Biotech apples may be harbinger for genetically modified spuds
date:May 16, 2013
Co.'s engineering of a potato in the late 1990s using DNA from foreign microorganisms. Monsanto withdrew the New Leaf potatoes in 2001, after fast-food restaurants shunned them.

In some ways, Okanagan and Simplot couldn't be more different.

Okanagan has seven employees, including owner Neal Carter; privately-held Simplot has 10,000, with 2012 sales of $5.6 billion on products ranging from fertilizer to cattle and french fries to fast-food giant McDonald's.

But each share goals: using scienc
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