Can healthier soil make food more nutritious? Yes, but…
Nutrition Diva29 Okt 2025

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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