Introduction to food and agriculture technology -- Nicolas-Francois Appert : Pioneer in food preservation -- Clarence Birdseye : Inventor of the frozen food industry -- Norman Borlaug : Developer of improved wheat -- Jacques Brandenberger : Inventor of cellophane -- Edwin Beard Budding : Inventory of the reel lawn mower -- Luther Burbank : Inventor of new plant varieties -- George Washington Carver : Developer of industrial uses for agricultural products -- John Deere : Inventor of the improved, steel plow -- Robert T. Fraley, Mary-Dell Chilton, and Marc Van Montagu : Inventors of genetically modified crops -- Lloyd A. Hall : Inventor of food preservation methods -- Amanda Jones : Inventor of vacuum canning -- Will Keith Kellogg : Inventor of corn flakes -- Cyrus Hall McCormick : Inventor of the mechanical reaper -- John Pemberton : Inventor of Coca-Cola -- Clarence Saunders : Inventor of the self-service grocery store -- Eli Whitney : Inventor of the cotton gin.