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.
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