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Half of automating tomato harvesting was breeding a tomato that could survive the harvesters. (Granted they also taste relatively horrible, but now we all eat t
by sdenton4 5y ago
Half of automating tomato harvesting was breeding a tomato that could survive the harvesters. (Granted they also taste relatively horrible, but now we all eat them because they are cheap and ubiquitous.)
- pas 5y agoThat sounds fascinating. Do you happen to have some details, sources, videos, lectures about this?
- sdenton4 5y agoHere's a short article: https://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/news/how-mechanical-tomato-harvester-prompted-food-movement https://www.plantsciences.ucdavis.edu/news/how-mechanical-to... on edit: I also went ahead and made that article a seperate post here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27937200 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27937200