Tomato breeder travels the world to evaluate her creations

A former Brantford woman’s love for science has led to a rewarding career in the agri-food industry.Kelsie MacLellan is a plant breeder for HeinzSeed in Leamington, Ontario where she has developed a new variety of processing tomato that is showing much promise.“I try to create new varieties that are extremely resistant to tomato diseases or pathogens,” MacLellan explained. “H2590 is one of my new offerings that has been performing extremely well through the trial phase in