date:Mar 11, 2013
of growing outdoors, and are not buffered by synthetic pesticides and fertilizers, they load up on defensive antioxidants that make them healthier to eat.
The researchers compared the weights and biochemical makeup of tomatoes harvested from 30 separate plants at two farms in Brazil that were only 1.5 kilometers (about a mile) apart, and therefore represented very similar natural environments. The only difference was that one farm used organic agriculture techniques while the other used more co