In the the latest PB2.0 thread, thinkers/gardeners Lambert and FrenchDoc intrigued me with their parallel of PB1.0 to a monoculture. Hmmm, let's consider that further: a monoculture is a biological desert which drives out most living things, sustained only by massive inputs of poison and manure, sucking resources from the surrounding environment, vulnerable to destruction from a single external stress, its product nutritionally weak.

Ecologists know this. It suggests a framing that could create exciting opportunities for support for PB2.0. Read more…