http://www.iddream.com/2006/04/21/not-as-nutritious/ Welcome to I'dDream.com, est. Nov 1999. Tue, 16 Dec 2008 18:17:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 http://www.iddream.com/2006/04/21/not-as-nutritious/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Cas Kopacki Fri, 21 Apr 2006 19:18:37 +0000 http://www.iddream.com/plete/?p=19#comment-24 This is a very interesting article.  I imagine that the increased demand over the last half century for the immediate availability of all manners of produce has probably sucked the soil dry of its nutrient forming properties.  Since the 50’s, people in America have completely ignored or forgotten the idea behind eating seasonally.  I know, it’s difficult for me to imagine not having apples all year, or having the availability of varied amounts of the vegetables that I cook with.  Eating seasonally, though, points to a lifestyle built around small villages and the idea of a community or personal garden feeding (and being fed from...) larger city centers in close proximity, relatively speaking.  America has just exploded into the metropolitan state that it has because of mass production.  But, as we see now, mass production of food products suffers from the hurried growth factor and the artificial manners in which we grow these super-veggies (super in number, not quality).  Again, these facts only show that you should always make an honest and strident attempt to buy locally and to shape your dining habits around the seasons. This is a very interesting article.  I imagine that the increased demand over the last half century for the immediate availability of all manners of produce has probably sucked the soil dry of its nutrient forming properties.  Since the 50’s, people in America have completely ignored or forgotten the idea behind eating seasonally.  I know, it’s difficult for me to imagine not having apples all year, or having the availability of varied amounts of the vegetables that I cook with.  Eating seasonally, though, points to a lifestyle built around small villages and the idea of a community or personal garden feeding (and being fed from…) larger city centers in close proximity, relatively speaking.  America has just exploded into the metropolitan state that it has because of mass production.  But, as we see now, mass production of food products suffers from the hurried growth factor and the artificial manners in which we grow these super-veggies (super in number, not quality).  Again, these facts only show that you should always make an honest and strident attempt to buy locally and to shape your dining habits around the seasons.

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