{"id":10207,"date":"2025-05-29T15:02:01","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T13:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tmg.hu\/?p=10207"},"modified":"2025-05-30T10:36:41","modified_gmt":"2025-05-30T08:36:41","slug":"the-secret-lies-in-the-soil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tmg.hu\/en\/the-secret-lies-in-the-soil\/","title":{"rendered":"Healthy eating starts at the source - The secret lies in soil life"},"content":{"rendered":"

Healthy eating starts with the ingredients, and the ingredients come from the cooking oil. The quality and health of the soil determines how healthy and nutritious our food will be. The goal of regenerative farms is to produce real, nutrient-rich food - sustainably, while preserving soil life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I could start this article by saying: \"Unfortunately, there are still very few of us regenerative farmers...\"<\/em> - but I'd rather start with the positives of recent years. Regenerative farms, similar to permaculture gardens, could provide good quality, nutritious food to conscious consumers - even on a larger scale.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fortunately, some people have already realised this. For example, there are several farmer-baker-baker partnerships, but there is also potential for other products using regenerative raw materials and products.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Change is already underway<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Eight years ago, when I switched to regenerative farming, there were only a handful of us in the country who thought like that. At the time, I had no idea that the number of farmers choosing this path would grow so rapidly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And as the number of conscious consumers in cities grows, the number of regenerative farms in rural areas grows<\/strong>. But the two are - for the time being - not really finding each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Regenerative food instead of industrial food<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Why choose food from regenerative production? Because full of life<\/strong>. I deliberately use the word \"food\", not \"foodstuff\". The industry is producing food - a mass-produced commodity whose primary goal is quantity and profit, not quality or long-term sustainability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poor quality food does not support our health.<\/strong> On the contrary. There is now a wealth of research proving that unhealthy diets are closely linked to our modern, civilised diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Industrial agriculture is often based on soil depletion.<\/strong> The aim is to squeeze as much as possible out of the soil, down to the last grain. These methods lead to a depletion of natural soil life, making plants increasingly dependent on external inputs - fertilisers, pesticides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pathogens, or pathogens, are the first to appear in dying soil<\/strong>, and because these are undesirable, the solution is more chemicals, more mechanical intervention - for example, potentially dangerous plant residues are deeply undermined to \"keep them out of the way\".<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In contrast, a conscious regenerative farmer knows: without healthy soil, there is no healthy plant and therefore no truly nutritious crop<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And the conscious shopper is looking for healthy food that is truly sustainably produced, rich in nutrients and vitamins. So what should you choose to eat healthily?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fruit is no longer the same - what happened to our food?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

An According to a study published in 2024<\/a> the nutrient content of food has decreased significantly over the last sixty years<\/strong>, especially the levels of minerals and beneficial compounds found in fruits, vegetables and staple crops.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The reasons include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n