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The workshop explored plant breeding and the question of how plants are deliberately transformed in the context of food production, raw materials, and climate change. At its centre was the individual plant, which is increasingly evaluated and optimised according to functional, economic, and technological criteria. From traditional breeding methods to contemporary biotechnological approaches, the workshop examined how human needs and expectations increasingly replace biological selection processes. It addressed both the potential of new technologies to develop climate-resilient and high-performance crops and the ethical tensions and uncertainties associated with these interventions.

Against the backdrop of expanding technological possibilities, the workshop opened up questions of responsibility, control, and societal ideas of nature: What do we consider to be a perfect plant?