Comments on: Industrial farming = < nutrition http://www.stumptuous.com/industrial-farming-means-less-nutrition Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:03:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: beforewisdom http://www.stumptuous.com/industrial-farming-means-less-nutrition/comment-page-1#comment-1320 beforewisdom Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:00:06 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3444#comment-1320 Most nutrition software and web site use the USDA database. I wonder how old that database is and how much lower the nutrition is in actual food. Most nutrition software and web site use the USDA database. I wonder how old that database is and how much lower the nutrition is in actual food.

]]> By: Matt S http://www.stumptuous.com/industrial-farming-means-less-nutrition/comment-page-1#comment-1318 Matt S Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:58:04 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3444#comment-1318 I find this really interesting. I've always had a pet theory that in the past, less food yielded far more nutrients. I find this really interesting.

I’ve always had a pet theory that in the past, less food yielded far more nutrients.

]]> By: Trishy http://www.stumptuous.com/industrial-farming-means-less-nutrition/comment-page-1#comment-1317 Trishy Fri, 03 Jul 2009 21:06:35 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3444#comment-1317 Interesting results, but since it was a news article and not an op-ed piece, I wish it was written in a way that excluded the author's opinion. Interesting results, but since it was a news article and not an op-ed piece, I wish it was written in a way that excluded the author’s opinion.

]]> By: Lori http://www.stumptuous.com/industrial-farming-means-less-nutrition/comment-page-1#comment-1315 Lori Fri, 03 Jul 2009 17:36:18 +0000 http://www.stumptuous.com/?p=3444#comment-1315 I have seen more and more of these studies that show that nutrients in large farmed foods are lower than wild or organically grown ones (especially if the crops are rotated). Yet another reason to eat local whenever possible. I have seen more and more of these studies that show that nutrients in large farmed foods are lower than wild or organically grown ones (especially if the crops are rotated).

Yet another reason to eat local whenever possible.

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