Looked around and didn't see a past thread on this, pretty sure I missed it.
I was doing some surfing about GMO and ran into this.
Heirloom and heritage seeds
I was doing some surfing about GMO and ran into this.
Heirloom and heritage seeds
Noticed how tomatoes don't taste the same as they used to? Experienced strawberries that seem to be just insipid bags of water? Do apples seem to be more acidic and less flavorsome than in bygone years to you?
As we get older, our taste buds certainly do get less sensitive, but there is a more insidious reason for fruit and vegetables not tasting anywhere near as good as they once did.
They've been engineered not to.
In the USA, only 5% of the apple varieties that existed 200 years ago still remain. In the UK, 90% of vegetable varieties have disappeared over the last century.