A New Purple Tomato Will Hit Produce Departments in 2023

Depending on your tastes, your favorite variety of tomato probably ranges from a red Beefsteak to a green Zebra to even a yellow Grape. One thing’s for sure: your go-to type of tomato probably isn’t purple. But thanks to a recent announcement by the US Department of Agriculture, that could very well change within the next year. In a press release shared earlier this month, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service decreed that a genetically-modified purple tomato is “unlikely to pose an increased plant pest risk compared to other cultivated tomatoes,” and therefore “may be safely grown and used in breeding in the United States.” Read More >>
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