4 ms·
There does seem to be evidence that our fruits and vegetables are getting less nutritious[1]. However this seems to be mostly that we are optimizing for everyt
by mips_avatar 7y ago
There does seem to be evidence that our fruits and vegetables are getting less nutritious[1]. However this seems to be mostly that we are optimizing for everything other than micronutrients and nutrition. When we optimize for growth speed, weather resistance, pest resistance we must be giving up something. Luckily this is a great candidate for a market solution. Plenty of people pay a price-premium for higher nutrient foods (such as higher omega-3 in cage free eggs)
[1]
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/soil-depletion-and-nutrition-loss/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/soil-depletion-an...