead of throwing away? Better only with organic vegetables

In order to avoid food waste, leaves, stems and trunk are increasingly being used. «Leaf to Root», i.e. to eat the whole plant with stump and stalk, is in the trend. On the Internet, numerous recipes for pesto, smoothies or soups made from radishes green and beetroot. Why not? Wine leaves are finally eaten for centuries. Plant parts such as leaves, however, can contain a lot of nitrate, pesticides and other unhealthy substances. Radishes green i…