[bastian]

This is true for most fruits and vegetables and it's the cost of having everything available at any time and for less money.

[Larrikin]

Which vegetables taste noticeabley worse? Whenever I travel abroad I try to eat as much fruit as possible because of how terrible nearly all of it is in the US. Melons and mangoes are basically a totally different fruit. My cousin from Kenya refuses to even try his favorite fruit in the US. But vegetables, especially after cooking, seem ok. Only thing I can think of are maybe out of season fresh tomatoes.

[Spooky23]

Basically anything engineered to grow in California, Chile and Arizona. They are optimized for shipment.

Some tomatoes are grown in hothouses now and are ok. My son gobbles them up and in the winter lots of them are from Western NY and Ontario.

Onions are definitely pushed to have higher sugar content now. Also greens that I source from local farms seasonally usually have better flavor.

[jonah]

Tomatoes, peppers, sweet corn, carrots, lettuce, etc. Lots of produce is bred for large-scale growing and shipping stability.

[Spivak]

God grocery store jalapeños are such a disappointment. They're water flavored.