The Proposal to Outlaw the Home Garden - HR 875 and S 425

[organichris]

Originally Posted by Colorado_west

Organichris, I do think Monsano does have a GMO tomato...

Yeah, I did a little research and I believe they do have a GMO tomato, although I'm not sure whether they have marketed it. Its possibly in the developmental stage.

During the 90s a company called Calgene sold a GMO tomato called Flavr Savr. Apparently the tomato was sold mostly in California and a few places in the midwest. The tomato flopped because the flavor was bland and the variety was susceptible to disease in the humid climate in which it was cultivated. Monsanto claimed that Calgene was guilty of patent infringement (leading me to believe they had already been working on such an animal) and ended up buying them out.

So at this point in time there may not be any GMO tomatoes being sold in the U.S. - and if they aren't sold here they're probably not sold anywhere. The Europeans certainly won't buy them.