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Vortex fruit basket developed by Canadian Phil Short. Source: Tom Alföldi; Ingenium 2013.0079

Vortex Fruit Basket

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

The Vortex Fruit Basket protects fruit and keeps it fresh. The Vortex Fruit Basket may be familiar to consumers who have enjoyed fruit stored in this packaging. Phil Short, a Niagara fruit grower and distributor, developed the Vortex Fruit Basket, which protects tender fruit, like peaches, as it travels from orchard to home. For consumers, the recyclable container guards the fruit from moisture and handling, while giving a clear view of the product. For distributors and retailers, the Vortex

The World’s First Electric Meal

Janis Nostbakken

Dubbed the “Edison of Canada,” Thomas Ahearn was the astute businessman and prolific inventor who literally electrified Ottawa. In 1882, Ahearn and his partner, Warren Soper, lit up the city’s streets with arc lamps; in 1891, they replaced horse-drawn trams with electric street cars; and to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897 their company illuminated the Parliament Buildings with thousands of lights. To promote the wonders of electricity, not to mention his own business, Ahearn

Joseph Coyle at age 23

Joseph Coyle

Bulkley Valley Museum

One of the Bulkley Valley’s most noteworthy former residents was a resourceful pioneer, newspaper editor and inventor: Joseph Leopold Coyle. Joseph Coyle was born in Ontario in 1871 and began his career as a journalist apprentice. He moved first to New Jersey and then to Alaska before eventually settling in British Columbia’s Bulkley Valley in 1906. Coyle established several newspapers, including the Omineca Herald, the Bulkley Pioneer, and the Interior News. Founded in 1910, the Interior News

“McIntosh Red” apple watercolour by Faith Fyles for the Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, Ontario, 1920s. Source: Ingenium 1987.2334

McIntosh Red Apple

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

The McIntosh Red is a world-famous apple that was discovered in Ontario in 1811. Learn more!

Second World War Nutrition Poster: Canadian War Museum 19750317-073

Canada’s Food Guide: Wartime Eating for a Healthier Postwar Population

Canadian War Museum

The first Canadian food guide, The Official Food Rules, was conceived in 1942 as a means of helping consumers navigate the difficulties of wartime rationing. If followed, the guide would ensure high nutritional standards for the men and women contributing to the war effort, decrease malnutrition associated with poverty, and improve the general health of Canadians. Scientists, medical doctors, academics and social welfare workers began working together in 1938 and eventually recommended the food

Uncle Ben's Beer Cans and Bottles

Uncle Ben's Brewery: A Beer Revolution

The Exploration Place

Uncle Ben, a.k.a. Ben Ginter, was born in Poland in 1923 and raised on a farm near Swan River, Manitoba after his family immigrated to the Prairies. When he was 13 years old he left home to become a labourer. In 1948, Ginter and a partner started a heavy equipment construction company and began working across Western Canada. In 1949 he moved to Prince George, B.C. with his wife Grace and the company set up operations in Prince George. In 1962, while looking for a storage yard and repair shed for

Margaret Newton devoted her life to eradicating wheat rust. She helped Canada’s economy by almost completely reducing revenue loss from the fungus.

Saving Canada’s wheat

Algonquin college

Molly Gatt Algonquin College Journalism Program In 1916, Canada had its worst season for wheat with 200 million dollars in loss from bad crops. The crops were infected with a wheat rust organism also known as a fungus, which made the grain unusable. That same year, Margaret Newton, in her second year of university, was part of the first team to study wheat rust. From then on Newton would devote 25 years of her life to pathology and studying rust spores to save Canada’s wheat. In 1922 Newton was

From farm to table, Dr. Oats’ life was a contribution towards Canadian agriculture

From farm to table, Dr. Oats’ life was a contribution towards Canadian agriculture

Algonquin college

Bryson Masse Algonquin College Journalism Program Dr. Vernon Burrows has a storied history in the agriculture field. He invented a type of oat known as “The Rice of the Prairies,” otherwise known as Cavena Nuda – a product that was not only nutritious and delicious, but also had the potential to change the world. The Cavena Nuda is bred to not have any hull or hair when it leaves the farmer’s field. As there is no need for milling, the environmental impact and costs are significantly reduced

Saunders and Marquis wheat

Charles Saunders, 1867–1937

Ingenium – Canada's Museums of Science and Innovation

What do a classical musician and your morning bowl of cereal have in common? While Charles Saunders’ first love was music, he gained renown as the developer of Marquis wheat. Charles Saunders abandoned a music career for work as a government plant scientist, a change that paid dividends to Canadian farmers. Charles was the fifth child in a talented musical and scientific family. His father, William Saunders, was a renowned horticulturist and a founding director of the Central Experimental Farm

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