The building blocks of our cells are generated from an amazing biological process, where the actual soil with living micro-organisms breaks down minerals and nutrients and actually injects it into the plant roots such as mycorrhiza.
Not only must those minerals and nutrients be available in the soil, but the living organisms that transfer and network those minerals must be in your soil as well. As living organisms, they must have an environment with moisture and some temperature control as with any thing trying to live. Soil that has been left out in the sun, to bake with no weeds or ground cover, is not going to have living organisms in it. So buying top soil from the local garden center that looks like fine moon dust, is not going to give you food with the health benefits your are wanting.
Plants make us healthy by transferring, and biologically breaking down, nutrients and minerals through the mycorrhiza process or biological loop. Then the plants metabolism, along with it's ability to create carbon atoms through photosynthesis, creates a molecular state that when consumed, your body can recognize and absorb those nutrients that actually started in the biological loop in the soil.
A plant can grow fast and green with lots of nitrogen - but that does not mean it is a plant that has absorbed the nutrients and minerals we need to be healthy.
I have been shocked at how few organic gardeners even consider this part of that necessary loop. Simply removing pesticides and GMO seed from your growing process is not enough. If you are striving for an organic garden, you need to understand the basics of soil biology. It's really not that complicated and this is one of the best University links that breaks it down in a simple manner to comprehend.
Information is the most important tool you can use in your garden.
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