Re:The nightmarishly complex wheat genome finally yields to ...
by code_duck on Saturday August 18, 2018 @08:59AM
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Actually, I’m speaking from the perspective of someone who is dying from starvation despite being surrounded by available food.
There is nothing special about wheat. All of the resources spent on growing wheat could be expended on many other crops which would provide equal or greater nutritional benefit. The reason wheat is a globally important crop is simply because people have made it that way for arbitrary reasons, like raising European cattle in North America.
There is nothing special about wheat. All of the resources spent on growing wheat could be expended on many other crops which would provide equal or greater nutritional benefit. The reason wheat is a globally important crop is simply because people have made it that way for arbitrary reasons, like raising European cattle in North America.