> This gives insight into possible changes, but the sample sizes were usually too small to draw conclusions from.
They buried the lede in the fifth paragraph.
> However, zinc in chickpeas would be expected to plummet by up to 37.5%, with a “significant” decrease in protein, zinc and iron in essential crops such as rice and wheat. The researchers warned of “devastating health consequences” including “hidden hunger, where people have sufficient food calorically but insufficient nutrients”.
Loss of nutrients is not new. Factor farming - with a focus on yield - has been removing nutrients from the soil and doing too little to replenish them. The article should mention this.
Should we he concerned? Maybe. But more bad “journalism” and associated hyperbole isn’t going to help.
chiefalchemist•1mo ago
They buried the lede in the fifth paragraph.
> However, zinc in chickpeas would be expected to plummet by up to 37.5%, with a “significant” decrease in protein, zinc and iron in essential crops such as rice and wheat. The researchers warned of “devastating health consequences” including “hidden hunger, where people have sufficient food calorically but insufficient nutrients”.
Loss of nutrients is not new. Factor farming - with a focus on yield - has been removing nutrients from the soil and doing too little to replenish them. The article should mention this.
Should we he concerned? Maybe. But more bad “journalism” and associated hyperbole isn’t going to help.