Nathan Pumplin

Hey @ucdavis @ucanr folks in Davis - @BigPurpleTomato will be available TONIGHT!! at the Davis Farmers Market @DavisFarmMarket ! YUM Here is a picture from a tasting last year - they are delicious & my plants are growing like gangbusters in the garden and starting to set fruit🍅

@BioBeef @ucdavis @ucanr @BigPurpleTomato @DavisFarmMarket @Sarah_Evanega Awesome @BioBeef! Excited to serve and chat with our local community tonight!

I found a guy who goes around NewYork asking millionaires how they got rich. Funny enough… Almost all of them say the same thing. Here are my top 8:

The future comes to your back yard! Norfolk Plant Sciences is making available its USDA- and FDA-approved purple tomato lines for home growers in the US! supplies are limited so don't delay if you'd like to plant some in 2024 @BigPurpleTomato norfolkhealthyproduce.com/products

Looking forward to the World Agri-Tech Innovation Summit in London (September 26-27). I’ll be speaking in the Gene Editing session, though I'll also be speaking about crop improvements that require use of the GM method bit.ly/40vIOVs

To our fans curious about where Norfolk is headed, check out this story today in @agfundernews agfundernews.com/gm-tomatoes-ar…

We're honored to have contributed to @PanCAN's #PurpleStride impactful fundraiser in Raleigh Durham yesterday. Lucas and Mary Francis served antioxidant-rich purple tomato samples to >100 people. How did people respond? (Hint-we're more motivated than ever now!)

Norfolk reached a very proud milestone yesterday! @Ginkgo served our tasty, nutritious and beautiful purple tomato at their Ferment event, to the delight of hundreds of guests! Honored to be among other Synbio food stars like @motiffoodworks!

@modestannedi @YenchoLabNCSU @fbnsncstate Wow, congrats @modestannedi, what an impressive milestone!

New #phdlife milestone unlocked🎊 Yesterday, I harvested ~ 28000🍠 roots from the first season of my flavor analysis population. Special thanks to the amazing crew at the horticultural research station, @YenchoLabNCSU and Dr. Suzanne at @fbnsncstate

Three ⁦@BTIscience⁩ alumni enjoying plant science innovation in a bowl of #crispr salad today. With ⁦@BigPurpleTomato⁩ & ⁦@ConsciousFoodUS⁩ ⁦⁦

@Sarah_Evanega @BTIscience @BigPurpleTomato @ConsciousFoodUS Delicious salad! Thanks @Sarah_Evanega and @ConsciousFoodUS and #IFPA for the reunion!

Open Mic: @npumplin, Norfolk Healthy Produce @BigPurpleTomato agri-pulse.com/media/podcasts…

Word on the street is that the newly approved #BigPurpleTomato will revolutionize the tomato industry. We can't wait to see it in the grocery stores. Can you? thehustle.co/09152022-purpl…

Congratulations to Norfolk Plant Sciences on this USDA approval for its nutritionally enhanced Big Purple Tomato. The company's US subsidiary is led by BTI alum Nathan Pumplin, who was in the Harrison lab from 2005-2010. Well done Nathan!! 👏👏👏 @NPumplin @BigPurpleTomato

Yesterday was a historic day in plant biotech: a purple tomato engineered with high antioxidants was approved by @USDA @BigPurpleTomato helps prevent cardiovascular disease and fight cancer in humans. This approval under new regulation ushers in a new era for plant synbio!

agdaily.com/news/gm-purple… via @AGDAILYMedia

On the headlines today: Norfolk Healthy Produce bets on the power of the purple GMO tomato Are you ready to embrace the power of purple? thepacker.com/news/produce-c…

Norfolk Plant Sciences Ltd was established by Professors Cathie Martin and @jonathandgjones as the UK’s first GM crop company. Its aim is to find ways of commercialising their research into plants with enhanced health-giving compounds. @JohnInnesCentre @BigPurpleTomato

We are interrupting your timeline with a breaking news on the #BigPurpleTomato🎉 The @USDA_APHIS found that the tomato is unlikely to pose an increased plant pest risk compared to other cultivated tomatoes, & has approved it for planting in the US. More:aphis.usda.gov/aphis/newsroom…

Sneak peak! A rare view of the #BigPurpleTomato inside the greenhouse. For this, you gotta love purple 💜🍅