Introducing Non-browning Apples
So how’d we “make” nonbrowning Arctic® apples?
This modern marriage of nature and science is more straightforward than you may think. In essence, we use an apple’s own genes and some cutting edge innovation to “turn off” the genes that make apples turn brown.
Valley Smarts
There’s some great innovation taking place in the Okanagan Valley.
This biotechnology company has developed the non-browning Arctic® apple varieties, right here in Summerland.
Okanagan Specialty Fruits Inc. (OSF) began as a small, dynamic agricultural biotechnology company based in Summerland, British Columbia, Canada. Founded in 1996, OSF specializes in developing tree fruit varieties with novel attributes that benefit fruit producers and consumers alike. OSF is one of the first firms to pursue the use of biotechnology to deliver product innovations to the tree fruit industry.
