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3. Locally Grown, Locally Owned

The modern pharmaceutical supply chain is an exquisite—
and fragile—machine.

• Drugs are manufactured in a few global hubs.
• Regulated by distant authorities.
• Priced in foreign currencies.
• Shipped across oceans.
• Administered through centralized clinics.

For patients, especially in rural, Indigenous, or underserved
communities, this creates a profound disconnection. Their
medicine arrives from somewhere else, owned by someone
else, controlled by systems they do not see or trust.

Edible biologics can reverse this alienation.

Imagine a world where:

• A hemophilia treatment is grown in a greenhouse
behind a community health clinic.
• An anti-inflammatory capsule is produced by a
local cooperative using regional plant strains.
• A tolerogenic protein therapy is licensed to a tribal
health authority, customized for a specific
population’s immune profile.

Local production is not just about logistics.
It’s about agency.

It enables:

• Cultural alignment of therapies.
• Rapid responsiveness to outbreaks or shortages.

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