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UK Vegetables 20-50% Less Nutritious Than In the 1960s
TL;DRUK produce has lost half its nutritional value since the 1960s.
Why it matters: Soil depletion and industrial agriculture affect food quality and human health outcomes.
The Telegraph reports that the nutritional value of fruit and vegetables has fallen by up to 50% since the Sixties, according a new study from researchers at startup studio Deep Science Ventures. The study "found that humans needed to consume twice the number of vegetables to…
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