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you can't patent a vegetable, but a vegetable in it's normal state is always going to be a better source of nutrition than something man made.

GMO vegetables can be patented in some countries, including the US.

so can non-GMO hybrids. basically any seed that you put research into.

I'm pretty sure you can still patent human genes, if you claim to be the first to find that particular gene interesting.