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Murtaza Hussain
@mazmhussain
Is there a reasons that produce is so much worse in America compared with Europe? When I’m in the U.S. eating a tomato tastes like nothing and you just have to use your imagination whereas anywhere around the Mediterranean it tastes like having a psychedelic experience.
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Dan Romero
@dwr.eth
Hmmm. California farmers market produce is as good as anywhere in the world imo. Also the most diversity.
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@vrypan.eth
I've found tomatoes to be a great indicator of fruit quality. After talking with farmers and merchants: - If you water them too much to speed up production, taste goes down. - If you have to ship them, you usually harvest them before they are ready, which means taste is usually absent (remember, color, taste and aroma are there to attract insects and animals when the fruit is ready to be eaten, not before). So, the closer you are to the location of production, the better fruits tend to taste. Also, perfect, round, uniformly colored, impeccable fruits indicate "industrial" grade production, i.e. lots of water, artificial sun, sometimes little or no soil and early harvesting.
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@thumbsup.eth
Europe cares about the quality of the outcome, and America cares only about maximizing profit
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Erik
@eriks
gotta be processing and maybe pesticides too? grew up and lived in states most of my life, everyone worries about how much they eat lived in europe all last yr and not once did i worry about how much i was eating, almost like it just faded away into the background found that the produce was always fresh and delivered daily, and it varied by season instead of forcing produce that wasn't ready yet into markets i definitely don't have all the answers lol but it was a very clear difference like u stated
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MJC
@mjc716
much better in california than new york
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Moon
@moon.eth
Earl Butz agriculture secretary in the 1970s https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Butz Produce in USA is optimized for appearance like size and color and lack of blemishes, and for resilience to be shipped in a truck across the country for a couple days before getting on a shelf. Not flavor or nutrition.
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@links
Honestly it’s because people here don’t care. They’d rather have a cheap tomato than a good one. If you want consistently good produce in North America go to Québec.
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Rando
@chasing-pointers
depends where you are in the US and where you shop. Farmers markets in Cali are some of the best produce you'll find anywhere. Especially central Cali.
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Garrett
@garrett
gotta be preservatives and the industrial complex of mass production
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JC
@jonathancolton
@brixbounty is our resident Agricultural expert who runs a farm in Southeastern Massachusetts. Would love to hear his take.
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Ignas Peciura Ⓜ️
@ipeciura.eth
Omg I am not the only one!!! After moving to the states from Europe I miss good tomatoes. Pale and tasteless 🤢 on never ending quest to find good tomatoes in Florida.
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Dr B lizardo
@bluelizardo.eth
because they care about quantity, not quality 🤷🏻‍♂️
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@nickysap
America is the Matrix
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@yes2crypto.eth
The conspiracy theorist in my brain says the genetic modification and "injecting plants into our food ahead of schedule" is what's to blame. Farmers Markets help
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Daniel Fernandes
@dfern.eth
Move to California, we have the produce
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@javabu.eth
@brixbounty?
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@aaronv.eth
GMO i can always tell a difference in a “real” garden grown tomato as it is tastier and juicier. https://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2015/feeding-the-world/
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