Flavor Wars 0
Asia Times reports on the spread of proprietary seeds in the Balkans (they are already dominant in the US).
A nugget, about that special species produced when some big seed company crossed a tomato with a styrofoam cup:
“Most probably you’ll end up with one which has a white, inedible middle. It comes from the gene that was introduced to keep the tomato firm,” she told IPS. Such tomatoes are never ripe; they only get red from the outside, Zdravkovic said.
According to Zdravkovic and experts from the Faculty of Agriculture at the Belgrade University, indigenous species have lost the battle against the big international seed-producing companies. Native species have been reduced to being cultivated either in private gardens or in small local areas.
Read the rest and weep for the loss of food and flavor, as food gets replaced by stuff like this.
