I read a piece years ago that

we are stardust — Fri, 06 May 2011 14:50:35 +0000

In reply to Climate change curbs crops: warming has already lowered yields of wheat and corn.

I read a piece years ago that talked about corn and temperatures. Apparently if it's too hot, the leaves fold over the cob and the would-be kernels to protect it from the heat, the silks shrivel, la la la..., and the kernels never get pollinated, thus don't 'fill out'.

You probably know that each silk runs to one would-be kernel...kinda cool. Anyway, the piece went on about how climate change might force cooperation in food production. But instead what we're seeing already is moves by Monsanto, et.al., to corner the market not only in seeds, buying up (maybe destroying?) even native seed companies, but forcing gen-modified seeds on the world. Ones that require new seed each year, and/or their pesticides.

Can't remember where, but some folks have begun storing older seed varieies in case of a massive failure of the new hybrids and gen-modified strains.

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I read a piece years ago that