What can be done? The key to healthier produce is healthier soil. Alternating fields between growing seasons to give land time to restore would be one important step. Also, foregoing pesticides and fertilizers in favor of organic growing methods is good for the soil, the produce and its consumers. Those who want to get the most nutritious fruits and vegetables should buy regularly from local organic farmers.
Source – wakeup-world.com
– “…A Kushi Institute analysis of nutrient data from 1975 to 1997 found that average calcium levels in 12 fresh vegetables dropped 27 percent; iron levels 37 percent; vitamin A levels 21 percent, and vitamin C levels 30 percent…Yet another study concluded that one would have to eat eight oranges today to derive the same amount of Vitamin A as our grandparents would have gotten from one”
Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutritious? – By Marco Torres
Due to currents levels of soil depletion, genetic modification and pesticides, crops grown decades ago were much richer in vitamins and minerals than the varieties most of us get today. But what’s the nutritional difference between a carrot in 1950s and one today?
Higher antioxidant levels, lower pesticide loads, better farming practices all lead to a more nutritious end product when choosing organic over GMO foods. But the primary…
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Depressing, Dr. Bramhall. Last year, I planted my first tomato plant and reaped the benefits of fresh, wholesome tomatoes that I enjoyed sharing with my neighbors. This year, I’m adding string beans. Hope that they, too, do well.
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I absolutely love my garden, Rosaliene. It’s one of my greatest pleasures. I started with an avocado tree, grapefruit tree and some broccoli 10 years ago and now I have a food forest.
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