Dale: Nearly every technological advance is greeted with skepticism by at least a small segment of any population. He says big companies like Chiquita, or to be fair, most big companies in any industry, period, are pretty risk-averse. Dale: I just have a hunch that if we produce a substitute for the Cavendish, people will have a tough time telling the difference and the product will win acceptance.
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