CRISPR & Trust: NGT Trailblazer Tropic Weighs in

Written on 11/20/2025
Seed World Staff

CRISPR is reshaping agriculture. Can regulation and public trust keep up?

In this episode, we talk with Richard Wells, Senior Patent Attorney at Tropic Biosciences, about how gene editing is transforming crops like banana — a sector hit hard by disease and climate change. Wells explains how Tropic uses CRISPR to create resilient, sustainable varieties and what it takes to bring them from lab to field under evolving global regulations.

If you’re interested in agtech, food security or CRISPR regulation, don’t miss this deep dive into where science meets policy.

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