Tomatoes have also become durable green orbs that have been optimized for shipping rather than taste or nutrition. (It is even illegal to export "non-conforming" tomatoes from Florida.) There was a great fight merely to allow the "ugly ripe" tomato to be sold. It is now an extremely profitable tomato that has much of the durability of commercial tomatoes, but sacrifices some of the looks in order to restore some taste. Perhaps we will continue to make progress in producing good tomatoes. The book concludes with some positive experiences of summer operations that focus on locally produced high quality tomatoes produced with well paid labor. Alas, these delicious ones are a minority in the world filled with cheep tomato-like balls of water.
Thursday, October 27, 2016
Tomatoland
Tomatoes have also become durable green orbs that have been optimized for shipping rather than taste or nutrition. (It is even illegal to export "non-conforming" tomatoes from Florida.) There was a great fight merely to allow the "ugly ripe" tomato to be sold. It is now an extremely profitable tomato that has much of the durability of commercial tomatoes, but sacrifices some of the looks in order to restore some taste. Perhaps we will continue to make progress in producing good tomatoes. The book concludes with some positive experiences of summer operations that focus on locally produced high quality tomatoes produced with well paid labor. Alas, these delicious ones are a minority in the world filled with cheep tomato-like balls of water.
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