You are what you grow in

The hidden costs of soil erosion and degradation are in the food you eat. The bell pepper you picked up at the box store down the street is not the same nutrient dense vegetable your grandparents brought home from the market 70 years ago. This is why local farmer's are the future.

Below is a link to a Nat Geo article that digs deeper (I am so puntastic).

https://www.nationalgeographic.co.uk/environment-and-conservation/2022/05/fruits-and-vegetables-are-less-nutritious-than-they-used-to-be