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This is a pretty interesting article, and not all that surprising if you've eaten an heirloom variety tomato compared to a supermarket tomato - they're different enough to seem like completely different vegetable species. The other thing that comes to mind is that, except for maybe in third-world countries, there's no incentive for the agri businesses here to want to reverse a trend like this - less nutritious produce can only mean more demand for product or other additives to make up the difference.

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Not exactly. We pay for veggies by weight but if their nutrition by weight (a much better measure of value than purely weight) then customers are getting less and less for their money and if this becomes widely known and acted upon will create a change in demand for veggies. Perhaps even to the point where no one wants to pay for pumped up flavourless crap at which point it wouldnt be economical to grow veggies like that anymore

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Getting good or bad produce in your supermarket is hit and miss, usually. I'm not sure if I subscribe to the theory that organic is better in all circumstances, but I do believe it is better for certain types of produce.When I am perusing the produce aisles, I generally take a sniff of the fruit/vegetable I'm interested in. If it doesn't have at least a slight aroma to it, then it's probably not going to taste very good either, hence not be very nutritious. Getting good produce depends on so many factors: where it was grown, in what season it was grown, how it was grown, how long it has been since it was harvested. You are much better off purchasing fruit with the stem still attached (most grocery stores sell tomatoes in this variety). If you sniff the stem of these, you should get a pleasant raw tomatoey scent. This is a good one to buy. It's more expensive of course but I've had the best luck with those types.I've had sometimes great produce from Albertsons, and other times horrible organic produce from Whole Foods, and vice versa.On another note, my first trip to Europe last week was a real eye-opener. I bought some strawberries and tomatoes from a grocery store in rural France (Carrefour) and I couldn't believe the taste of them. Their beef was far superior to ours too, not to mention the cheese! They do have it good over there when it comes to food. Americans are force-fed pretty rotgut stuff on the whole.

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It's science related, hence the "science" link found in the Digg catagories.

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This nutrition problem has been known for a very long time. all the chemicals and genetic modifications that they are doing to the produce is slowly zapping all the good stuff from it. One other major concern is all the preservatives that they spray on it, so it keeps better in stores. those preservatives are indirectly being induced into us, and are making our dead bodies decompose approx 10% slower than what they should be. and dont forget about all the adverse effects of those chemicals, like cancer.

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Sounds to me like the culprit is global dimming which has surfaced in the last 50 years.

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You are correct, Now growers use lot of Agrochemicals such as pesticides, fertilizers.Now we eat toxins not fruits or vegetables.

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I don't agree with less technology, But yes u are correct.Technology should be used to minimize hazards to humans and environment. Improving yield should not be the only goal.

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