I hope they're not creating Franken-tubers! Europeans would rather blight than switch to GM foods. Of course they'd rather do a lot of things before being sensible. Nice local news find, Meade.
IMHO, it's high time the US Patent and Trademark Office rescinded the statutory bar on potato plants: link.
Strange. I googled around and found a patented sweet potato - "Mahon Yam" and sweet potatoes are most certainly edible tubers. Yet your linked page clearly says no potatoes or edible tubers allowed. I don't get it.
I hope they're not creating Franken-tubers! Europeans would rather blight than switch to GM foods. Of course they'd rather do a lot of things before being sensible. Nice local news find, Meade.
ReplyDeleteIMHO, it's high time the US Patent and Trademark Office rescinded the statutory bar on potato plants: link.
End.Tuber.Bigotry.Today
Blight than switch - good one, chickenlittle.
ReplyDeleteStrange. I googled around and found a patented sweet potato - "Mahon Yam" and sweet potatoes are most certainly edible tubers. Yet your linked page clearly says no potatoes or edible tubers allowed. I don't get it.