• lotzenplotz@feddit.de
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    1 year ago

    This article is very thin on the details. Why would anyone want to cultivate a plant in the lab that grows perfectly well in fields across multiple climate zones?

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      1 year ago

      I’m not up to speed on the environmental impact of cotton farming, but it would be pretty cool if this technology could be applied to stuff like the oil palm, which only grows in tropical areas.

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      1 year ago

      Cotton is one of the worst things to grow in 99% of the world yet we do it as a cash crop.

      In Australia cotton farmers are turning rivers dry, and if you know Australia we don’t have much water to begin with.