You mean the bits and pieces from three different organisms (not all plant-life, BtW) that they have spliced into their strains? The same bits that have later been found in nearby ground-dwelling animals?
Yeah, where's a good eco-terrorist when there's actually something useful for them to do?
Thing is... Monsanto isn't the only company that wants to run bank against the future of the entire biosphere that is planet Terra.
The cannabis industry has their own versions of Monsanto, you know.
The old seed-saving farmer wished to improve the breed.His version of Uncle Davy's Tomato would have been slightly different than yours or mine after a few generations of picking the best examples from 5,000 plants. But he could decide to start growing yours or mine at will (or if a disease got his crop because he'd introduced local genes that were more susceptible to it). I see that as somewhat different than what the breeders and pollen-chuckers do.
Wouldn't it suck if some widespread disease struck cannabis and everything was similar enough that the only thing which proved resistant ended up being the ditch-weed industrial hemp crosses growing along the roads in Kansas? Sure, that would only affect outdoor growers... at first.
And that's just one of the things to worry about when thinking about these things.
I've heard that more and more cannabis grown in Mexico and parts south of there are grown from seedbank genetics because they are so easy to procure and because "that's what people want" <TS Shakes his fist at "people," lol>. Tell that to someone who's stuck buying Mexibrick and he might actually think that's a good thing. Tell it to an old-timer...
And watch him cry.
Sorry for rambling in your journal. It's not the best night for me to be posting (anywhere), I fear.
Have green harvests, blue skies, clear water, and golden dreams.
from FACEMELTER. Sounds awesome
