50 years ago just about every vegetable I ate came from the family garden. It was picked when it was ready to be eaten or canned. The food today is cut two weeks before so that it can stand the torture of mechanical processing, then gassed to attain the best color and three days of cold storage during transportation before hitting the market shelves.
The vitamins are not there anymore. You should supplement your diet with vitamins.
“The food today is cut two weeks before so that it can stand the torture of mechanical processing, then gassed to attain the best color and three days of cold storage during transportation before hitting the market shelves.”
That’s one reason why I started a container garden. That food has only been touched by me and has no chemical, etc., added to it - it’s just pure food.