Our Food Supply Today

I’m paraphrasing of all things, an astrology reading for Virgo by Rob Brezsny (thanks to Rob Brezny of Free Will Astrology). This is from a November ‘07 reading, if you’re curious (and BTW, I’m not a Virgo):  ”Because of  changes in agricultural techniques, food is nowhere near as nutritious as it used to be. Vegetables grown on modern factory farms have 27% less calcium and 37% less iron than they did in 1975, for example, as well as 21% less Vitamin A and 30% less Vitamin C.  So if you want to avoid being starved of essential nutrients, you either have to eat a huge amount, take supplements or consume organic food… “I  beg to differ with Rob about the organic food. Although it is an improvement from the cheaper food that’s harvested from chemically fertilized soil, even organic food has less nutrients than in our great great grandparents’ day. See this article which was referred by Dr. Dees (PhD, Nutrition) for more complete info.