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And plenty of it rational. I am against having my nation's food security tied to a monopolist. I am against monocrops which single blight could eradicate with a
by venomsnake 10y ago
And plenty of it rational. I am against having my nation's food security tied to a monopolist. I am against monocrops which single blight could eradicate with a single supplier of seeds.
- a_c_s 10y agoThese issues are orthogonal to GMO's. Monopolies should be handled like any other: by anti-trust authorities. Banning a specific type of technology is a poor substitute. Bananas are a monoculture due to the way they are propagated: they've been this way for over a century (and a single blight is currently wiping out the Cavendish variety that is ubiquitous in the USA). What you are asking for is to make a system of polyculture profitable: this is a worthwhile endeavor but an entirely different challenge than fighting the use of gene splicing techniques.