Can healthier soil make food more nutritious? Yes, but…
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Can healthier soil make food more nutritious? Yes, but…

837. Regenerative farming focuses on improving the health of the soil. How does this translate into improved human health? It’s a bit more complex than you might think.

Resources:

Soil Health Academy

Regenerative Farmers of America

Find regenerative farms near you

References:

Changes in USDA food composition data for 43 garden crops, 1950 to 1999 - PubMed

Declining Fruit and Vegetable Nutrient Composition: What Is the Evidence? - HortScience

Do agronomic approaches aligned to regenerative agriculture improve the micronutrient concentrations of edible portions of crops? - Frontiers in Nutrition

Mineral nutrient composition of vegetables, fruits and grains: The context of reports of apparent historical declines - J Food Comp

Soil health and nutrient density: preliminary comparison of regenerative and conventional farming - PeerJ

Episodes mentioned in this episode:

506 - Can eating organic reduce cancer?

58 - Aren’t organic foods healthier?

751 - How to reduce your exposure to pesticides

238 - Have we bred the nutrition out of foods?

727 - Are Fruits and Vegetables Getting Less Nutritious?

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