Thousands of year older than 1716 if you count domestication of species like bananas
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Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 months agoWe’ve been manipulating the genes of plants since 1716 when Thomas Fairchild first grafted two different things together to make the first hybrid plant. If you like modern corn, you can thank bioengineering.
GentriFriedRice@lemmy.world 10 months ago
BeBopaLula@piefed.ca 10 months ago
I dunno, I see stuff about there is not even original corn and other items left anywhere except for seed banks.
Also don’t like bioengineered means they own it. Corps don’t share.
Kolanaki@pawb.social 10 months ago
I can agree that Monsanto can fuck all the way off.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Monsanto is dead, Bayer is the devil incarnate.
GentriFriedRice@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Maize was domesticated 9000 years ago by humans there is no “original corn”