• Devadander@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Corporations have patents on their varieties. This isn’t defending the practice, just explaining it

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      13 hours ago

      To expand on that, they likely aren’t going to come after a private household. It’s to keep farmers in their pocket. They will go after a commercial farm though. It borders on a subscription service to seeds. Fucking dystopia.