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Isn't food nutrition mostly still in control of the farmer? I've grown a lot of stuff and my most "intense" time was when I set up hydroponics and my plants w
by treflop 3y ago
Isn't food nutrition mostly still in control of the farmer?
I've grown a lot of stuff and my most "intense" time was when I set up hydroponics and my plants were mainlining an extremely consistent amount of (admittedly artificial) nutrients and boy... we're talking extremely flavorful and massive bushes of basil (and other flora...) popping up in like a week. Had pesto for dayssss
Even my soil strawberries are like candy if I pump them with nutrients (and love).
- sooheon 3y agoYeah, it takes effort but improving quality of produce is a matter of improving the inputs, like soil ecology. Anyone can do it, if they care enough. Governments should just stop subsidizing megafarms that happen to not care.
- itake 3y agoMy understanding is consumer prefer buying the biggest and tastiest looking items. We can't visually see nutrition but its easy to price-compare the larger (lower cost) items. For example, bigger strawberries have better strawberry to stem ratios.
- MichaelZuo 3y agoYes, high end production and low end production are on entirely different farms, especially for fruit, and have different supply chains.
- hulitu 3y ago>My understanding is consumer prefer buying the biggest and tastiest looking items Yes, when they don't have a choice, yes. /s