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It's not just climate, it's the crop breeding specialists. The sector demands quantity over quality, like in many other scenarios, and the people who develop new cultivars tend to focus on that quantity. When we have regulations for nutrient density or the consumers demand it, we'll see that change. Climate is adding to this problem, yes.
Note that it affects all biomass, including the second-hand sources of amino acids, lipids, sugars and other nutrients: animals.
I would much prefer smaller, better-tasting, more nutritionally beneficial crops. My bf and I want to start growing our own at some point.
Of course. I'm sure that you understand that less quantity also means that you eat less... or you plant more.
I mean, yeah.