Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["linda" <lindai81@comcast.net>]

Precisely why I do not buy anything in cans. I might buy something frozen
once in a while, but rarely. All of my vegetables are always fresh and in
the summer out of the garden. I do freeze things from my garden though, but
the same day as it is picked. I dry tomatoes too, but same day as picked. I
do know that I have read studies showing the nutrient value begins declining
as soon as it is picked and declines even further as soon as it is
processed. They have done studies between the nutrient values of organic an
non-organic foods too, so I can't imagine that  Cornell school of
agriculture is looking for studies and unable to find any....must be they
can't find any that suits their needs.
linda
linda's organic gardens: http://photos.yahoo.com/womyn47

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
> I don't understand. Hasn't it been known for ages that vegetables and
> fruits start losing vitamins soon as they're picked? Just my opinion but I
> think they start losing more than the identified vitamins. We really have
> no idea what enzymes and other compounds may be involved. And other things
> we've never guessed? I always wonder how much nutrition is left in all the
processed ORGANIC
> products in the organic stores - which comprises 90% of what they stock.
> The stuff travels just as far as the supermarket groceries, and how long
it
> sits on the shelf is anybody's guess.