I work in hydroponic farming. If you live in the US then the produce you find in a grocery store has been grown and harvested in severely suboptimal conditions

I work in hydroponic farming. If you live in the US then the produce you find in a grocery store has been grown and harvested in severely suboptimal conditions for human nutrition. Outcomes will vary across hydroponic systems but you will see in a few years that produce grown hydroponically under natural light 1) has higher nutritional density, 2) tastes better, 3) has a longer shelf life. Much of this is due to being harvested when the plant is ready and transported relatively short distances rather being harvested early for multi-week cold chain transport.