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Re:Citrus Farmers Facing Deadly Bacteria Turn to Antibiotics by jimmaswell on Friday May 17, 2019 @11:58PM (#19945502)
If non-gmo produce tastes so much better then people will buy it and farmers will still grow it, but cheaply available produce is a clear win for everyone. And as I said in the other comment, you can have GMO without monocultures if the need arises.

The fear of eating it is all baseless fearmongering by the likes of homeopaths and crystal healers.

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Re:Citrus Farmers Facing Deadly Bacteria Turn to Antibiotics by SomeOldThrow on Saturday May 18, 2019 @11:50AM (#19948065)
I largely agree. On specific crops this is a particularly worrying concern—see eg foreign crops. These are largely monoculture and are particularly vulnerable to eg disease. However, I see this as a lost battle.
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Re:Citrus Farmers Facing Deadly Bacteria Turn to Antibiotics by jimmaswell on Saturday May 18, 2019 @11:01PM (#19951174)
They'll learn the lesson to introduce more variance after the first big incident, if it happens.
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Re:Citrus Farmers Facing Deadly Bacteria Turn to Antibiotics by SomeOldThrow on Thursday May 23, 2019 @07:10PM (#19996946)
What makes you think the industry will survive the first?
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