Okanagan Specialty Fruits is thrilled to announce the U.S. commercial approval of the Arctic® Fuji! The Arctic® Fuji is the third Arctic® apple variety to have gained this distinction, following the approval of our Arctic® Golden and Arctic® Granny varieties last year. All three Arctic® apple
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Arctic® Fuji apples are now one step closer to U.S. deregulation! Following the submission of our initial application to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Service (APHIS) requesting nonregulated status (commercial approval), we are excited to announce that OSF’s Arctic® Fuji petition
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Getting kids to eat more fruits and veggies often feels like such a challenge it should be an Olympic sport. However, more time and effort is being spent than ever before trying to ease the struggle and many of the strategies are working! For instance, the
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During the recent U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) public comment period on Arctic® Granny and Arctic® Golden apples, a number of re-occurring misconceptions arose which are addressed in this blog. Agricultural biotechnology, which consumers are self-admittedly uniformed about, is a complicated subject. When there’s a new
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Our Canadian and U.S. staff will be signing off for a few days to enjoy the year-end holidays with our families; we’ll resume blogging in 2012. We’d like to take this opportunity to wish you and yours the very best of the season, and in the
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