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New tomato packs extra cancer-fighting punch
A team of scientists has developed a tomato that contains as much as three times more of the cancer-fighting antioxidant lycopene.
Out of the orchard and into the field: Grafting may improve tomatoes
Grafting may improve tomato varieties more quickly, compared to traditional genetic breeding.
It doesn’t get much uglier than this
TAMPA, Fla. – Magic mirror, on the wall, whose tomato is ugliest of all? With so many ugly entries to its Ugly Tomato Contest, Santa Sweets couldn’t pick just one and instead decided to award 10 prizes for some of the most unsightly tomatoes that make their famous Uglyripes look pretty good.
Ask Jen about what to do with too many tomatoes
Have more tomatoes than you can handle? Jen recommends several ways to use ’em up, plus she offers a vegetable recipe you’re sure to love.
New record set: Tomato tips scale at 4.48 pounds
CANFIELD, Ohio — Duane Perry of North Lawrence, Ohio, set a new state record for the heaviest tomato ever grown in the Buckeye State. The tomato was officially inspected and weighed Oct. 4 at the Ohio Valley Giant Pumpkin Growers annual weigh off in Canfield, Ohio. His massive tomato nearly covered the paper plate it
FDA warns consumers not to eat certain raw red tomatoes
WASHINGTON –The Food and Drug Administration is expanding its warning to consumers nationwide that a salmonellosis outbreak has been linked to consumption of certain raw red plum, red Roma, and red round tomatoes, and products containing these raw, red tomatoes. FDA recommends that consumers not eat raw red Roma, raw red plum, raw red round
In California she says tomato; he says GMO delivery device
It’s pretty hard to be taken seriously in any debate if, geographically, you are located on the “Left Coast,” have elected a person known nationally as “Governor Moonbeam” to statewide office five times and are home to an industry, movie-making, built on fantasy that’s centered in an area referred to as “LaLa Land.” Farm fight
What can tomatoes teach us about biodiversity? Quite a bit
Scientists are using the genomes of wild tomatoes to study the processes that drive Earth’s biodiversity. Their goal is to learn how species cope with differences in climate and natural enemies, and what might happen in this time of environmental change.
USDA awards $2 million grant to improve greenhouse tomato industry
WOOSTER, Ohio — The Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center has received a $2 million grant from the USDA’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture to improve disease control and food safety in the country’s multi-million dollar greenhouse tomato industry — which now accounts for nearly 40 percent of all fresh tomatoes sold in American
Vegetable growers: Learn tomato grafting at Wooster workshop Jan. 27
WOOSTER, Ohio — Grafting in vegetable production can lead to plants that are stronger, have a higher yield and are more resistant to disease and stress. Ohio State University is offering a workshop on tomato grafting Jan. 27, in Wooster, tailored to growers interested in finding out more about this technique and related research trials.
