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Aurornisyesterday at 8:22 PM2 repliesview on HN

The wind carries pollen from the crops long distances, where it cross-pollinates with other crops, some of which are grown from seed.

This is a real thing that happens. There have been major court cases about it, like this one from Canada https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monsanto_Canada_Inc_v_Schmeise...


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sampoyesterday at 8:34 PM

If we understand "in the wild" to mean outside of farmers' fields, then rapeseed pollen flying from one rapeseed field to another nearby rapeseed field is not "in the wild".

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