@mojo @Su_G The aspect of the genetically-modified food debate that few folks focus on is the most important one: a genetically-modified crop is intellectual property.

“QUT is already committed to providing non-exclusive licenses for the commercial exploitation of QCAV-4 in
Australia to a number of other industry groups. QUT will endeavor to make QCAV-4 available to other groups
through likely non-exclusive licenses to Australian banana micropropagation operations. It is likely that QUT will
receive a royalty stream from the commercial exploitation of QCAV-4.

QUT owns the intellectual property rights to QCAV-4.”

https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-11/Event%20QCAV-4-QUT%20Application%20to%20FSANZ%20%283%29_Redacted%20%281%29_Redacted.pdf

#cavendish #banana #GM #intellectualProperty #QUT

@mojo @Su_G The aspect of the genetically-modified food debate that few folks focus on is the most important one: a genetically-modified crop is intellectual property.

“QUT is already committed to providing non-exclusive licenses for the commercial exploitation of QCAV-4 in
Australia to a number of other industry groups. QUT will endeavor to make QCAV-4 available to other groups
through likely non-exclusive licenses to Australian banana micropropagation operations. It is likely that QUT will
receive a royalty stream from the commercial exploitation of QCAV-4.

QUT owns the intellectual property rights to QCAV-4.”

https://www.foodstandards.gov.au/sites/default/files/2023-11/Event%20QCAV-4-QUT%20Application%20to%20FSANZ%20%283%29_Redacted%20%281%29_Redacted.pdf

#cavendish #banana #GM #intellectualProperty #QUT

Took my son banana picking at Kintarō Farm near Odawara. It was a lot of fun!

They grow Gros Michel bananas, which are generally hard to get, but are better tasting than the usual Cavendish banana you get at the supermarket. The story of how they got their operation up and going was also pretty interesting.

We got to try bananas of varying ripeness, banana juice, and banana ice cream.

https://www.kintarobanana.com/

#fruitpicking #banana #farming #japan #kanagawa