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Re:The Man Who Defused the ‘Population Bomb’ by jules on Wednesday September 16, 2009 @04:01PM (#826697)
I find food from my garden consistently much tastier than food from the supermarket. Especially tomatoes, haricots verts, peas & lettuce. Tomatoes from the supermarket taste as if they injected 80% water. Haricots verts from the supermarket taste as if they're a month old. You wouldn't even recognize peas if you're used to frozen peas.

I don't know if the difference is because of different species of plants or different light conditions or different soil. Whether it's better for your health I couldn't say.

Re:The Man Who Defused the ‘Population Bomb’ by biohacker42 on Wednesday September 16, 2009 @05:12PM (#826841)
The store varieties are absolutely bred for yield and looks but not taste. The most common tomato is called "bulletproof" and that's because of how well it ships without bruising, not how tasty it is.