An interesting article on nutritional deficiencies in vegetables and fruits compared to what they used to contain in the past. Did Grandma & Grandpa have more nutritious vegetables?

Eating Your Veggies: Not As Good For You?

I thought this paragraph particularly interesting:

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Nita

This is exactly why I grow mostly heirloom seeds and save my seeds for future gardens. I also trade with people on my homesteading boards for other heirloom seeds.

Another thing (and Dr. Atkins mentions this in his book, but I was already well aware of it) is that the land the mass produced gardens are grown on are depleted of the minerals. So when you buy produce in the store it does not have much in it. If you grow your own you can put it back into your soil or grow on virgin land that is not depleted (which is what I did). Remember a watermelon without seeds is not natural.

katlupe

And tomatoes that don't smell like tomatoes certainly aren't going to taste like tomatoes, either. I hate trying to find good tomatoes in the store. I eagerly look forward to our first tomatoes each summer. There just isn't anything quite like eating a tomato fresh-picked, still hot from the sun!

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Nita

Thanks Nita! I've known this for years. no one believes me when i tell them this. I'll have to point them to your link.

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