NY times article about issues and challenges of modern plant breeding

Jun 09, 2019 20:44:06

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/06/07/opinion/sunday/dan-barber-seed-companies.html

Much of this is probably not new to people - but I had no idea that you could patent the "purpleness" of a carrot!

Jun 17, 2019 15:34:00

Thanks for sharing that Catie. More than a little scary. It makes the work that Joseph Lofthouse and others here on Permies do to develop landrace seeds all the more critical.

His name is Paddy. Paddy O'Furniture. He's in the backyard with a tiny ad.

The new gardening playing cards kickstarter is now live!

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/paulwheaton/garden-cards

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