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Random Boomer

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30. Here's the science for you

Reply to mucifer (Reply #7)

Mon Apr 1, 2024, 04:33 PM

Apr 1

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5550704/#:~:text=Elevated%20%5BCO2%5D%20increases%20the,reserves%20and%20increased%20auxin%20biosynthesis.

At elevated [CO2], some plants allocate greater amounts of sugars to roots where they are likely to act on gene regulation and therefore modify nutrient uptake and transport.

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Vegetables are losing their nutrients. Can the decline be reversed? [View all] Coventina Apr 1 OP

So, are chocolate chip cookies gaining nutrients??? barbaraann Apr 1 #1

it would be interesting to look at the new hybrid varieties vs the old heirloom types re nutritional content NewHendoLib Apr 1 #2

Seems like it's related to the climate more than anything. Elessar Zappa Apr 1 #9

It also has to do with big ag vs small farms and the different methods they use MadameButterfly Apr 1 #15

Can small farm models feed 8 billion people? CrispyQ Apr 1 #25

Yup, this is a self-correcting problem Random Boomer Apr 1 #29

Yes! if government wakes up and understands that soil erosion is destroying MadameButterfly Apr 2 #38

Some group did that a few years ago and found that the heirloom varieties are superior in nutrients. Lonestarblue Apr 1 #32

Makes my brain hurt. I'm thinking rising CO2 rapid growth? Reduced storage of nutrients? LeftInTX Apr 1 #3

Hybrids where they select Bettie Apr 1 #6

Yes, that seems more likely. The article mentions climate change and CO2. LeftInTX Apr 1 #8

So our/my thinking 'it doesn't taste as good as it used to' elleng Apr 1 #4

I know I read about this many, many years ago. CrispyQ Apr 1 #5

I remember an similar article back in the early 70's saying the soil's minerals Canoe52 Apr 1 #22

VERY subjective and no science here. But, I can tell. mucifer Apr 1 #7

Grow your own tomatoes and you'll never buy one in a store again MadameButterfly Apr 1 #16

So true. They're just icky. CrispyQ Apr 1 #27

Yep - point it out and get attacked though FreeState Apr 1 #20

Same here HighFired49 Apr 1 #24

Here's the science for you Random Boomer Apr 1 #30

Well, we do now have "Balance of Nature" caps HAB911 Apr 1 #10

Even the nutrients in the pills have to come from somewhere MadameButterfly Apr 1 #17

lol, obviously-the source is the same HAB911 Apr 1 #18

So the values in textbooks are outdated dalton99a Apr 1 #11

So probably the nutrition labels, too. -nt CrispyQ Apr 1 #28

Climate related, but also vegetables lose nutrients during storage. pandr32 Apr 1 #12

True LeftInTX Apr 1 #13

soil depletion. mopinko Apr 1 #14

Regenerative agriculture as described above MadameButterfly Apr 1 #21

If elevated CO2 levels are impacting vegetables... Kid Berwyn Apr 1 #19

Funny you should say that. IQ does indeed drop as CO2 rises NickB79 Apr 1 #23

I'm not an agriculturist, don't even play one on TV...! slightlv Apr 1 #26

Is that about the time they started genetically modifying crops in order to spray them with Roundup? appleannie1 Apr 1 #31

About 35 to 40 years ago. Around 1987 appleannie1 Apr 1 #33

Wow! It's a good thing I don't eat vegetables. n/t elocs Apr 1 #34

That is why I supplement my diet with soylent green. Chainfire Apr 1 #35

B-B-But..... vanlassie Apr 1 #36

Protein, just protein. Chainfire Apr 2 #37