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Opinion: Stop Using Real Christmas Trees

Addison Sheppard, Reporter December 24, 2024

Christmas is one of the biggest holiday celebrations of the year, and Christmas trees have become essential symbols and components of this festive season. However, these trees come with an environmental...

Christmas Tree Genetics works to help farms like this one to produce the best trees possible. Through cross breeding and other methods of genetic manipulation, the organization has already made improvements to the modern Christmas Tree. (Sara Hina/CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Geneticists Develop Better Christmas Trees

Kieri Karpa, Layout Manager January 5, 2018

The modern Christmas tree isn’t natural. Almost all commercialized plants go through some form of genetic manipulation. From breeding to DNA manipulation, the modern Christmas tree is no stranger...

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