Tomato seeds GMO free (Canada, tomatoes, vegetable, plants)

[Maple47]

Are all tomato seeds GMO free, or some are not?
Which stores provide GMO free seeds?

[Zoisite]

All tomatoes and tomato seeds are GMO free, there is no longer such a thing as a GMO tomato. Over 27 years ago there was a GMO tomato called the 'Flavr Savr' but it was a failed experiment with the public market that was removed from the market in 1997. There hasn't been a GMO tomato since then.

You don't show your location but if you're in the United States the 10 GMO crops or seeds available in the United States are:

alfalfa
apples
canola
corn
cotton
papaya
potatoes
soybeans
squash and
sugar beets

If you are in Canada then the 6 GMO products that are produced in Canada are:

corn
canola
soy
sugar beet (white sugar beet for sugar processing only)
alfalfa (for animal feed only)
Atlantic salmon

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[saibot]

I'm not saying the OP believes this, but many people are under the mistaken impression that hybridized plants are "GMO" and will only buy heirloom vegetable plants/seeds.

Nothing wrong with hybridized tomatoes whatsoever. They are selectively bred to be bigger, sweeter, disease resistant, etc.

[Zoisite]

Originally Posted by saibot

I'm not saying the OP believes this, but many people are under the mistaken impression that hybridized plants are "GMO" and will only buy heirloom vegetable plants/seeds.

Nothing wrong with hybridized tomatoes whatsoever. They are selectively bred to be bigger, sweeter, disease resistant, etc.

Excellent point

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[elnina]

Not sure...
Some tomatoes have been genetically engineered to alter one particular aspect of tomato ripening: softening.
https://scholarworks.iupui.edu/bitst...13df3/download

The seeds of a genetically modified tomato are now available for people to plant in their home gardens. It is the first time so-called transgenic seeds have been sold directly to customers in the U.S.
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/1228868005#

Also:
https://agfundernews.com/gm-tomatoes...ealth-benefits