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Originally Posted by GrumpyOldMan
In the case of food, local grown is better in many ways.
For one, things like "Fresh Apples" are typically harvested and warehoused for up to 6 to 9 months. They are then almost completely lacking in the nutrients they had when harvested.
Shipping food in from literally 10's of thousands of miles takes time and they have to be harvest early to not ripen before they hit the stores.
If is can be grown locally, it should be.
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Yes, good information.......and I would like to add that the red delicious variety of apple for SOME (?) reason is practically DEVOID of any vitamins and minerals. And it is not even DELICIOUS ! It tastes like wet cardboard to me. I ALWAYS, always buy the Granny Smith variety of apple. It has been laboratory tested to be the most nutritious of the commonly available apple variety. It does taste sour, but better than wet cardboard. The red delicious variety was the only apple available in the early years of supermarkets (like about 1950 where I lived). It was chosen (like a lot of foods) not for its food value, but because it could be shipped from great distances and not bruise. It also was attractive looking, but DEVOID of taste and nutrition. So, America.........change your ways and live the better, healthy life.......EMBRACE the Granny!!!!!!!