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> the cultivars used are specifically chosen for yield and hardiness in transport and storage. This is the core of the problem, and it's obviously not the Neth
by ska 4y ago
> the cultivars used are specifically chosen for yield and hardiness in transport and storage.
This is the core of the problem, and it's obviously not the Netherlands exclusively, it's a feature of modern agribusiness.
We've spend decades mostly optimizing for things that are not taste and nutrition, and it worked - often at the expense of those things.
A lot of this is on consumers of course. Voting with your wallets for bland but uniform-and-pretty has a knock on effect.
- neves 4y agoA really good book about this is Michael Pollan's: The Omnivore Dillema: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Omnivore%27s_Dilemma https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Omnivore%27s_Dilemma I can't recommend it enough. It really changed my mind about food.