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		Robotbeat on June 27, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why wood has gotten so dang expensive How is that an argument against farms of it? Does Europe not grow maize because it’s a New World crop?

Ryan_Goosling on June 27, 2021 | [–]

Seems like a valid argument. I wonder what an environmentalist would have to say, considering a bird can carry seeds away from a farm, right?

cossatot on June 28, 2021 | [–]

Maize is a cultigen and can’t reproduce without human intervention so it cannot get to be invasive.

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