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

  • HexBroke [any, comrade/them]
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    3 months ago

    Vegetable aren't "losing nutrients", they have the same amount as they always did - they're just increasingly bred to be larger so the average concentration of micronutrients goes down.

    It's the same for CO2 increases for crops that respond by getting bigger.