January 15th 2011 Issue

Not the first GMO fruit

HoneySweet plum Published January 15, 2011 If Okanagan Specialty Fruits’s nonbrowning apples win U.S. government approval for development and marketing, they will not be the first genetically modified fruits to come to market. The first, of course, was the FlavrSavr tomato, approved in 1994 and used in the manufacture of tomato paste until it was discontinued in 1997. A number of issues contributed to its disuse, none of them related to its GMO status. The Rainbow papaya won government approval in 1999 as the answer to papaya ringspot virus, which was ruining the Hawaiian industry. Today, three-fourths of the Hawaiian […]

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January 15, 2011

New Developments, Marketing, 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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