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[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml 5 points 3 months ago (3 children)
[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I doubt that they use wheat or any other natural product for the bread in the US.

[–] isame@hexbear.net 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

.... Listen we have some wheat in our bread, I'm sure!

I hate it here.

[–] isame@hexbear.net 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Also, apparently wheat is mostly self-pollinating. Learned something new today.

[–] Zerush@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

Yes, but lime and sawdust is cheaper. $$$

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Yeah but surely the corn syrup also needs bees

[–] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

Corn is a grass too, wind pollinator

[–] superniceperson@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You're on ml, learn some farming to be better acquainted with your fellow workers. Almost all grains are wind pollinated, including corn and wheat. It's why throughout history grains tend to end up as staple crops despite the complicated methods humans need to use to get them edible to us ‐ they still grow even in times of environmental disaster and grow in much, much larger amounts than insect assisted pollinated crops.

[–] m532@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 3 months ago

Most workers aren't farming

[–] superniceperson@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Wheat is air pollinated, like corn and most grains. You dont need pollinators for it.

[–] NuraShiny@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago

Wheat is self/wind pollinating. Most grasses are.

[–] ewpert@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

Now imagine a burger

[–] folaht@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Silly question, but how are cows and potatoes pollinated by bees?

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)
[–] folaht@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you.
I learn something new every day.

[–] EllenKelly@hexbear.net 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Potatoes are not the part of the plant that reproduces through pollination, seed potatoes are grown from other potatoes, the fruits are poisonous, potatoes are nightshades. I may be mistaken, maybe pollination helps? I know potatoes arent ready for harvest until after flowering

I think maybe you could argue cows are largely fed pollinated crops when raised in a feedlot

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago