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Bioleft: beyond an open source seed system

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How can the ideals of the open source movement be applied to living, self-replicating organisms? Bioleft explores how to pursue a fair system for conserving, developing, and trading seeds working with public sector breeders and farmers hand in hand.

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          XRDS: Crossroads, The ACM Magazine for Students  Volume 26, Issue 4
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          Summer 2020
          55 pages
          ISSN:1528-4972
          EISSN:1528-4980
          DOI:10.1145/3410341
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