There's a lot of pharmaceuticals that derive from plant compounds. And we do know that the way that we're growing things is reducing their likelihood to produce those compounds. So, if we grow them in these like very safe, you know, consistent environments where they don't have stress at all, and they're not producing those., it could be good for human health.
Jessica Chiartas (@soil.life), founder of Soil Life, is a postdoctoral scholar and educator focusing on the long-term impacts of agricultural practices on soil health, with an emphasis on soil heterogeneity and the development of region-specific soil health indicators.
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