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androidsixteen
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History of industrial agriculture: <1940s: scarce but nourishing food ~1950-1990: abundant and nourishing food (depletion period) ~1990-present: abundant but depleted food Next phase will have supply shocks of depleted food The best move is to rotate back into nourishing foods by going local
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Jawa
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The depleted argument is over stated. We have traded some nutritional benefit for better shelf life & ability to pack the fruit. Does it matter that much if an orange has 50mg of Vitamin C instead of 60mg if you have much better access to fresh fruit ? Not in my mind. Between 1995 & 2006 I watched strawberries in the Northeast go from small & heavily damaged fruit that barely looked edible to larger & appetizing. They’re not as sweet, but the can get to your fridge before looking like mush. There are lots of trade-offs in ag
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Matt Wilkins
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Is a the depleted argument overstated? The change in Vit C from your example is 16% That’s a lot. What are the real numbers?
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androidsixteen
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An example from a study that looked at various minerals in carrots: I can dig up some more later, but overall the nutrient density of vegetables and fruits has plummeted
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Jawa
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Are these comparable varieties?
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androidsixteen
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Here’s the study: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34651542/ Could be due to varieties, but I think the point is to sample the varieties available to consumers The full blog post where I found this here: https://blamingnature.wordpress.com/2014/03/04/50-years-of-lost-nutrition/
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Jawa
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Speaking of varieties available to the consumer: Orange carrots are high in beta-carotene, yellow carrots in lutein, red carrots in lycopene, and purple carrots in anthocyanins. How many of those were available in the 1919?
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