Definition of biopharming in English:
biopharming
noun ˈbʌɪəʊfɑːmɪŋˈbīōfärmiNG
mass noun biopharming is a potential new industry at the boundary between medicine and food
another term for pharming (sense 1)
Example sentencesExamples
- Corn, which is wind pollinated and therefore spreads its traits easily, is the crop of choice for biopharming.
- As a result, calls for limits on biopharming are often met with cries of "no way" from farm-state politicians.
- Last autumn, the issue came to a head when food manufacturers made public their concerns about food crops being used for biopharming.
- Though biopharming is still in the experimental stage, the experiment has already seen twenty corporations and universities conduct more than 315 open-air field trials in undisclosed locations.
- She notes that the drugs that biopharming promises to deliver can be gotten through other means.