Is Conventional Produce Declining in Nutritional Value?
Source: LE Magazine March 2001 http://www.soilandhealth.org/06clipfile/0601.LEMag/LE%20Magazine%2C%20March%202001%20-%20Report%20Vegetables%20Without%20Vitamins.htm Vegetables Without Vitamins Imagine the surprise of going online and discovering that the vitamin and mineral content of vegetables has drastically dropped. That s what happened to nutritionist, Alex Jack, when he went to check out the latest US Department of Agriculture food tables. The stunning revelation came after Jack compared recently published nutrient values with an old USDA handbook he had lying around. Some of the differences in vitamin and mineral content were enormous-a 50% drop in the amount of calcium in broccoli, for example. Watercress down 88% in iron content; cauliflower down 40% in vitamin C content-all since 1975. Jack took his findings to the USDA, hoping for a reasonable explanation. That was two years ago. He s still waiting. So is Organic Gardening magazine, which published an open letter, seeking an
