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> 1. Modern fruit (last 50ish years in particular) is nothing like wild fruit and is being bred to have higher and higher sugar content. I'm failing to find a d
by IIsi50MHz 3y ago
> 1. Modern fruit (last 50ish years in particular) is nothing like wild fruit and is being bred to have higher and higher sugar content. I'm failing to find a decent source for this but what my memory says is that sugar content has gone up 50% or more in most modern fruit varieties compared to heirloom equivalents.
Interesting. Also of note, fruits and the fruits of vegetables world wide seem to be increasing in size and caloric content while decreasing in nutritional content, correlated with rising atmospheric CO2.
- irthomasthomas 3y agoCO2 fertilization effect. It's well known. Farmers have used CO2 enrichment for a long time to bring on crops in greenhouses. But the growing season is also getting longer, leading to some massive yield increases in places. Global greening.