Mark Kennedy April 21, 2021 - 7:18 AM NEW YORK - Despite thousands of years of humans working the soil, there are still things to learn. Just ask Farmer Lee Jones about the beet leaves. The Ohio-based farmer had planted too many beets and the surplus was dumped in a pile in a cooler. He returned later to find that when he dug below the first layer, to where the beets got no light exposure, beautiful leaves were growing out of the vegetable in the dark. âItâs a yellow leaf with red veins. And itâs one of the sexiest things that you can imagine,â he says. âWeâre like, âHoly smokes, this is nicer than anything we grew on purpose!'â