Sixty years of producing standardized fruit and vegetables and creating industrial hybrids have had a dramatic impact on their nutritional content. In the past 50 years, vegetables have lost 27% of their vitamin C and nearly half of their iron. The seeds that produce these products are now the property of a handful of multinationals. We reveal the great monopoly over our fruit and veg.
Sixty years of producing standardized fruit and vegetables and creating industrial hybrids have had a dramatic impact on their nutritional content. In the past 50 years, vegetables have lost 27% of their vitamin C and nearly half of their iron. The seeds that produce these products are now the property of a handful of multinationals. We reveal the great monopoly over our fruit and veg.
