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Re:50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to B... by konjin on Saturday February 13, 2021 @03:53PM (#26126792)
Pesticide manufacturers, fertilizer manufacturers, seed companies without the gene editing know how. A very large number of people who are happy with the status quo and see disruption as a danger to their bottom line.
Re:50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to B... by f6v on Saturday February 13, 2021 @03:55PM (#26126816)
I can imagine that a huge corporation does both fertilizers and genetic engineering. German BASF is one such example.
Re:50 Years Ago, Sugar Industry Quietly Paid Scientists to B... by konjin on Saturday February 13, 2021 @04:12PM (#26126975)
I can imagine a lot of things, most of them cost a lot of money.