<p>And then there are the Jainists who (for religious reasons) are vegans who also don’t eat any plant where harvesting it results in its death (no carrots, onions, garlic, etc.).</p>
<p>Jainism hails from India and I wonder if there any plants there that are edible that are also considered “annuals”. For example, do they have something like sunflowers where they can eat the seeds even though the flower dies - because it’s going to die no matter what when it’s season has ended.</p>