• theturtlemoves [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    4 months ago

    Monoculture isn’t just ‘bad’. It is a threat to food security. A virus can wipe out your entire harvest. Any sensible government is going to be scared.

    • appel@whiskers.bim.boats
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      4 months ago

      It would likely also drastically reduce the number of heritage and heirloom varieties being grown as they are outcompeted by the GM variety, so it destroys genetic diversity for the whole crop.