More evidence on why everyone should go home grown and organic!

[jimbojetset]

think i might be preaching to the converted here - but it's an interesting article!
Eating Your Veggies: Not As Good For You? - TIME

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[Eyren]

Funnily enough, I was only thinking the other day that it would be easier to get my 5-a-day from home-grown veg, because there would be higher vitamin levels in freshly-picked produce. Wouldn't affect the mineral content so much, but it's a start!

[Fluorescent green]

It is difficult to pick and choose which science that you believe, but I dont believe there will be any difference in the food we eat today.
The part of the article I can believe is where it said about modern food being better washed, so reducing the mineral content.
I recently thought it might be better for me not to over-clean my veg when I eat it and cook it, but then I would leave the chemicals on too.
If some food was advertised as being a "superfood", it would not influence me, because any raw veg/fruit increase would improve my diet.
Just as my reducing my meat/fat intake has done.

FG

[vegnut]

Sounds like a good argument to join the Garden Organic, for their heritage seeds, and stay away from all the modern types. If you believe in all that stuff. I personally grow Fruit & Veg because i like it better and i can grow what i like, and not worry about the cost in the shops with the more exotic types. Can't remember when i saw a Kholl Rabbi in Tes*o's last . All in all, I just love growing stuff

[gojiberry]

I have always believed that growing your own produces better vegetables both in flavour and in nutritional content. Comercial growers are always looking to grow stuff in the shortest possible time and get the next crop in. Most veg need time to grow and develop.

Ian

[sharonr]

I have always believed that growing your own produces better vegetables both in flavour and in nutritional content. Comercial growers are always looking to grow stuff in the shortest possible time and get the next crop in. Most veg need time to grow and develop.

Ian

I thought that too.

[fran]

Hi all - came across some interesting sites yesterday. I must have missed Boris in November. Also v. interesting about NT new allotment initiative. What do you all think?

Fran

Capital Growth: I want to grow food
http://www.growveg.com/growblogpost.aspx?id=29

[Alison]

Can't get teh link to work properly so this might already be covered. However one of the big things for me about growing your own is the reduction in food miles and the fact that the veg that I eat is the freshest it can possibly be which means that any nutritional content has had very little time to deteriorate.

[snakeshack]

It's all about flavour too,flavour develops over time as the crop grows and ripens,so many commercial crops are grown in the shortest possible time and are overblown and sappy with very little flavour,which deteriorates quickly on the shelf.home grown tastes best and is fresher too.