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3 days ago · Simplot, a global food and agricultural company, was founded in Idaho in 1929 by J.R. Simplot — the same man who tried to buy Ontario’s frozen food factory in 1950.
Sep 10, 2024 · While blights on the level of the Irish potato famine are rare, the pathogen still damages crops around the world, which prompted the Idaho-based J.R. Simplot Co. to engineer GMO potatoes resistant to the disease.
Sep 10, 2024 · The genetically modified potatoes, called the Innate, were developed by the J. R. Simplot Company, a Boise, Idaho-based company that began supplying McDonald’s with potatoes in the 1960s.
Sep 10, 2024 · The genetically modified potato has been engineered to resist late blight, the pathogen that caused the Irish potato famine and the number one pathogen for potato farmers around the world, according to Haven Barker, vice president of plant sciences at Simplot.
3 days ago · Norman Borlaug - Wikipedia. Norman Ernest Borlaug (/ ˈbɔːrlɔːɡ /; March 25, 1914 – September 12, 2009) [2] was an American agronomist who led initiatives worldwide that contributed to the extensive increases in agricultural production termed the Green Revolution.
Sep 2, 2024 · Simplot Potato Archives - Sustainable Pulse. Tag Archives: Simplot Potato. Food Safety Experts Slam USDA GM Potato Approval. Center for Food Safety (CFS) is today warning consumers about a new genetically engineered (GE) potato that may soon enter the food supply. Because GE...
Sep 11, 2024 · The J.R. Simplot Company (Simplot) has seen steady growth in its French fry and potato product business in recent years. To meet that growth and increase efficiency, Simplot expanded by building a new, large production facility in Caldwell, Idaho.
