Love this post, I am all for regenerative farming. It will most definitely help restore our soil back to biodiversity! Soil maintains a diverse supply of essential organisms that's needed for food production. Nutrition and soil correlate by farming practices, the soil that can affect the production of nutrient properties in food. The health of soil directly influences the nutritional value of food produced. We need more ON nitrogen in our soil to shape the microbial cycle! Herbicides and pesticides do a great job of capturing quantities but not quality to help our soil thrive for providing nutrient dense food.
Also by planting heirloom seeds// crops it can help develop back into our ancestral crops system we still have but don’t implement in convention farming.
That’s my two sense! Thanks for the thought provoking post Orry!
Another reason that things don't taste the same is that the plants are different due to breeding and other manipulations. For example, strawberries are naturally tiny, not the size of small apples. But you would have to grow so many more that it wouldn't be worthwhile.
And heirloom tomatoes won't last as long in transport, so they can't be shipped halfway across the world. The new breeds ripen slower, but taste different.
Absolutely Tim! You nailed it. Breeding and manipulation have really changed the way our food tastes and even looks. It’s such a shame that in prioritizing size and transportability we’ve sacrificed the authentic flavors and nutritional quality of so many fruits and veggies. That’s why it’s so important to prefer local food whenever possible. It’s fresher, tastier and often closer to what nature intended.
Love this post, I am all for regenerative farming. It will most definitely help restore our soil back to biodiversity! Soil maintains a diverse supply of essential organisms that's needed for food production. Nutrition and soil correlate by farming practices, the soil that can affect the production of nutrient properties in food. The health of soil directly influences the nutritional value of food produced. We need more ON nitrogen in our soil to shape the microbial cycle! Herbicides and pesticides do a great job of capturing quantities but not quality to help our soil thrive for providing nutrient dense food.
Also by planting heirloom seeds// crops it can help develop back into our ancestral crops system we still have but don’t implement in convention farming.
That’s my two sense! Thanks for the thought provoking post Orry!
Shayla, I love how you pointed out the link between soil health and the nutrients in our food.
It’s incredible how bringing life back to the soil can bring life back to us too.
Our energy, focus, even mood thrive on nutrient-rich food!
I always focus on planting a few heirloom veggies myself and the flavor and nutrient intake is amazing.
Do you have a favorite heirloom crop you’d recommend?
Imagine if more of us got involved in this, what kind of ripple effect do you think it could have on our health and our planet?
This is all true.
Another reason that things don't taste the same is that the plants are different due to breeding and other manipulations. For example, strawberries are naturally tiny, not the size of small apples. But you would have to grow so many more that it wouldn't be worthwhile.
And heirloom tomatoes won't last as long in transport, so they can't be shipped halfway across the world. The new breeds ripen slower, but taste different.
Absolutely Tim! You nailed it. Breeding and manipulation have really changed the way our food tastes and even looks. It’s such a shame that in prioritizing size and transportability we’ve sacrificed the authentic flavors and nutritional quality of so many fruits and veggies. That’s why it’s so important to prefer local food whenever possible. It’s fresher, tastier and often closer to what nature intended.