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Many food and agricultural varieties going "extinct"?
Posted on 4/1/14 at 11:30 am
Posted on 4/1/14 at 11:30 am
Depressing article.. But we have to feed the masses, right?
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McCarthy also cites Louisiana strawberries – Klondykes and Tangis, “sweet and delicious, and highly coveted” – which were forced out of production several decades ago because they didn’t travel well and were too small. “Now, we can get strawberries year round, which look beautiful and taste of nothing,”
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Compared to historic records, 86% of apple varieties grown in the US alone are gone
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Posted on 4/1/14 at 12:22 pm to TejasHorn
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But we have to feed the masses, right?
Which is exactly what our ancestors thought when they picked and chose what foods were best to feed them.
Such is life
Posted on 4/1/14 at 12:24 pm to TejasHorn
This is sad, the larger, high-yield produce, rarely are as nutritious or as flavorful as the less widely grown varieties. This is especially true in tomatoes, apples, and strawberries.
Posted on 4/1/14 at 1:41 pm to TejasHorn
Foods in the US do not go 'extinct.' Even if they are not currently grown anywhere their germ plasm is stored in seed banks. Periodically, the seeds are taken out and planted in lab conditions and new seeds harvested and put back in storage.
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