Broccoli packaging increases shelf life
Wrapping broccoli in a material that slows down its respiratory rate doubles it shelf life.
Going for the unwrapped version not only potentially doubles food waste (probably the greatest environmental threat to humanity), it can cause a nutrient decline of up to 90%.
And from replies:
My understanding is that (nutrient decline) occurs at the early stages of the production, by the time the unwrapped broccoli has got to the store it’s has already declined a great deal. This is wrapped within a really short time frame from picking, so retains a huge amount of nutrients.
And this is some Dune shit:
It would not surprise me if they were wrapped in the picking fields.
Huge bits of kit are hauled into fields to process food asap.
This includes blast freezers for frozen food. They are frozen within a hour of picking.