In First Fruit, Martineau, as a staff scientist working for the biotechnology startup Calgene (Davis, CA), provides an inside view of the development of the Flavr Savr tomato, the first ...

Ever since the Flavr Savr debacle in which buyers roundly rejected a tomato modified to extend shelf-life, few have braved the consumer market. Perhaps the tearless onion developed by researchers ...

It's been over 20 years since a genetically modified tomato hit the market, and that one was not available to grow in home gardens. In 1997, the Flavr Savr tomato was commercially grown and ...