What kinds of crops are engineered to produce drugs and where are they grown?
The pharma crop industry has focused primarily on food crops such as corn, soybeans, and rice. Tobacco is the only major non-food plant used for drug production. Pharma crops are usually grown in regions where the food and feed versions of these crops are produced commercially. For example, pharma corn—the most common pharma crop—has been produced mainly in the Corn Belt.
