I think we(humans) don't utilize the relationship we have with plants that we should. A lot of the vegies we have now were breed that way for thousands of years. But once the majority had access to them we have not really pushed much further. Farmers buy seed every year when they should be saving seed grown on there own land, as plants adapt to the environment they are grown in. I never really understood why farmers kept re-setting there crops when I have friends that have plants that out perform the same type because they save the seeds that do the best for the conditions we have.

Timber has better characteristics than steel in different lengths and applications eg masts for large sail boats. But we don't grow trees for this. There is no breeding program to make timber better than what is found. I wonder how differently the world would look like if everyone was more in touch with whats growing around us.


Sounds like an interesting study. Hope you enjoy it.