Available the world over and represented in cultures dating back to Ancient Greece is the humble sunflower. 🌞 Originally a food source, sunflowers are native to North America and date back to about 3000BC. By the early 19th century, Russian farmers were growing over 2 million acres of sunflower for oil production. Its scientific name, Helianthus, combines the two Greek words for sun and flower. Various cultures considered sunflower as the symbol of the god of the Sun. In