'Open Source' Seeds Loosen Big Ag's Grip on Farmers
'Open Source' Seeds Loosen Big Ag's Grip on Farmers
reasonstobecheerful.world 'Open Source' Seeds Loosen Big Ag's Grip on Farmers
A handful of companies own the patents on virtually every seed planted in the US. Now, a new crop of unowned seeds is bringing biodiversity back to farming.
Just like software development has been co-opted by a few global companies like Microsoft and Apple, the international seed development and trade, too, is controlled by a few big giants like Bayer (Monsanto), Corteva (DuPont) and ChemChina (Syngenta). A 2012 Oxfam study found that four companies dominate more than 60 percent of the global trade with grains.
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