Posts Tagged ‘GMO’
Open Source vs. Proprietary Plants — Can People “Own” Plants?
Yes, they can, they do and they want to own even more. You can, but it’s complex and expensive. So mostly the people who own plants are huge agricultural companies. They control the plant– you’ve heard about this with genetic modification no doubt, but it sure happens in the flower world, too. It used to…
Read MoreSeeds Are Still Free — At the Moment
My donkey and I have been doing this week what men and donkeys have been doing for millennia. We’ve been planting seeds. In doing that, we carry on our backs (ok that’s an exaggeration and the pic is set up) one of the basic freedoms, the truths, rights and pillars of all civilization. That’s not…
Read MoreFarm to Table? No, just dirt to mouth….
I had a beer with a scientist this week. She told me to buck up, get ready to face the future. GMO’s are nothing compared with what’s happening in Universities now. What’s coming down the pike, via the science of synthetic biology. It’s all amazing, scary, promising, complex and it’s going to be in your…
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