(March 22, 2016 at 6:20 am)Alex K Wrote:(March 22, 2016 at 5:56 am)pocaracas Wrote: From what I understand, the Monsanto guys have done something extra... remove the ability for seeds to breed and propagate, thus keeping farmers dependent on buying new seeds from them, for each new year. That's a business decision that has no impact on the quality of the food that is grown from such seeds.
I was under the impression that that's not a principle that was introduced recently on purpose to make money, but has been a really old hat and a biological necessity ever since people decided to use hybrid seeds?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_seed
hmmm... interesting... didn't know that.
