Heirloom Vegetables: The Positive Effects On Our Environment

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Heirloom vegetables may look the same as any other vegetables, but they are far from ordinary. The only difference is that they were not crossbred with other planted vegetables. When vegetables are referred to as heirloom it just means that they are from an old crop (“Hot Food Trend 2017”). Heirloom vegetables have many positive benefits. Many cooks prefer using heirloom vegetables because of their positive effects. Today’s society should be more open to the trend of heirloom vegetables because of their effects on health, their environmental effects, and their appealing attributes.
Heirloom vegetables can have some positive effects on the human body. According to Nancy Zeman, a journalist for The Prairie Press, heirloom vegetables can help prevent diseases. Other vegetables lose this …show more content…

Michael Tortorello, a journalist for The New York Times, wrote the article “Heirloom Seeds of Flinty Hybrids?” in his article, he writes about a study done by the National Gardening Association that had a survey show that one in five Americans with a garden showed an interest in growing heirloom vegetables. According to the article “Benefits of Growing Your Own Fruits and Vegetables,” homegrown vegetables can cause us to use fewer pesticides or use natural pesticides. Using less or natural pesticides will cause less contamination to our environment (“Benefits of Growing Your Own Fruits and Vegetables”). In the article “Benefits of Growing Your Own Fruits and Vegetables” it is stated that growing our own vegetables can “turn unsightly lands into attractive landscapes.” Peels and waste from your homegrown vegetables can be recycled and used as composts to fertilize your garden instead of taking up stave in your garbage cans (“Benefits of Growing Your Own Fruits and Vegetables”). Imagining vegetable composts in your garbage may seem displeasing, but picturing vegetables on a plate of food would be much more

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