On the question, is organic food more nutritious, can we make our food more nutritious with specific ferts or methods.
I've read a few studies about it, none of the science that I know of ever found that organic food was more nutritious. I did read that it contained fewer pesticide residues, which is good enough for me. I've always grown organically and set in my ways, biased I admit it.
But I also think there are differences - maybe micronutrients is one. When you think about conventional it's stripped down to NPK vs lets say a good compost which is bound to have more micronutrients in it than a chemical. So it seems to make sense.
Different methods and conditions would likely also produce differences in plant secondary substances - the same benign chemistry from medicinal plants which is in our fruits and vegs as well. Dry farmed tomatoes - or cold farmed tomatoes, I know I got smaller fruits but packed with flavor in harsh conditions. If it tastes good it's dense in something. Might not appear on a nutrition chart, but it's good for you.
I also read about the issue of some foods becoming less nutritious under climate change conditions.
Here is an article about sequestering carbon using compost.
https://phys.org/news/2019-08-compost-key-sequestering-carbon-soil.htmlI take that as encouragement to focus on building my soil with compost, which is what seems to work best for my soil and conditions.
