Gourmet Genetics is the formalisation of a long established working partnership between plant breeders Simon Crawford and Mark Rowland.
The name was chosen to reflect the commitment to innovative breeding for outstanding flavour and quality.
Breeding objectives are focused on the amateur market, where there is a real need for modern, high quality open pollinated varieties. Although the initial emphasis will be on tomatoes, other breeding projects are already under way.
The name may be new, but it represents a wealth of experience of plant breeding. Mark and Simon have cooperated on numerous projects over the past 25 years - breeding, trials, production and a very wide diversity of crops.
Simon brings to this partnership his unrivalled knowledge of the global seed business, coupled with a history of successful tomato breeding. Mark supplies the facilities, an acre of modern computer controlled glass, and a selection of tomato breeding lines which complement Simon's existing material.