Eating in-season and as little "mass produced" as you can helps a lot. All of that stuff that is grown to ship all over the world has less nutrients and tastes worse because it's intended to look good on the shelf when it gets there.
That's a huge reason why you don't find heirloom basically anything at a regular grocery store.. It won't travel well and won't look pretty when it gets there.
Eating in-season and as little "mass produced" as you can helps a lot.
All of that stuff that is grown to ship all over the world has less nutrients and tastes worse because it's intended to look good on the shelf when it gets there.
That's a huge reason why you don't find heirloom basically anything at a regular grocery store.. It won't travel well and won't look pretty when it gets there.
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