Cakadu
I agree with you it is a choice, just as being a vegetarian or eating meat is a choice. Unfortunately too many role it into a anti establishment, anti globalization back to nature type thing.
There will always be so called heritage varieties as plant breeders whether public or private realize the value of genetic material.
Companies such as Monsanto will only bring something to the market that will be saleable, it will have to have some agronomic or economic benefit for the farmer. If not farmers will go back to growing standard open pollinated varities that we have always used.
Dan mentioned about hybredizing, Gentic modification could be as simple as a hybredized variety. All genetic engineering has done is shorten the time from the first cross to commercialization from 10 years to matter of months. The price of progress, or the success of progress?
Rod
I agree with you it is a choice, just as being a vegetarian or eating meat is a choice. Unfortunately too many role it into a anti establishment, anti globalization back to nature type thing.
There will always be so called heritage varieties as plant breeders whether public or private realize the value of genetic material.
Companies such as Monsanto will only bring something to the market that will be saleable, it will have to have some agronomic or economic benefit for the farmer. If not farmers will go back to growing standard open pollinated varities that we have always used.
Dan mentioned about hybredizing, Gentic modification could be as simple as a hybredized variety. All genetic engineering has done is shorten the time from the first cross to commercialization from 10 years to matter of months. The price of progress, or the success of progress?
Rod
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