Love it or loathe it, broccoli is one of the most popular vegetables in the United States. To solve this, a team from Cornell University and Dutch seed company Bejo Zaden developed a new hybrid broccoli called Northstar. “With broccoli, you’re typically restricted to temperate areas with more moderate growing conditions and cooler nights,” Phillip Griffiths, a Cornell AgriTech plant breeder, said in a statement. For Northstar, Cornell and Bejo each contributed a parent plant. With the Cornell plants, Sintenie and others at Bejo worked for another 12 years to pinpoint the promising new combination.