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Re:Dirt Poor: Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutriti... by dragonwriter on Monday March 05, 2018 @03:03PM (#16523903)
The Midwest may have a low density of cars, but the arable land is largely farmed; it isn't pristine, untouched wilderness.
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Re:Dirt Poor: Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutriti... by sfotm on Monday March 05, 2018 @03:22PM (#16524043)
I was born on a farm in rural Ohio, so I can appreciate the difference. I'm thinking more of Wyoming.
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Re:Dirt Poor: Have Fruits and Vegetables Become Less Nutriti... by scott_s on Monday March 05, 2018 @04:21PM (#16524524)
But that land is probably not suitable for farming - because if it was, someone would probably have a farm on it. So then you're comparing soil-not-great-for-farming from then and now, which is something, but it's not what we really care about (soil-used-for-farming).
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