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Americans, have you actually looked at your food sources?

Your package labels all say, “not a good source of…,” and then proceed with a huge list of things. Then, it lists vitamins and minerals, and gives you 2% of your daily value. 3 meals per day and you get 6% of your daily iron content.

Also… Your fruits and vegetables have 1/4 the nutritional value they did when your grandparents were alive. AND your soil nutrient levels are at an all-time-low.

Your vegetables couldn’t even get the nutrients they needed if you wanted them to.

unep.org/…/five-reasons-why-soil-health-declining…

The nutritional value of top soil is declining worldwide. And it generally likes to stay homogenous. So, if your neighbor isn’t taking care of his soil, yours is losing nutrients too.

Also, plant some trees. They take nutrients from the surrounding areas and bring them into your land. There’s an entire fungal network that grows underground, and stretches between the roots of trees. It carries nutrients from one tree to another. Meaning, what your neighbor does affects you.

If he’s growing acres upon acres of industrial food, your own nutrients are depleted.

Five reasons why soil health is declining worldwideUNEPFive reasons why soil health is declining worldwideDrought, land degradation, industrial farming and pollution are severely damaging soil health, with profound consequences for life on Earth.