Thousands of year older than 1716 if you count domestication of species like bananas
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Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 weeks 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 2 weeks ago
BeBopaLula@piefed.ca 3 weeks 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 3 weeks ago
I can agree that Monsanto can fuck all the way off.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Monsanto is dead, Bayer is the devil incarnate.
GentriFriedRice@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Maize was domesticated 9000 years ago by humans there is no “original corn”