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Lab-Grown Cotton Enters The Market
(www.forbes.com)
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this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2023
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Cotton requires a lot of water and is considered a high risk crop with climate change. There are already failing crops, and cotton takes long enough to establish that it's hard to adjust quickly. This is grown from cotton cells anywhere we can stand up a factory.