They compare the problem to horticulture: Scotland is very good at growing tech companies from seedling to pot plant for early sale.

BBC: Life Sciences laboratory worker

Today she owns roughly half a dozen pieces of his work, including hyacinths spilling out of an 18th-century basket, a white rose plant in a clay pot, and a bouquet of clematis.

WSJ: Porcelain Flowers Never Die

In New Zealand Scion Research works to convert the waste stream from pulp and paper processing into a blend of microbial cell wall debris and plastic called polyhydroxyalkanoate, or PHA. Plant a PHA flower pot into the ground and and it biodegrades.

FORBES: Revving Up Nature's Engines

Colorado already has intensive rules aimed at keeping its medical marijuana market in line, including the digital tracking of cannabis, bar codes on every plant, surveillance video and manifests of all legal pot shipments.

NPR: Wash. Vows To Try To Keep Weed In State _ But How?