we're in a cooling cycle now? Wait, wat? Sources plz.


Wuf, I pretty much agree with everything you wrote. I think the problem though is that the selective breeding decisions are being made in corporate board rooms, not by farmers in their fields. The more you disconnect the farmer from the conception and from the end result (the consumer) the lower quality the produce will be imo. Aside from any financial success there is very little pride to be had from operating a factory farm.

As for the nutrition, you are right a large part is from the soil quality. This is unrelated to GM practices, but factory farms tend to sell to insanely large markets. Strawberries in new york coming from california, avocados in australia coming from mexico, ect. This produce is picked green so that it can withstand the riggers of shipping. When something is picked before its ripe it is being detached from its source of nutrition, the soil. Also this direct impacts global warming since unnecessarily shipping a carrot an average of 1800 miles before it reaches the consumers plate wastes insane amounts of fossil fuels.