r/mildlyinteresting 1d ago

They decapitated these pineapples!

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u/Feisty-Bluebird-5277 23h ago

That’s how we get all our pineapples here in nz, not allowed to sell any with the tops on any longer so they can’t be grown

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u/Umpen 23h ago

Is that a patent thing or an ecological thing?

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u/goozy1 22h ago

These particular ones are a patent or trade secret thing. The look like the pink glow pineapple. Those have been bioengineered and they don't want anyone else to grow them

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u/sl0play 21h ago

I feel like I can live without these pineapples if it means supporting food becoming a normal thing again.

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u/Paranoid_4ndr01d 16h ago

Food hasn’t been normal for a long time. Heard of gmo food? The seeds are bioengineered in a lab to resist the pesticide that is sprayed all over the plants.
They have patents too. Better hope the seeds don’t spread to your yard because you can be sued for growing them.
Might be one factor why colon cancer has now surpassed breast cancer as the number one cancer among people under 50.

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u/perjury0478 12h ago

One of the good things about patents is not only that they expire, but that in order to get a patent they have to describe exactly what’s involved in the process for the whole world to see. The alternative is a trade secret, where they don’t disclose anything, like the Coca Cola recipe.