October 08, 2026
We Want Real Food!
Timothy Birdnow
I'm sure it's caused by Global Warming and Donald Trump.
It was caused by the Green Revolution. The Green Revolution was a program to create more productive clones and hybrids to increase food production back in the '70's when overpopulation was the big fear and they said there would be mass starvation by the year 2000.
Norman Ernest Borlaug was a biologist who came up with that plan, and in fact the world owes him a debt of gratitude because he DID save a lot of lives in the Third World with his modified crops. But these crops, while having greater yield,, had less flavor and fewer nutrients. That is why food doesn't taste the same as it did when we were young (at least us older guys who lived before the seventies.) It's hard to find heirloom seeds these days; all commercial farming is with these clones and hybrids. Now it's genetically modified - GMO's. Those are particularly onerous as they usually are sterile crops, forcing farmers to go back to the manufacturer - usually Monsanto.
At any rate I am not surprise the food is less nutritious.
FTA:
A new study out of the UK found that the nutritional value of fruits and vegetables has dropped like a lead balloon over the past several decades, with some crops losing 50 percent of key nutrients.
Frankenfood is just that and as the population tumbles we will need less of it. Time for a restoration of good old American food, grown in soil and tasting like it used to. We want beef, we want real beer, and we want our vegetables and fruit to taste like something a real man would eat.
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This story is only true to countries that have to import the majority of their fruits and vegs, like the UK. A quick online search has many stories of how fast fruits and vegs lose their nutritional value when stored. When you have to import these from lands far away the storage time can be weeks if not months before the produce hits the store shelf. It may look fresh but looks can be deceiving. Best bet is to buy canned goods if the cannery is close to the place their grown because canned goods hold their nutritional value. Canneries would rather store canned goods over fresh due to the cost of storage. Here in the states best bet is grow your own or a farmers market, pressure cooker and mason jars. I remember my mom in the summer putting up hundreds of jars of fruits and vegs
Posted by: Mike at October 08, 2026 09:14 PM (r7WVt)
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Yes Mike, that is true enough. Long storage leads to a decline in nutritional value. We see that here in America with stuff imported from outside (like South American fruit). By the time you get an apple in August you are eating something that has been sitting around for months, even if it comes from South America. More likely it will be kept under environment control and controlled apples are tasteless and of dubious nutritional value.
Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at October 09, 2026 02:05 AM (oflqW)
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