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	Creative Carrot is a private gallery of artwork devoted to carrots although occasionally Creative Carrot paintings can be seen at selective festivals and galleries in the Greater Toronto Area and Durham Region. Latest Updates: Sept 10-12, 2010 Toronto Vegetarian Food Fair Harbourfront - Look for Creative Carrot in Booth IM-10. Why paint carrots? Carrots are a lot like humans: they come in many shapes and sizes and colours. They can be straight and narrow, chubby and twisted, round and babyish. They provide great variety for still life painting. From a still life perspective, they provide endless diversity for colour, shape and style. As an international symbol of vegetarianism, carrots also inspire us to reach for the optimal diet not only for own health, but to sustain the planet and improve the quality of life for all creatures. What's in a name? Carrot . . . came into English from the Middle French carotte, which in turn came from Late Latin carota, which came from the Greek [karoton]. The original root is believed to be ker- (meaning “horn”). What can carrots do for you? Nutritional Information for 100 grams of Carrot: Calories 43 Total Total Fat 0 g Saturated Fat 0 g Cholesterol 0 g Sodium 35 mg Carbohydrate 10 g Dietary Fibre 3 gTotal Protein 1 g Vitamin A  28129 IU Vitamin C 9 mg Calcium 27 mg Iron 1 mg Some History. . . The Carrot is a member of a group of biennial or perennial herbs and a native of Europe and south western Asia. The wild ancestors of the common carrot are likely to have come from Afghanistan, which remains the centre of diversity of D. carota (wild carrot). Most carrots are characterized by aromatic foliage and an umbrella-type of flattened flower cluster. The common garden carrot (Daucus carota sativa) is a root crop, derived from some variety of the wild carrot (Queen Anne’s Lace). In antiquity several types of carrot were grown as medicinal herbs, and in Europe carrots have long been grown for use in soups and stews. The custom of eating carrots raw as a salad has become widespread in the 20th century. Carrots are a rich source of carotene (vitamin A). A few members of the Umbelliferae family produce lethal poison. Apparently, it was one of these, the poison hemlock, that Socrates was compelled to take. The 12th c. Arab agriculturist, Ibn al-Awwam describes both red and yellow carrots; both colours are mentioned in an 11th century manuscript. Orange-coloured carrots appeared in the Netherlands the 17th century. For more information, visit the "Carrot Museum" in the UK. Creative Carrot Copyright 2010. Contact info@creativecarrot.ca for more information regarding permission to use images or text from these papges.