We celebrated a birthday at our house this week and I made a cake out of watermelon using kiwi 🥝 And strawberries for decoration. It was so simple and easy and something that I could actually eat. But I noticed something really interesting when eating a slice of all these three things together. The watermelon was from Costco and shipped from who knows how far away (especially this time of year) and the Kiwi came from Whole Foods and again, shipped from so far away. But the strawberries were grown in the Gardyn, and wow! The taste comparison was really something! These are probably the most flavorful Strawberries I have ever eaten! And the flavors of the Kiwi and the watermelon were muted in comparison to the burst of flavor coming from the strawberries! It reminded me just how much nutrition our produce loses when it has to travel to get to us. My daughter and I sat there and had a conversation about it. She told me that there’s no way she can ever go back to eating lettuce or spinach from the store. She loves lettuce and all green things but now that we have The ability to grow our own greens year round, we just can’t go back to eating food that has lost so much nutrients by being shipped from so far away. And when you consider that most produce loses 30% of its nutrients just three days after being picked it makes sense that we should notice this dramatic change in taste! Just something I wanted to share because we were overcome by this realization today. If you would like to see my videos about growing Strawberries in the Gardyn or my general reviews on what it’s like to own a garden at six weeks and then six months in, you can check them out on YouTube by clicking the link in my bio. #essiflynn #essiflynninthekitchen #gardyn #gardyntech #gardynstrawberries #gardynstrawberry #homegrownisbest #homegrownisbetter #growyourownfood #watermeloncake #watermeloncake🍉 #watermeloncakes #aipcake #paleocake #wholefoodcake #gardyngrows #gardyngrown #gardyner #gardyngirl #gardynreview #birthdaycake #birthdaycakeideas #cakemadefromfruit #techfood #futureoffood #hydroponics #hydroponicssystem #hydroponicssystems #hydroponicsforbeginners #hydroponicsforhealth (at Charlotte, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMF54o_h21X/?igshid=1wd6xg9y3ur7p