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Re:The fungus that devastates the Cavendish banana has now a... by nihilarian on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @12:59AM (#20682944)
My biggest concern is similar, that a GMO banana is intellectual property and I detest the thought of large companies preventing people from growing their own food.
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Re:The fungus that devastates the Cavendish banana has now a... by pfdietz on Tuesday August 13, 2019 @01:21AM (#20683020)
The most likely way large companies would prevent people from growing bananas would be by not making GMO bananas, and just letting disease ruin all the other varieties (if some varieties were resistant, then how could the existence of GMO versions prevent people from growing those?)
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