Written by Steve Savage (This post originally appeared on Sustainablog on 8/1/11) In the debate about GMO crops, the "threat of genetic contamination" is often raised as a reason to reject the technology. Is this threat real? Does it justify acts…
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Co-existence isn’t easy
Imagine that you own a small business selling heirloom seeds. Your most important (and profitable) seeds are from a special open pollinated tomato variety that you painstakingly bred under over the past decade by hand crossing other heirloom varieties and…