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Are Your Greens Nutrient-Dead? Regenerative Farmer Explains Fresh vs Store-Bought


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Why do grocery-store greens taste flat—and help less? 🥬

Regenerative farmer Kevin Marshall (Indigo Acres) breaks down how leafy greens can lose ~40% of nutrients in just 8 days after harvest, why many store greens are 10–14 days old, and how living soil, cover crops, and no-till flip the script on nutrition, flavor, pests, and profit.

We dig into:

  • Dirt vs. soil: billions of microbes, fungi, and the underground food web 🌱
  • Cover cropping & no-till: fewer chemicals, better water retention, richer flavor
  • Natural pest control: Bt & neem oil (why healthy plants need fewer sprays)
  • Cold-chain & harvest timing: how farms preserve nutrients (and how you can, too)
  • Local > shipped: why “fresh today” beats “beautiful but old” greens every time
  • Profit with purpose: how better soil can 2–3× yields on the same bed

Listen to the full episode here or watch it on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/5s-tJzXwiQk

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Ultra Life TodayBy Ultra Botanica Network