organic headquarters® tomatoes by charity isely biodiversity starts in the distant past and it points toward the future biodiversity lost disappearance of seeds underscores a silent threat to food security-the loss of genetic potato famine and the more recent near extinction of bananas nutritious traditions heirloom seeds preserve genetic diversity tomatoes are an excellent source of lycopene one of the most potent antioxidants among pairing tomatoes with fat helps convert the naturally occurring form of lycopene to its virgin olive oil or tomatoes à la provençale are recipes for culinary traditions rooted in health organic farming nurtures biodiversity of plants but also on the microbial diversity of soil and the species richness of ecosystems organic farming techniques replace synthetic chemicals with practices that nurture 32% to 84% higher markers of soil microbial diversity and nutrients including microbial biomass carbon and nitrogen "whether we consciously realize it or not...the biodiversity with which we have biological connections is that associated with food plants" greater pollinator diversity on average foods that not only preserve our stories for future more species richness with a “positive influence” on pollinators and plants
