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    Jeremy Tapsell: i don't know if anyone is interested, but in related news i read about this group who map where free food grows in my city of Auckland. I know foragin... more »
    Jeremy Tapsell: so.. hang on.. what.. is this true? in the US you HAVE to pay a corporation a percenatgeof your profit if you growand sell your own vege??????????????... more »
    CmdrHunt (aka Clarence Colton): Annalee, did ya have to say Mendo? It's not really a secret but still, the produce out of there is quality and I would like to keep it that way. Don'... more »
    Invisible Circus: the photos are gorgeous and not because its stoner porn...seriously... #pharmaceuticals more »
    Dr Emilio Lizardo: Monsanto has a patent on pot now? Boy, the government really will bend the rules for mega-corps. #pharmaceuticals more »
    designguybrown: I envision a time when you can import the genetic makeup of your favorite food plant from an open-source free database, use your splice&germinate kit,... more »
    cadrina: Drug dealers sell something that there are buyers and is forbidden by the goverment. Like in the times where alcohol was forbidden and that was what t... more »
    crashfrog001: If you want to use Monsanto's corn, which includes genetic engineering that they pioneered and developed, why shouldn't you pay their fees? Are they s... more »
    ManchuCandidate: Big Agra has the last laugh as they supply the corn for the Doritos. #pharmaceuticals more »
    Pope John Peeps II: The hardest part of studying plant sperm is jacking off those tiny penises. ;) more »
  • #drugs

    Pirate Agricultures of the California Coast

    When every crop has to be licensed from patent owners like Monsanto, only those practiced in the art of pirate agriculture will have reasonably-priced food. This gorgeous series of photographs from Mendocino's pot harvest might be a glimpse of that future. More »
  • #plantsex

    Researchers Discover the Secrets of Flower Sperm

    Flowering plants go through a complicated double-fertilization process that involves a lot of sperm. But until today, researchers hadn't fully understood the genetic mechanism behind plant sperm production (pictured) and how flowers have sex. More »
  • #megabiochemistry

    Don't Eat the Glowing Mushrooms

    You might already know about the glowing mushrooms of Japan. Every spring, the rains cause bioluminescent fungi to peep out from tree trunks and forest floors. For years scientists believed that these rare mushrooms grew nowhere else in the world. But now the glowers turn out to thrive in the forests of Brazil, too. Four new species like these, pictured, have been discovered there since 2002. More »