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Vegetables said to be half as nutritious as in the 1960s
Original: Vegetables half as nutritious as they were in the 1960s https:// beehaw.org/post/28926734
Discussion is circulating around claims that modern vegetables contain roughly half the nutrients they did in the 1960s. Commenters are sharing the figure and debating its causes, with soil depletion, industrial farming practices and crop breeding for yield over nutrition commonly cited as explanations. The claim has reignited broader worries about declining food quality and what it means for public health and diets.
Why now: Concerns about soil degradation and industrial agriculture making staple crops less nutritious are resonating widely
vegetablesindustrial agriculturesoil health1960s
Evidence
- Vegetables half as nutritious as they were in the 1960s https:// beehaw.org/post/28926734 · Powderhorn@beehaw.org · 3
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