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msgadget Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-17-06 09:39 AM
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5. Because modern farmers and factory farmers don't do what responsible
farmers of old did and that's rotate fields. My grandfather would use a field for a season, maybe two and then plant a cover crop that would be tilled under while using other fields the following season. Old farmers were more conscious of soil nutrients because they didn't use commercial fertilizers or pesticides. Vegetarians have known and talked about this for at least a couple decades.

That brings up a question - I keep hearing experts say supplements are less useful than eating a well-rounded diet. Is that true now that this finding is official?
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  -Fruits and vegetables less nutritious than half a century ago rucky  Mar-17-06 09:25 AM   #0 
  - Isn't that the goal remove all nutrients from food.  Skink   Mar-17-06 09:28 AM   #1 
  - And "organic" veggies and fruits are twice as expensive  sui generis   Mar-17-06 09:37 AM   #2 
  - Those guys are in the business of selling supplements  KurtNYC   Mar-17-06 09:38 AM   #3 
  - They don't taste as good either.  TexasProgresive   Mar-17-06 09:38 AM   #4 
  - And picked too early to allow longer shelf life is a factor  havocmom   Mar-17-06 09:52 AM   #9 
  - Because modern farmers and factory farmers don't do what responsible  msgadget   Mar-17-06 09:39 AM   #5 
  - I'm still trying to understand what their 'finding' is exactly  KurtNYC   Mar-17-06 10:05 AM   #12 
  - Absorption is the key  rucky   Mar-17-06 10:15 AM   #13 
     - Thanks, rucky  msgadget   Mar-17-06 05:48 PM   #19 
  - I don't really think that farmers  BlackHeart   Mar-17-06 09:45 AM   #6 
  - I'm in "the biz"  rucky   Mar-17-06 10:25 AM   #16 
  - Another reason to stop buying your produce from the store  MadHound   Mar-17-06 09:48 AM   #7 
  - Find a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture)  BanzaiBonnie   Mar-17-06 10:23 AM   #15 
     - True that,  MadHound   Mar-17-06 10:31 AM   #17 
     - A link for CSA info  SpiralHawk   Mar-17-06 10:31 AM   #18 
  - And then can them, freeze them, process them in any way possible...  Dora   Mar-17-06 09:50 AM   #8 
  - I found an abstract from the cited survey  Gormy Cuss   Mar-17-06 09:55 AM   #10 
  - Thank you!  KurtNYC   Mar-17-06 10:15 AM   #14 
  - Peak Food  PATRICK   Mar-17-06 09:59 AM   #11 
  - Grow your own food. Make your own compost.  Shakespeare   Mar-17-06 05:53 PM   #20 
  - It's a toss up really. I remember back in WWII that  Cleita   Mar-17-06 06:01 PM   #21 
 

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