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Theola wrote:
> Humans have been tinkering with food for a long time, but maybe some of the
> heirloom seed varieties/old cultivars available today have more value than
> nostalgia.
I came across a discussion several years ago (can't remember
much about it) that claimed there are differences in
life-giving value between "live" and "dead" foodstuffs. As
I remember, the basic premise was that the closer to the
live state you consumed the food, the more the nutritional
value. This spring while planting I got to wondering if
there is any difference between the values in today's
"engineered" varieties and the heirloom varieties. Does
anyone have any info on whether a "BigBoy" tomato grown
organically (as possible) differs in any way from one grown
the same way but from a heirloom seed? Thanks.
--
Elisi Tsayonah, AniWodi, ghigau,
St Francis River Band of Cherokee
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{ooO } { Ooo}
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