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An interesting tidbit about tomatoes, and other nightshades: They contain nicotine! https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10552617/
An interesting tidbit about tomatoes, and other nightshades: They contain nicotine! https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10552617/
Tomatoes don’t contain any alkaloids..nicotine is a very different kind of alkaloid. Tomatoes contain a diff kind of alkaloid from other nightshades. Tomatine levels drop as fruit ripens. Hardly addictive.
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Nightshades are also inflammatory for some autoimmune conditions.
Supposedly because they contain glycoalkaloids. I'm not sure who invented the Autoimmune Protocol (AIP), but it seems to have the same scientifically questionable origins as Leaky Gut Syndrome. I have yet to see any scientific evidence supporting AIP. There's one study hypothesizing that glycoalkaloids can increase/aggravate intestinal permeability (which is a real thing), but this study only looked at mice [1]. The…
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If memory serves, that fungus family attacks all nightshades, not just tomatoes, right? So you can't rotate potatoes or eggplant or you get the same problems.
For anyone who didn't know this: tomato, tomatillo, potato, eggplant, pepper and tobacco are all from the same family Solanaceae aka nightshade. There are many other plants in the same family (they have worldwide distribution), but a lot of them are poisonous. Even more fun: It's possible to graft plants of different species within the family, so you can create a plant that grows both potatoes and tomatoes. https://e…
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Definitely a good opportunity for selling the higher value tomatoes restaurants and some upscale markets desire. I like the emission benefits of shorter supply chains too. Best of luck, I doubt our tomatoes will be competing with each other anytime soon.
He is doing tomatoes eaten out of hand vs your processing tomatoes. They might as well be different vegetables.(or fruits as this is a tomato)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato#Nutrition
And are 95% water.
They just taste great due to the umami flavour.
Is there any way to grow nutritious food that isn't just transporting water everywhere?
https://tools.myfooddata.com/nutrient-ranking-tool/Water/Veg...
I guess this is the end result of selecting for 'yield' which is basically just weight...
Interesting, but not that dissimilar to the United States. I grow a couple thousand acres of tomatoes in California, all of which are for processing into juices and pastes. These tomatoes are all transported in open-topped trailers by semi, and the losses have always bothered me. There is a tight turn just after leaving our property and the pile of tomatoes there grows steadily with the season as they roll off the to…
Tomatoes "have no significant nutrient content" according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato#Nutrition And are 95% water. They just taste great due to the umami flavour. Is there any way to grow nutritious food that isn't just transporting water everywhere? https://tools.myfooddata.com/nutrient-ranking-tool/Water/Veg... I guess this is the end result of selecting for 'yield' which is basically just we…
Dried tomatoes?
Tomatoes "have no significant nutrient content" according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato#Nutrition And are 95% water. They just taste great due to the umami flavour. Is there any way to grow nutritious food that isn't just transporting water everywhere? https://tools.myfooddata.com/nutrient-ranking-tool/Water/Veg... I guess this is the end result of selecting for 'yield' which is basically just we…
>Is there any way to grow nutritious food that isn't just transporting water everywhere? Dried tomatoes?
Tomatoes "have no significant nutrient content" according to Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomato#Nutrition And are 95% water. They just taste great due to the umami flavour. Is there any way to grow nutritious food that isn't just transporting water everywhere? https://tools.myfooddata.com/nutrient-ranking-tool/Water/Veg... I guess this is the end result of selecting for 'yield' which is basically just we…
You can find common produce that has even less nutrients, yet is a widely used staple.
If your goal is protein/aminoacid delivery in an efficient manner, you need milk & meat. Or maybe soybean/pea concentrates if you want to go vegan.
No way around that.
> Is there any way to grow nutritious food that isn't just transporting water everywhere?
Yes. Growing literally any one of hundreds legume or cereal varieties.