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> >Thousands of years of breeding have produced a fruit that often suits farmers and sellers more than consumers

> Actually it's the opposite.

> Modern breeding and other technical alterations has reduced tomatoes to a BS fruit that suits farmers and sellers (longer lasting, more colorful, more resistant, bigger) than consumers.

You’re saying the same thing as the article. Did you misread? :)




"Modern breeding" vs "Thousands of years of breeding". Tomatoes were just fine in 1950 or so (and in many countries up to the 70s or so).


No he isn't. Breeding for crappy tomatoes has only gone on since the 1940s, not for thousands of years. The thousands of years of breeding was for good tomatoes, and the last 70 years or so has been ruining that thousands of years of work.


>the last 70 years or so has been ruining that thousands of years of work.

Unfortunately this has happened to a lot more than just tomatoes or even plants themselves.




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