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Hawaiian Pineapples and the Seed Industry

There’s an article being passed around by people who claim it shows the seed industry is driving Hawaiian pineapples out of business. The data I could dig up suggests a different story.

Genetically Engineered Crops: Papaya

Profile of papayas which have been genetically engineered to resist the papaya ringspot virus. Notable particularly because development was done entirely by the public and non-profit sector. Also get the chance to touch on the differences between adoption in the United States and other countries, particularly Thailand.