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A study found that there is a significant decline of the nutrient content in 43 different crops between 1950 and 1999 (web.archive.org)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Are you sure it's not mostly a matter of soil depletion and synthetic fertilizers giving only what's necessary to grow fast?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

not as far as i know i could be mistaken, im no biologist of botanists but i did some research a while ago cuz its interesting and more co2 seems to be the agreed upon cause, plants in greenhouses with more co2 also have this "problem".