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Europe's Other Foodies

Dutch plant geneticists are working on developing hardier, healthier, and tastier produce using the latest genomic technology. But don't call it genetic engineering.


Europe’s first serious plant “breeders” were the Cistercian monks, who kept the remnants of Roman agriculture alive throughout the Middle Ages. Two centuries later, European scientists remain at the forefront of fruit and vegetable engineering. Plant geneticists in Holland’s so-called “Food Valley” today are using genomic mapping to analyze and transform classical plant breeding techniques.

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