tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128777869439637538.post737296171158021283..comments2023-03-21T11:46:49.904-04:00Comments on FARMBEDDED: THE WHEAT IS ALWAYS GREENERAbout the Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10324973747852132515noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128777869439637538.post-50414397207954473712008-05-07T08:27:00.000-04:002008-05-07T08:27:00.000-04:00Considering what stonybrook farmer says about the ...Considering what stonybrook farmer says about the nutrition value of crops grown with synthetic fertilizer, it would be a good argument for buying organic. Perhaps if there were reliable nutrition and cost comparisons more available for consumers to compare say, apples to apples, more people would would realize more of the value of buying organic. <BR/><BR/>(Just looking at the field of greens, it sure appeared to me that the darker wheat would be more nutritious.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5128777869439637538.post-30556823127837767992008-05-06T19:43:00.000-04:002008-05-06T19:43:00.000-04:00Don't make the mistake of thinking that just becau...Don't make the mistake of thinking that just because nitrogen makes something taller or greener or fatter or bigger or lusher it is necessarily doing a good thing. One of the principle reasons that conventionally produced produce is less nutritious than it was seventy five years ago is nutrient dilution due in part to an increase in cell size and water retention caused by the excessive use of highly water soluble synthetic nitrogen.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com