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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 is one of the worst things to grow in 99% of the world yet we do it as a cash crop.
In Australia cotton farmers are turning rivers dry, and if you know Australia we don’t have much water to begin with.
the worlds fourth largest lake was almost entirely drained by cotton cultivation