January 15th 2011 Issue

Firm seeks approval for transgenic apple

Canadian company developed nonbrowning fruit.

The Arctic Golden was developed with the fresh-cut market in mind. Published January 15, 2011 Last April, Okanagan Specialty Fruits, Inc., sent a package containing hundreds of pages of data and documents to the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service in Washington, D.C. According to Neal Carter, president of Okanagan Specialty Fruits, located in Summerland, British Columbia, Canada, the company was seeking approval to produce and market two genetically modified varieties of apples called Arctic Granny and Arctic Golden. These Arctic apples do not turn brown when they are bruised or cut. Seven months later, […]

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January 15, 2011

Apples, New Developments, Richard Lehnert

Richard Lehnert

After growing up on a Michigan dairy farm, Richard Lehnert began writing about farming in 1962, while still a junior studying journalism at Michigan State University. He worked at newspapers for a year before joining the staff of Michigan Farmer, where he spent 26 years, the last 15 as chief editor. He was a member of the staff of Good Fruit Grower from 2010 until 2015. Read his stories: Story Index

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