Vegetables are losing their nutrients. Can the decline be reversed?
www.theguardian.com
A process called biofortification puts nutrients directly into seeds and could reduce global hunger, but it’s not a magic bullet

https://archive.is/20240328221739/https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/mar/28/vegetables-losing-nutrients-biofortification

  • PKMKII [none/use name]39•3 months ago

    Or we could stop force farming and overloading the soil with ferts, and go back to crop rotation with letting sections lay fallow.

    • TraschcanOfIdeology [they/them, comrade/them]19•3 months ago

      Agroecology is the most important change to the food system to make sure we have enough food in the future, and most people either don't know about it or prefer monocultures because they are slaves to yield.

      • queermunist she/her@lemmy.ml16•3 months ago

        As a gardener I think polyculture farming is so exciting too! And pretty! I get such good results from companion planting, but you can't harvest a three sisters garden with farming equipment so the industrial farmers don't care.

      • Tunnelvision [they/them]8•3 months ago

        We already make enough food. Think about how much food you’d save just by telling McDonald’s to fuck off and actually sustainably growing food instead of using X amount of land to make “the perfect French fry”