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Along with the synthetic fertilizer comes other interests in our industrialized food system: Plant varieties are bred and grown for their shelf life, not their
by davexunit 6y ago
Along with the synthetic fertilizer comes other interests in our industrialized food system: Plant varieties are bred and grown for their shelf life, not their nutritional density or taste. Here in the US our food comes half way across the country (or all the way if it was grown in California and you live on the east coast) to get to a supermarket so it needs to stay good for a long time. And that's why we end up with cheap, flavorless iceberg lettuce that has no real nutrition in it. The greens worth eating are expensive.
- estsauver 6y agoIt’s worth noting that the question on yields is actually pretty orthogonal to the question of taste. You can optimize for taste and yield pretty effectively, but humans generally use yield and appearance as what we pick our veggies on. It’s also really easy to make organic and untasty things, as any struggling gardener will tell you. :)